Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Solvorn & Around
Diminutive Solvorn is everything you'd want a fjord-side village to be: spectacularly sited,
fetchingly pretty, quiet as a mouse, but with warm welcoming locals. It's all that
and
in
striking distance of some of the region's best hiking, biking and paddling.
There are two very different, but equally appealing, accommodation options here, mak-
ing it a wonderful place to base yourself for at least a few days.
Activities
FjordSeal
KAYAKING
( 95 77 41 96;
www.fjordseal.com
; adult/child Nkr550/400; tours 9.30am daily May-Sep)
For a delightful four hours of peaceful paddling on smooth-as-silk Lustrafjord, and the
chance to cruise among a colony of seals, sign on with one of the daily guided kayak tours
of FjordSeal, based at Marifjøra, just off the Rv55, 17km north of Svolvorn.
Mollandsmorki Circuit
MOUNTAIN BIKING
This 25km circuit from Solvern travels a combination of sealed, gravel and finally dirt
roads, with stunning views for much of the distance. It's not easy going, with some sec-
tions of dirt rugged enough to require you to get off and push, but it's incredibly reward-
ing. Some say, despite its modest distance, even more so than
Rallarvegen
cycle route.
Sleeping
Eplet
HOSTEL
(
41 64 94 69;
www.eplet.net
;
camping per person Nkr100, dm Nkr200, s/d Nkr500/600;
May-
Sep; )
Among a bountiful apple orchard and circled by raspberry canes and blueberry bushes, this
special hostel is set in terraced gardens, in two rustic wooden buildings, along with some
garden campsites. From its windows there are magnificent views of Lustrafjord (they seem
