Gudvangen Norway
Norway
983
Cruises availables
At departure or passage at this port
Hurtigruten (977 Cruises)
MS Kong Harald
194 Cruises
MS Nordkapp
200 Cruises
MS Nordlys
175 Cruises
MS Nordnorge
190 Cruises
MS Richard With
186 Cruises
MS Trollfjord
32 Cruises
Frequently Asked Questions
At the head of the valley, between two rock walls, at the very end of the Nærøyfjord. The village is entirely walkable from the quay or the anchorage. It is one of Norway's oldest cruise anchorages, visited since the 1850s.
An arm of the Sognefjord on the UNESCO World Heritage list, just two hundred and fifty metres wide at its narrowest, with walls rising more than a thousand metres. The arrival makes the call: slender waterfalls, tiny farms clinging to ledges, goats balancing on the slopes.
A cluster of wooden turf-roofed buildings recreating a Viking-age settlement, steps from the quay. It is not a stage set: craftspeople forge, weave, bake bread and recount Norse civilisation. Allow one to two hours.
You try axe throwing, taste mead, listen to the sagas and talk with craftspeople who live their trade daily. Children come away won over, and plenty of adults too.
Njardarheimr takes one to two hours. Then add either the riverside walk in the Nærøydalen valley, sea kayaking, or the road excursion to the Stalheim viewpoint. The whole village is done on foot.
A lookout perched at the top of a hairpin road famous throughout the country. From it the eye plunges into the Nærøydalen corridor, framed by twin waterfalls, a panorama that already featured on romantic engravings in the nineteenth century.
Yes, sea kayaks are available by the water in season. They let you find the opposite perspective: the village seen from the middle of the inlet, dwarfed by the mountains, a viewpoint you do not forget.
One of the highest waterfalls in the country, permanently in view above the hamlet's roofs. The easiest trail follows the river through the Nærøydalen valley, between meadows and rock walls where the clouds catch.
Two things: Norway's smallest stave church, seating barely forty, and an artisanal goat cheese made by methods handed down through generations. The hamlet is reached by road or by boat, depending on the excursion.
Layers: the weather shifts in every season at the bottom of this stone corridor, and passengers often stay outside despite the cold during the approach. A waterproof windbreaker is essential.
