Fuglefjella - Wildlife Hike at the Coast
Details
© Esther Cowen, Amalie Halleland, Kaisa Rebane, Martin Fiala, John Niclas Forsmark, Inga Bettina Waldmann, Jo Even Kolstad, Celina Fester
Difficulty level 4 av 5
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Minimum 2 participant, normally up to 8 per group
- June - September
- 09:30am - 17:30
- Approx. 8 hours
- Approx. 10 - 14 km
- Approx. 400 m elevation
- 16 years*
Price includes:
- Transport round trip
- Warm expedition lunch and hot drink
- Guide with necessary safety equipment
- Hiking poles if needed
Recommend to bring:
- Good and worn-in hiking boots*. Parts of the terrain can be wet so we also recommend the hiking boots to be waterproof.
- Warm clothes
- Cold drink
- Camera
- Warm jumper or down jacket for the journey home and breaks
- Backpack
*If you do not have warm hiking boots, these can be rented for NOK 100.
Extra clothing and equipment: Arctica
Description
Itinerary
The magical Svalbard experience is out on a walk in untouched nature. Seabirds nest along the fjords, in the valleys and in the mountains. You can see the little auk, geese, guillemots, black guillemots, gulls, fulmars and maybe even the Svalbard Ptarmigan. At the end of August and September, we see that there are fewer birds as they have started the long journey to warmer climates.
We pick up our guests and drive out towards Bjørndalen, west of Longyearbyen. This is an area that is rich in both flora and fauna, and if we are really lucky we will meet both polar foxes and Svalbard reindeer.
A little way into Bjørndalen the car journey stops and we set foot towards Fuglefjella and Pilarberget. First we have to cross a river after a few kilometers of walking before we climb steeply up Fuglefjella.
Once up there is a large plateau with a great view over large parts of Isfjorden. On the other side, Fuglefjella plunges straight into the fjord. We are now standing on top of one of the largest bird mountains in the area.
