Fuglefjella - Wildlife Hike at the Coast
Details
Difficulty level (out of 5):
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Minimum 2 (out of 8) participants:
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- June - September
- 09:30am
- Approx. 8 hours
- Approx. 400 m elevation
- 16 years*โ
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*12 years if accompanied by parental guardian.
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This trip is medium to demanding.
Price includes:
- Transport round trip
- Warm expedition lunch and hot drink
- Guide with necessary safety equipment
- Hiking poles if needed
Recommend to bring:
- Good, warm and worn-in hiking boots*
- Warm clothes
- Cold drink
- Camera
- Warm jumper for the journey home and breaks
- Backpack
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*If you do not have warm hiking boots, these can be rented for NOK 100.
Extra clothing and equipment: Arctica
Itinerary
The magical Svalbard experience is out on a walk in untouched nature. Seabirds nest along the fjords, in the valleys and in the mountains. You can see the little auk, geese, guillemots, black guillemots, gulls, fulmars and maybe even the Svalbard Ptarmigan. At the end of August and September, we see that there are fewer birds as they have started the long journey to warmer climates.
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We pick up our guests and drive out towards Bjรธrndalen, west of Longyearbyen. This is an area that is rich in both flora and fauna, and if we are really lucky we will meet both polar foxes and Svalbard reindeer.
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A little way into Bjรธrndalen the car journey stops and we set foot towards Fuglefjella and Pilarberget. First we have to cross a river after a few kilometers of walking before we climb steeply up Fuglefjella.
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Once up there is a large plateau with a great view over large parts of Isfjorden. On the other side, Fuglefjella plunges straight into the fjord. We are now standing on top of one of the largest bird mountains in the area.
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For those who wish, it is possible to take off your shoes and really feel the Arctic meltwater when we cross the river to/from Fuglefjella. On the way back, we pick up rubbish that appears on our way. SWE focuses on sustainability and nature conservation.
