Balestrand Fjord Sightseeing Private Tour

You'll feel the thrill of a fast (but comfortable) 80 minute boat ride. And you'll get to know Balestrand as your local guide stops to shares his favorite sights and stories.

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Difficulty Easy

Alder 1+ years

Duration 1h20

Price from 12 000 NOK

About the experience

You'll feel the thrill of a fast (but comfortable) 80 minute boat ride. And you'll get to know Balestrand as your local guide stops to shares his favorite sights and stories.

A crashing waterfall. A medieval church. The foamy wake behind you.

by Lars Arne Målsnes

Guide and CEO

Do you enjoy the wind in your hair? On this tour, you'll feel the thrill of a fast (but comfortable) boat ride while you get to know Balestrand’s sights and stories.

We begin in the village center, and as we speed into the Esefjord you may feel we are entering an oil painting—this view was (and still is) a favorite motif for artists from all over the world. There’s something about the light here! We continue to the base of the waterfall Kvinnafossen, descending 120 meters from her mountain source. In spring she is a thundering fury, and in winter a silent beauty.

We change course and pass an enormous statue of the Viking hero Fritjof, who lived here and fell in love with a princess from Balestrand. We round the island of Kvamsøy, with its stone medieval church (the oldest building in the village). Here we pass my farm, Målsnes, where I take my name from. Here we grow plums, apples and raspberries in Balestrand’s fertile climate. My family is proud to be the ninth generation to live here.

On the return we slow down and cruise alongside the elaborate facades of the Balestrand’s dragon-style villas, which can only truly be experienced from a boat.

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