Road-trip to Norway's NPs, Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, moderate hikes

Let's explore Norway's nature beauty and its nicest historic towns by road-tripping on the famous Atlantic Ocean Road. The idea of this trip is to move by a car from Oslo to a number of locations, staying one or two nights at each and exploring areas around for natural beauty and history - please see the map uploaded. The route will be: Oslo, Bergen, Alesund, Kristiansund, Trondheim, Lillehammer and Oslo.

On the western part of the trip we will be moving along the famous fjords area by ground. We'll need to use ferry in four spots (red circles on the map.) In this part we may use train or other public transit if it makes sense cost-wise.

The eastern leg of the route, from Lillehammer to Oslo, should be done by driving. Here we want to explore Jotunheimen National Park and Breheimen National Park (will try to include Jostedalsbreen National Park too.) Jostedalsbreen National Park can be hiked while we stay at Oslo.
This general itinerary for this this trip is open for being discussed and modified, till Sept 2023. Any comments are welcome )

This trip is subject to COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the country. As of beginning of 2023 Norway is open for tourism. We'll try to monitor closely the situation and it it changes. Here is a page with advisory from the U.S. Embassy in Norway :
https://no.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information/

Fall weather in this area is mild with day average temperatures 63-65 degree F (45 degree at night). See updates of weather forecasts at:
https://bit.ly/3FkTE64

The Trip's summary:

• 12 days/11nights trip for a small group of 6 explorers.
• The starting and ending point is Oslo, Norway.
• Level of activities: Easy to Intermediate.
• Hotel accommodations in, preliminarily: Oslo, Bergen, Alesund, Trondheim, Lillehammer/Roros.

Clothes and gear recommended:

• good hiking shoes,
• warm jacket for evenings, be ready to layer up,
• hiking poles if you used to them,
• consider hydration bladder for hikes,
• sunglasses,
• sunscreen,
• hat,
• for personal protection: mask, carry-on sanitizer, gloves (by your choice.)

Cost: the final calculation is to be made five mo before the start.
What's included:

• 11 nights stay in 2-people occupancy non-smoking room (two beds in room),
• Breakfasts in some hotels,
• Transportation by minivan (like Peugeot 5008, Ford Tourneo or similar) covering approx. 1100 mi of road-tripping total,
• Park entrance fees,
• Organized hikes in all days.

What is NOT included:

• Getting to and from Oslo, Norway,
• Meals, snacks, water.

Sunrise: 7:15am. Sunset: 7pm. Everyday we want to start off from the hotel at 7 am or 7:30am, or 8am as the latest. If you are a nigh owl, please try to adjust yourself for an earlier getup during the trip - the purpose of it is to use more of daylight at winter time for activities.

There will be a Zoom meeting on this trip and a WhatsApp group chat will be formed for the group to communicate and prepare for the trip. Please be available to connect by WhatsApp (provide the organizer with your WhatsApp contact info to be included in the group.)

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