Olden 4 Hour Briksdal Glacier Tour in Briksdalsbreen
Description
Join us on this 4-hour excursion to the amazing Briksdal Glacier. After driving through the small village of Olden, we continue on our way to Briksdal. We drive through the Olden Valley, passing the beautiful Olden Lake. When our bus reaches the Briksdal Inn, you can start the hike towards Briksdal Glacier, which is one of many arms of the famous Jostedal Glacier. The hike up to Briksdal Glacier takes you through a beautiful scenery surrounded by waterfalls and mountains. Finally, you will reach the viewpoint at the lake of the glacier. The first part of the hike is the hardest, and it gets gradually easier. The walk to the glacier normally takes around 45-60 minutes.
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Itinerary
Meeting point at Olden cruise kai.
The hike up to Briksdal Glacier takes you through a beautiful scenery surrounded by waterfalls and mountains. Finally, you will reach the viewpoint at the lake of the glacier.
We will drive you through the Olden Valley, passing the beautiful Olden Lake.
Final stop, same as meeting point.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Free cancellation until 24 hours prior to departure
- Back to ship guarantee for cruise line passengers provided that information regarding name of cruise ship is registered when you book (official tour time must end 1 hour before ship’s departure).
- Our excursions are adapted to arrival an departure times of cruise ships. Modified departure times will be announced in advance.
- Appearance time 15 minutes prior to departure. It is of utmost importance that you kindly register correct mobile number with country code, so that we can reach you in case you have trouble finding us. There will be no refunds if we cannot reach you on your registered contact number.
- Tour guided in English. If there is availability we add a second language pending on passenger mix. (No guarantee.)
- When the number of participants is less than 4, the tour might be canceled with a full refund.
- Not recommended for travelers with mobility impairments
Reviews(19)
Must do must see …. Stunning scenery everywhere. A bit of confusion at first but Our guide was fantastic and sorted everything out.
There is a lot of walking. Need to pace yourself. Was a very nice and enjoyable excursion for us. If you have trekking poles, take them.
It is a steep walk and stairs up to the lake and viewpoint of the glacier. So worth it to be up close
Nice hike near the river and beautiful pastas of mountains and waterfalls. Glacier was nice to see and great pics throughout the hike. The hike can be steep at times and is rather strenuous.
Nice hike beautiful day yes we had to re-layer a few times because it was beautiful out absolutely beautiful. It’s a pretty long hike and use some muscles. You have news and ears, but it felt really good and the air was clean and the water was fresh.
The bus tour up to Briksdal Glacier from Olden was excellent. Denim, our guide, was knowledgeable and avoided the cliche guide jokes, which was much appreciated. Once at Briksdalsbreen, we took the troll cars up to the glacier (still a 700-meter walk from where the troll cars drop you off), which avoided a longer hike and gave us more time up by the glacier base. The views are magnificent. Then, the bus dropped us off right back by the ship.
The driver and our guide did an excellent job! The hike was great and was beautiful. Would do it again.
The joining instructions for the bus were confusing. The app showed us in the correct place but it was actually a good 10 to 15 minutes walk away. Our bus also had a sign in the window for Gett your guide just to add to the confusion. I think our guide had that removed but it wasn’t a great start. The experience is basically a coach drive to the glacier and back. Our guide Amy provided us with some helpful information en route. The bus parks about an hours walk from the glacier. There is a cafe , shop and toilets. If you cannot do the walk there are trolley carts but it is advised to book these in advance. The walk to the glacier is quite steep in places but it’s well worth it. There are lots of viewing points and photo opportunities on the way. Great scenery. It’s sad to see how far the glacier has retreated in recent years. The walk back was quicker. Ours was a relatively early trip and would advise that as gets busier as the day goes on. Overall a good trip apart from initial confusion. Glad we did
This is rugged country. There is a lovely shop at the beginning of your hike with bathrooms. The hike can get quite steep, only the last part is fairly flat. You do walk independently at your own pace.
At AUD $155 it was an expensive 30 minute bus trip The guide didn’t even come with us We got off the bus and that was it.. need a shuttle bus operating from cruise terminal Not value for money The glacier was so so imo
