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Stavanger: Preikestolen Classic Hike and Side Trail

1. Stavanger: Preikestolen Classic Hike and Side Trail

Embrace nature with a guided hike up to Preikestolen: one of Norway's most iconic hikes. Follow your guide on the path less hiked, so you can make the most of nature away from the crowds. Sart with a pick up from one of several designated locations in Stavanger. After a relaxing 40-minute drive, arrive at the trailhead. Here, learn about the trail, expected conditions, and useful tips for a fun day of hiking. When everyone is ready, begin your hike. If conditions allow it, follow your guide on a side-trail along the way. The pace allows for time to adjust clothing and equipment, time to rest and enjoy snacks, and for taking pictures along the way. After approximately 2.5 hours of hiking, arrive at the majestic Preikestolen – 604 meters above the legendary Lysefjorden. The sheer cliff face overlooks the fjord, and the panoramic view before your makes for a fantastic reward after all your hard physical work. After soaking in the scenery and relaxing your legs, head back down the mountain. Exhausted but satisfied, get back in the car and get driven back to Stavanger as you process your experience of a day well spent.

Stavanger: Preikestolen Sunrise Hike with Breakfast Buffet

2. Stavanger: Preikestolen Sunrise Hike with Breakfast Buffet

Join a guided sunrise hike to Preikestolen, beat the crowds, and experience the sunrise over the Lysefjorden. Enjoy convenient roundtrip transportation from Stavanger. Avoid the thousands of people that will be on the trail during the high season, and hike in the peace and quiet of dawn instead. Start the adventure early in the morning after being picked up from one of several designated locations in Stavanger. After a 40-minute drive, arrive at the start of the trail. Receive a briefing from your guide including information about the trail, expected conditions, and useful tips for good hiking. When everyone is ready, switch your headlamps on, and begin the hike while it’s till dark and quiet. Let the moonlight and towering trees make your imagination run wild. Along the way, listen to all sorts of spooky folklore from your guide, and stop for snacks or to adjust clothes and equipment. After approximately 2.5 hours of hiking, reach Preikestolen, 604 meters right above the legendary Lysefjorden. Be rewarded with panoramic views of the fjord. If you are lucky, the sun will show itself as it climbs over the mountain ridges, so you can bathe in its warmth. After feasting your eyes on the scenery and relaxing for a while, head back down to Basecamp. In the comfort of the mountain lodge, recharge your batteries with a simple, but fresh and tasty breakfast. Then, get back in the car for a drive back to Stavanger.

From Stavanger: Off-Season Guided Hike to Kjerag

3. From Stavanger: Off-Season Guided Hike to Kjerag

Join a guided hike to Kjerag, the pride of the Lysefjord in Ryfylke, towering above all the other peaks at 1084 meters. Enjoy transportation from Stavanger and experience the serenity of hiking in a small group while enjoying panoramic views of some of the most dramatic scenery Norway has to offer. Begin your journey early in the morning with a pickup from your preferred meeting place. While being transported to the trailhead, catch glimpses of some of Norway’s stunning landscapes. After driving for about 3 hours, arrive at the Eagle’s Nest trailhead. Be well on your way up to the Kjerag Boulder before the crowds of tourists begin to arrive. Get ready for a challenging but rewarding climb. With a relatively flat last 2 kilometers, focus more on the beautiful nature around you. Witness Norway’s bright green wilderness as it awakens after the long, cold winter. Or see the fall colors and breathe the crisp air after summer has passed. If you're hiking in spring, expect a snowy landscape and get hiking poles and crampons. Once you reach the edge of the massif, while standing on a 1000-meter-high cliff, soak in panoramic views of the 42-kilometer-long Lysefjord. Then, have time to relax while eating lunch near the Kjerag Boulder. If you dare (and conditions allow), stand atop the Kjerag boulder, hanging at a heart-stopping 984 meters above the fjord. After the lunch break, follow your guide back down to the Eagle’s Nest.

Preikestolen Hidden Trail Hike + Canoe Trip

4. Preikestolen Hidden Trail Hike + Canoe Trip

Do you want to hike to Preikestolen during the day, but without being surrounded by large crowds? Do you want to experience the untamed nature of the mountains in peace? We hike off the beaten track; a path that only the locals know about, and it even includes a canoe ride! Our guide is ready to take you on the definitive day-hike to Norway’s most iconic rock formation! The day starts with being picked up by our guide from one of several designated locations in Stavanger. After a 45-minute drive, we arrive at Preikestolen Basecamp (where restrooms are available). We pick up life vests and canoe ores, and walk down to the beach of the lake, Revsvatnet. Here the guide will provide instructions about safe canoeing, information about the trail, expected conditions, and useful tips for good hiking. When everyone is ready, the adventure begins. We paddle across the lake, make our way onto shore, and hike along an old and forgotten trail. It was rediscovered by a local pioneering guide of the region (our guide’s mentor), and we have it almost entirely to ourselves! The pace allows for time to adjust clothes and equipment, time to rest and enjoy snacks, and for taking pictures along the way. After approximately 3 hours of hiking, we will arrive at Preikestolen, 604 meters right above the legendary Lysefjorden. The sheer cliff face overlooks the fjord, and the panoramic view before us makes for a fantastic reward after all the work it took to get there. After we have enjoyed the scenery and relaxed for a while, we head back down. It normally takes about 2.5 hours to get back down to the parking area. Exhausted but satisfied, we get back in the car. As we get driven back to Stavanger, we process our experience of a day well spent.

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What people are saying about Stavanger

Overall rating

4.9 / 5

based on 61 reviews

Very well organized tour. They picked us up on time, and the guide made sure that everyone was safe on the trail by giving useful tips on how to use the chains etc. This is a very difficult hike, so it is highly recommended that you engage this company to guide you on the hike. Even the drive to the Kjerag trailhead is quite difficult, and they took care of this as well.

Our guide, Toa, was amazing. super informative, patience and helpful. He made the joke up as easy as can be, however challenging it was. He always have a hand or helped when needed. The hike itself was incredible. It was exhausting and challenging but 110% worth it

an outstanding hike, our guide was perfect from pick up to drop off. During the hike he advised us, helped us, waited for us. A very good performance.

The guide was very polite and well mannered. Helped during the tougher parts of the trek.

Really amazing experience, invaluable to have a guide!!