Logbook 2027 · Small‑group expeditions from BergenExpeditions from Bergen
We take small groups by sea kayak and on foot into the fjords, the outer islands and the Arctic: water the cruise ships only pass and coast the roads never reach. Six routes, May to September, all led from our boat shed in Bergen.
Log 01 · The 2027 season
Every route is graded from 1 to 5. Grade 1 needs no experience at all; grade 5 wants a season of multi-day trips behind you.
Prices are per person and cover guides, boats, dry suits, food and every night's camp.
1Gentle2Moderate3Demanding4Committing5Expedition
No. 01 Featured
Sea kayak + glacier walk · Vestland
A week up the longest fjord in Norway to the foot of a glacier, and back across its deepest water.
Experience: one day in a sea kayak, or our Nærøyfjord weekend.
No. 02 Vestland
Sea kayak · Hardanger
Blossom in May, cider in September: an easy paddle under the Folgefonna ice cap, with farm stays at both ends.
Experience: none. We teach you on the first morning.
No. 03 Arctic
Sea kayak · Lofoten, Nordland
White-sand bays and open crossings under the midnight sun, on the islands west of Reine.
Experience: several multi-day trips and a reliable self-rescue.
No. 04 Arctic
On foot · Lyngen Alps, Troms
Six mountain huts across the Lyngen Alps, with a rest day on the fjord at Lyngseidet.
Fitness: 6–8 hours and 1,100 m of ascent a day.
No. 05 First-timers
Sea kayak + hike · Aurland
The narrowest fjord in Norway, lunch at a goat farm and the old postal road on foot.
Experience: none at all. Built for your first time.
No. 06 78° North
Sea kayak · Isfjorden, Svalbard
Ten days of 24-hour light: glacier fronts, walrus haul-outs and a rifle on every guide.
Experience: expedition paddling and a cold-water rescue course.
Swipe for all six routes1 / 6
Log 02 · Vestland
Eight days from the Balestrand quay to the tongue of a glacier, then back across 1,308 metres of water: the deepest point of any fjord in Norway.
By kayakOn footPlanned line
Route of the 2027 departures. Camps move with the weather; the line is the plan, not a promise.
Day by day
8 km paddled2–3 hours
The express boat leaves Bergen at 08:00 and puts you on the Balestrand quay by noon. Boats fitted on the jetty, then a shakedown loop into the Esefjord before camp.
Sleep: wild camp, Dragsvik
15 km paddled5 hours
The fjord narrows to a kilometre and the walls go straight up. In June there's a waterfall every few hundred metres; lunch is on a shingle beach you can only reach by water.
Sleep: wild camp, Mundal shore
13 km paddled4–5 hours
The water turns milky green with glacier flour as Fjærland comes into view. The afternoon is yours in the village and its honesty-box bookshelves.
Sleep: campsite with showers, Fjærland
9 km on foot5 hours
Eirik leads the walk up the outwash plain to the tongue of the glacier. Crampons and harnesses are provided and no glacier experience is needed.
Sleep: Fjærland, second night
24 km paddled6–7 hours
The longest day. The afternoon northerly usually pushes us down-fjord, and we hug the west shore for the waterfalls we missed on the way up.
Sleep: wild camp, Kvamsøy point
16 km paddled4.5 km open water
We cross at first light, when it's flat, over 1,308 metres of fjord. Then into the bay at Vik and up to the stave church before dinner.
Sleep: meadow camp, Vik
18 km paddled5–6 hours
Orchards, porpoises and the old ferry quays. Last night under canvas, with Ingeborg's fish soup and the sun going down at 23:10.
Sleep: wild camp, Fresvik
9 km paddledBack in Bergen 20:00
A last crossing to Leikanger, boats washed and packed by 13:00, and the 15:40 express boat back into Bergen.
Home: express boat to Bergen
From €3,190 per personSolo tent €240 · 13 Jun, 11 Jul, 22 Aug 2027
Request a placeLog 03 · The crew
Every departure runs with two of them. Between them: 53 seasons, three languages besides English, and every guest home in time for the boat.
Founder · Lead sea kayak guide
“I check the forecast four times a day and still pack for all four seasons.”
Mountain & glacier lead
“Glaciers are honest. They tell you exactly where they don't want you.”
Arctic lead · Lofoten, Lyngen, Svalbard
“Up north you don't beat the weather. You wait for it to blink.”
Sea kayak guide · Expedition cook
“Bread at six, coffee at five past, and nobody launches before both.”
Log 04 · What's included
Log 05 · The small-group promise
Eight fits round one fire, in one bay, on one small campsite without crowding the shore. It's also the most two guides can keep an eye on in a rising wind.
One leads, one sweeps. On the water it's never more than four of you to each guide.
If the wind says no, we wait it out on the beach. We'd rather miss a headland than push a crossing.
Once four places are booked, the departure is guaranteed, and we tell you the same day.
Fires below the tide line, nothing left behind, and 2% of every booking to the local shoreline clean-up crews.
Log 06 · The guest book
“Aslak changed the whole route on day three because of a northerly. We lost a headland and gained the best camp of my life.”
Lofoten · Jul 2026Greer T., Denver, Colorado
“I had never sat in a sea kayak. On day six I made the crossing to Vik and only found out how deep it was at dinner.”
Clodagh M., Galway, Ireland
“A sea eagle took a fish thirty metres from the boats. Sigrid had pointed at that exact tree ten minutes earlier.”
Benedikt A., Innsbruck, Austria
“The hut days are properly hard. The view from the last pass is the reason I've already put my name down for Svalbard.”
Ottilie R., Melbourne, Australia
Log 07 · Enquire