From Sea to Summit

Your guide will pick you up at the hotel and drive you to our expedition centre. Here you will get equipped with a flotation suit, life jacket and goggles, before we head down to the harbour. We drive out with an open polar circle boat, and spend approximately 10 minutes travelling across the fjord. We go ashore at Revneset, a beautiful point north of Longyearbyen, and continue the tour by foot.

The route takes us up through Louisedalen towards Carolinedalen. These beautiful valleys have quite lush vegetation for Svalbard, providing good feed for our endemic reindeer. We will also see many remnants from the earliest mining efforts in Advent City. At the end of the valley we head up onto Forkastningsfjellet, a mountain with incredible views over the whole Isfjord. Here we will spend some time enjoying the panoramic view, over glaciers which lay like pearls on a string, from Nordenskiöldbreen in the north to the western bays ending with Trygghamna.

On Forkastningsfjellet we traverse a lofty ridge, but the terrain is generally easy. The guide will bring a light lunch and warm drinks along for the group. After a nice lunch break, we make our way back to the town and you will be dropped off at your hotel.