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Christina did an excellent job on planning our itinerary! She listened to us well and what we hoped to see in Norway. We started in Bergen, went to Balestrand, Aurland and ended in Oslo. We did a city tour in Bergen which gave us a good idea of what the Norway culture and its people were like. we ate at great restaurants suggested b y Christina and many other fun things.
We took a boat through the beautiful fjords to get to Balestrand. Balestrand was magical...like a picture perfect town from another time or story book. While here, we did an Apple Cider tour and tasting (soo good), rented cars for a day to drive to the waterfall in Felgefossen and after hiking the waterfall sat at a quaint adjacent cafe called Feigesagi where we tried brown cheese and waffles! We went on a guided boat tour and fishing with a very animated tour guide named Tor! Loved this...it was a great day!
Took another boat to Aurland. In Aurland we found another beautiful magical town! We did a sauna and cold plunge one day (highly recommend), had excellent dinners at the hotel we stayed at The Hotel Aurlandsfjord (by the way we loved all the hotels we stayed at). We had a guided Waterfall hike and view of Segastein, a fjord cruise and a trip to Viking Valley. It was all so awesome and we learned a lot about Norway, it's people and culture.
We then took a train (what a fun experience) to Oslo. We had a wonderful guided tour of Oslo with a guide who even sang us a Norwegian song (she has an incredible voice!). And then we used the rest of our time in Oslo to explore and dine on our own.
We loved our trip to Norway and are so grateful for all of the things Christina arranged for us! We are recommending this trip to all of our friends and family!

At first the planning went well. As we got closer to trip time and our agent went on leave, we had no responses to messages and had to call the emergency line for someone to be assigned to us.

We did like the Bergen lodging, though the washer dryer wasn’t in room, as promised. The Fjærland stay was excellent, but it would be great to know there were only three restaurants in town.

Some of the trip planning made no sense. We were originally scheduled to be in a town two hours from the airport which needed ferries that stopped at 11 pm.

It wasn’t the same as my other kimkim trips.

Hotel Reviews

Thon Hotel Ålesund

Ålesund

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Sagafjord Hotel

Sæbø

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Fjærland Fjordstove Hotell & Restaurant

Fjærland

Great experience!

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Vander Apartments

Oslo

Great location. Note that washer and dryer isn’t in the room. And one in basement is always busy.

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Activity Reviews

Floating Sauna

Norway

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Food & Culture Walk

Bergen

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Guidet Hike to Blåbærstølen

Fjærland

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We had an epic trip. Really enjoyed the local guides.

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Thon Hotel Opera

Oslo

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Fantastic Location across the street from the library voted best in the world

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Everyone was helpful

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Scandic Stavanger City

Stavanger

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Heimen Hotel

Bergen

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Radisson Blu Airport Hotel, Oslo Gardemoen

Gardemoen

Convenient location adjacent to airport

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We watched the Norway 🇳🇴 World Cup in their lounge watch party

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Easy walk to airport

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Breakfast was good

Scandic Kirkenes

Kirkenes

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Close to center of town

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MS Richard With

Tromsø

The Hurtigruten was really nice. The food was excellent

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The hurtigruten has a storied history

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We saw almost the entire coast of Norway

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Expedition Staff

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Bedding was really nice

Activity Reviews

Flor & Fjære Garden Cruise

Stavanger

Unbelievable achievement. Inspiring.

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Unexpectedly brilliant

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Boat ride was scenic

Private City Walk

Oslo

Our guide was excellent.

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Train went straight from airport to our hotel

Oslofjord Sightseeing Cruise by Traditional Boat

Oslo

Would definitely recommend this cruise to get a fuller picture of Oslo

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Bergen Walking Tour With a Local Guide

Bergen

All our guides were excellent and helpful

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Nina helped us book dinner for 17 at To Kuchs.

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Norway in a Nutshell and the Flamm railroad

Having Kimkim's assistance in planning our 17 day self-drive tour of Norway was very helpful. We started with a long list of places we wished to visit and Katie helped us reduce our list to the most important destinations that were within a few hours drive of each other. Most of the lodges we stayed at were fine but one was terrible (Batsfjord Rorbuer). We ended up leaving after our first night and getting a much nicer Airbnb place for the second night. In Alesund we could not fit our luggage into the standard room at Quality Hotel Waterfront so we paid for an upgrade to a larger room with a nice view. Otherwise things went well.

Most everything was real good. My only recommendation would be to ask more about the ages of the travelers and any restrictions they may have.