Norwegian Nature Walks Route and Excursion Cost 

NorveçWhen we came to Turkey this time, our aim was to take nature walks and make a trip to nature as far away from the city as possible. Since my wife and I are in Norway for the second time, we had visited Oslo and Bergen before, so we skipped the cities. We chose the tent for accommodation, both to be more in touch with nature and to reduce our costs. Norway nature walks The route we prefer and the cost of the trip are detailed in this article.

Oslo to Lofthus on the Hardanger Fjord

We landed in Oslo at noon on Friday. After waiting for a while at the Avis office at the airport to get the car we rented from Avis through Carrentals.com and the passport queue, we left the airport at 15:00. We paid a total of 5TL for a 1200-day car rental. We paid 600TL per person for car rental. The employees at both passport and Avis liked to chat despite the long queue in the back, I think the queue got longer than that.

We set out for the Hardanger Fjord without ever stopping by Oslo. We reached the city of Lofthus, which is famous for its orchards on the banks of the Hardenger Fjord, with a vehicle journey of more than 6 hours, including the breaks on the way. Along the way, we proceeded with high plateaus and magnificent landscapes.

The only problem with building roads in Norway is that the roads are narrow, mostly one lane round trip, sometimes only one lane. The speed limit is 90km/h at most, but it is not possible to go fast because it drops to 40km/h in city or bridge crossings. Your average per hour can hardly exceed 60 km/h. In addition to the tunnels carved into the rocks that last for kilometers, we came across the places where the tunnel draws a full circle in itself, you can see the navigation image below.

We pitched our tent at a campsite called Lofthus Camping around 22:00. The reception at the campsite was open between 09:00 and 21:00, but when we reached the person concerned with a button, he said that we could settle in wherever we wanted and that he would process in the morning. When we set up our tent in the dark, we were not yet aware of the beauty of the campground. We paid 2tl for 2 nights, 1 people, 1 vehicle and 200 tent for camping, that is 100tl per person. This price included the communal kitchen (refrigerator, stove) and camping area. If you want to take a shower, you have to pay 5 TL for an extra 20 minutes.

If you want to camp for free in Norway, there are resting places with toilets and tables on the side of the road. You can stay comfortably in Norway as there is no problem such as security.

In the morning, my wife left the camp at 05:00 in the morning to climb the Trolltunga route, which has become one of the symbols of Norway.

Click to read my article about Trolltunga.

I couldn't join him because I have a health problem with my legs. So I chose a medium difficulty hiking route around Lofthus. The fjord view was sufficient for me, first through apple, pear and plum orchards, and then through pine forests. I finished my day by reading a book in the magnificent view of the campsite overlooking the fjord. My wife also walked the 26 km Trolltunga route, which takes 10-11 hours, and returned to the camp in the evening. We brought almost all our food from Turkey, and we finished the day after our dinner with soup, pasta, halva and red kidney beans. We only bought small necessities such as water and fruit juice from the market.

The grocery chain Kiwi, which you can find very often in Norway. It is possible to buy Fisher Price branded products at affordable prices in Kiwis. Also, there is coffee at the entrance of the market.

Fjord Tour from Lofthus to Preikestolen

The next day we set off again early in the morning. Our target is Pulpit Rock, another symbol of Norway. It's a little difficult to go along with the stunning views of the Hardanger Fjord, we had to take frequent photo breaks. After Hardanger was over and Sundal Fjord started, we came to the starting point for Pulpit Rock at around 13:00. We gave about 90tl for parking here (200 nok), yes it's like a joke, but there is nothing to do 🙂 We can say 45TL per person.

In order not to pay the parking fee;
– It may be an option to leave the car below the car park and extend the walking path,
– If you are going to stay in the nearest camping area like us, you can leave the car there and hitchhike from there.
– If you are going to stay in Preikostolen, the buses that go here from below can be used.

By the way, there are 2 different parking spaces at the starting point of the walk, we parked in the one above. There is only a 200 meter walking distance difference between the up and down parking lot. There are also attractions such as restaurants in the parking area below.

Preikestolen, or Pulpit Rock, is a walking route of 4 km, 4 km going and 8 km returning. Everyone has come with their children and dogs, and there is an easy-to-walk track. Since it is famous and attracts many visitors, they arranged the whole walking route and made it easy to walk. The route is completed in 2 hours, with 1,5 hours ascent and 3,5 hours descent. It is enough if you take a photo and eating-drinking break above for 1 hour. By the way, there is no eating and drinking spot while climbing the rock, don't get me wrong, whatever you take with you 🙂

In the evening, we stayed at Preikestolen Camping, which is only 3 km from the walk. We paid 1TL for 2 night, 1 people, 1 tent, 120 vehicle here, although it was more expensive than the other camping area, it was worse as a campground. There is no stove and refrigerator in the kitchen of this camp, only counters for washing dishes, while this time the shower was free. So we paid 60 TL per person.

Return to Oslo from Preikestolen

We had walked the routes that were our target, now it's time to turn around 🙁 A 9-hour vehicle journey was waiting for us. Along the roads we passed, we were accompanied by such beautiful landscapes that we could not understand how the time passed, except for the last 1 hour part of the road (as this place has now turned into big cities). Forest road, highland road, places with ski resorts in winter, fjords, lakes, villages, rivers, streams, herds of cows and sheep accompanied us along the way.

Norway Trip Total Cost

During our vehicle journeys, we spent a total of 410TL on gasoline. Gasoline is also very expensive in Norway, over 5TL per liter. We spent 205TL per person on gasoline.

We made our overnight stay in a hotel called Moxy, close to the airport. We paid 1TL for 310 night hotel. Hotel prices in Norway are quite high, as in everything, although it is a hotel not in the city center, the price was this. It came to 155TL per person.

Apart from what I have listed above;
– 2 TL for 100 ferry crossings on the way, 50 TL per person
– market expenses 90 TL, 45 TL per person
– we paid our flight ticket for 2 people round-trip for 1450 TL, 725 TL per person
We spent.

In other words, we had a total cost of 2188 TL per person, so we can say 533 euros or 635 usd. I think it's not bad, do you think?

In order to evaluate the costs correctly, I also state the Euro and the Norwegian currency NOK exchange rate during the period we travel, so that the data in the article do not mislead the readers.

1 Euro 4,10 TL
1 NOK 0,44 TL
1 NOK 0,12 Euro

Norway Travel Articles

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• How to climb Trolltunga, Norway's most popular hiking route: My story of not getting to Troltunga

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