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The
Fjaerlandsfjord & Glacier Day Excursion
May 1 to September 30
The
day excursion includes:
Fjord cruise on the beautiful
Fjaerlandsfjord branch
Connecting bus (departing from the Fjaerland pier), taking
you to the interesting Norwegian Glacier Museum in Fjaerland
(entrance fee included), a stop at the Boyabre glacier and
at the Supphelle glacier (June-August only).
Return to Balestrand by ferry, with arrival appr at 17:00 hs
May & September:
Late morning departure, includes Boyabre glacier
June, July & August: 2 options:
Morning departure, including Boyabre glacier & Supphelle
glacier
Late morning departure including Boyabre glacier
The centre in Fjærland is Mundal, about 3 km from the main road
down the fjord. Mundal centre includes school, church and tourist
information, as well as shops, hotels and other services. The church
is from 1861, rebuilt in 1931. It is open to the public. In Mundal
you will also find several bookshops, this being the eighth booktown
in Europe and the first in Scandinavia since 1996. The cultural landscape in the valleys below the glacier tells
about early settlements. Jostedalsbreen has been in use as a
transport route for several hundred years. One of the most popular
routes at the southern part of Jostedalsbreen is between Lunde and
Fjærland, crossing Marabreen.
The Boyaoyri estuary at the head of the fjord is a protected
nature reserve, due to its part in bird migration during the spring
and autumn. 90 species have been observed and approximately 50
species nest in the area.
The day excursion is included in the following Norwegian
Fjord round trips:
The Sognefjord & Glacier Excursion,
Oslo-Bergen or Bergen-Oslo, 4 nights
The Sognefjord & Glacier Excursion
Exclusive, Oslo-Oslo, 6 nights
Fjord Travel Norway is fully insured and a member of
the Norwegian Tour Guarantee Fund (RGF). Travel agencies and wholesalers
in Norway are required to be a member of this fund. In the unlikely
event of insolvency the RGF will refund any advance payments you have
made to our company for a holiday in Norway. 
"Fjærland" is the district surrounding
Fjaerlandfjord, a
branch of the Sognefjord. Fjærland has 300 inhabitants, and is part of
Sogndal municipality. The area has been settled since the Viking
Age. The size of the population has varied over the years. Large
scale emigration to America took place at the turn of the century.
The Norwegian Booktown consists of 12 second-hand bookshops in Fjærland,
together offering almost every category of literature. The Booktown
has office hours from 10 am to 6 pm every day from the middle of May
to the beginning of September. Between April and October, groups are
welcome to visit the Booktown upon further arrangement. You can
order books all year.
The landscape in Fjærland has been shaped by glaciers through
successive ice ages during the last 2,5 to 3 million years. Towering
mountains and U-shaped valleys surround large delta areas which
results from the accumulation of sediment supplied by the glacier
rivers. The glaciers Boyabreen and Supphellebreen come down to the
valley floor in Fjærland. These are branches of Jostedalsbreen -
the largest glacier on the European continent (487 km²). The ice
falls of the glaciers move about 2 meters per day - they are among
the fastest in Norway. The lower Supphellebreen , at an elevation of
60 m, is the lowest lying glacier in Southern Norway. Parts of Fjærland
lie within Jostedalsbreen National Park. The national park covers
1230 km² and is characterized by great variation within short
distances, from fjords and lowland, to mountains and glaciers.
Boathouses in Fjaerland
RGF web site
Tel +47 51 85 99 40
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