On this tour you can experience coastal and fjord landscapes and Bøyabreen glacier on the same day. Your journey starts in Bergen & you can enjoy the wonderful coastal landscape among islands, islets and rocks, as well as the world-famous long stretch of Sognefjorden on your way to Balestrand. On arrival at Balestrand you change to a “next sightseeing boat” that takes you further into the idyllic Fjærlandsfjorden to Fjærland. On arrival Fjærland, bus will take you to the Norwegian Glacier Museum. The Norwegian Glacier Museum is an interactive museum for the Whole Family, which gives you knowledge about glacier and climate in a New innovative way. From the Norwegian Glacier Museum the tour continues up to Bøyabreen glacier – a branch of Jostedalsbreen glacier. Here You can take photos and see how the glacier presses itself into the landscape. The bus returns to Fjærland quay & the tour continues by boat back to Balestrand and there you change to a “next sightseeing boat” to Bergen.
On your way to Balestrand you will enjoy the world-famous long stretch of Sognefjorden.
The Norwegian Glacier Museum opened in 1991, and is an award-winning hands-on museum, situated in Fjærland at the head of the Fjærlandsfjord. The museum is the leading centre in Norway for dissemination of knowledge with regard to glaciers and climate. In an entertaining and exciting manner, you will get answers to questions like 'Why is glacier ice blue?', 'Why is the fjord green?' and 'How were the fjords formed?'. You can even perform your own experiments with 1000 year old ice from the nearby glacier Supphellebreen.
Bøyabreen is a glacier in the Fjærland area of Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located inside Jostedalsbreen National Park, and it is a side branch of the large Jostedalsbreen glacier. Here you may admire the Glacier at close range or from the Brevasshytta restaurant, even closer to the ice. This is one of the most spectacular of the glacier branches.
You will make your own way to the meeting points
«FOR THE BOAT FROM BERGEN THIS IS ORDER CONFIRMATION ONLY NOT A TICKET» “Ticket will be sent to your e-mail address as soon as available.” Timetable - Take a Screenshot to make it easier if you lose WI-FI 08:00: Dep by boat from Strandkaiterminalen (Norled – Strandkaien 15) https://rebrand.ly/GlacierTour_MEETING_POINT_EXPLORESOGNEFJORDEN As a GlacierTour customer, you have received an Extra NORLED ticket for the Fast Ferry NORLED In your booking confirmation from Glacier Tour 11.50: Arr Balestrand, get off NORLED and get ready to board on the GlacierTour boat 12.10: Dep Balestrand WITH GlacierTour Boat 13:25: Arr Fjærland 13:30: Bus to Norwegian Glacier Museum and Bøyabreen glacier 15:15: Dep from The Glacier Bøyabreen 15:30: Dep Fjærland 16:45: Arr Balestrand 16:50: Dep Balestrand (Next to the sightseeing boat) NORLED to Bergen 20:45: Arr Bergen