Briksdal Glacier

Experience the beauty of this stunning natural wonder

The magnificent Briksdal Glacier forms part of the Jostedal Glacier National Park, and plunges 1200 metres to the lush, narrow Briksdal valley below – a sight that attracts 300,000 visitors from all over the world each year.

Step onboard a comfortable bus that will take out of the Port and on a nice tour through the area of Nordfjord along the famous Hornindal Lake. The bus drive is 1,5 hours each way and our personal guide will tell interesting stories and facts along the way.

Included in the ticket is a great cake buffet and coffee at the cafeteria at Briksdalen. Eat as much as you want! At this place it is also possible to buy lunch and drinks in addition to souvenirs.

At arrival Briksdal you can either walk the 3 km up to the glacier or you can buy a ticket with one of the “Troll Cars” that will take you there. We reccomend to use the cars up and walk down.Please note that “Troll Cars” have limited availbility and we reccomend to book this in advance at this page: Trollcars

You will arrive Briksdal approx. 1,5 hours after departure time from Nordfjordeid. So you can book Troll car 100 minutes after departure from Nordfjordeid. For example departure Nordfjordeid 09:15, book Troll car earliest 11:00. Note that from the point the Troll Cars stops, it is a 500 meter walk to the lake infront of the glacier.

You will have 2.5 hours to spend in Briksdalen before the bus returns to Port of Nordfjordeid.
You can enjoy the buffet of cake/coffee at any time you want during the stop.

On days with ships that only have German speaking guests we will do our best to use a German speaking guide for this tour.

Add a note on the booking if you would like to have a child seat on the bus. Child seats are only offered to children 0-4 years old and lower than 110 cm.

Information

Meals included:
Cake and coffee

Meeting point:
East side of the quay building.
50 meters from the cruisegate.
Meeting point display marked with “Visit Nordfjordeid”.
A person will meet you here, check you in and show you to the bus: marked with “BRIKSDAL GLACIER”
Kaivegen 12, 6770 Nordfjordeid

Tour timing:
Meet on the east side at the quay building display marked with “Visit Nordfjordeid”
00:00 – Departure bus (Drive along the Hornindal Lake)
01:30 – Arrival Briksdal (leisure on your own).
04:00 – Departure Briksdal (shortest way back) Drive along the Hornindal Lake
05:30 – Arrival Nordfjordeid at quay next to the ship

Tour timings are approximate and subject to modifications.