Kvalvika Beach — Attraction in Flakstad

The beach was beautiful, but unfortunately it had a lot of toilet paper and poop (we didn't leave ours there). The trail was quite hard to follow since it only indicated Ryten. At one point during the trail, you can see a massive ridge with people walking along it and naturally you follow. Unfortunately that's the trail to Ryten, not Kvalvika beach. Instead look for a white sign on a rock that says Kvalvika and expect it to be hidden. This place is at the top of the mountain and from there you're very close to the beach but you cannot see it. The descent down to the beach is very steep and long but at least you have a great view of the beach and mountains and ocean. The beach is kind of overrun with people; there were at least 22 tents when we stayed (including ours). There is also a lot of wind and sheep. To get there we took the 300 bus from Moskenes kai (you can also take the 742) to Fredvang kryss. From there we walked 4 km to the trail head (which can be found on Google maps) and then walked another 4 km to the beach via the trail via Innerland. There are some creeks you can get water from but make sure to purify or...

A beautiful beach. You can find the best views from the ryten-mountain/fjäll which is next to the beach. Hiking to Kvalvika beach from the Kvalvika beach trail head took us 40 minutes. From Kvalvika beach up the Ryten-mountain it took 1 hour more. All in all it took about 4 hours to hike up the mountain to see the views/take some pictures and hike back to the parking lot. We did all this with a very quick tempo and all of us are in a very good physical condition. I would say 4 hours is the minimum time it takes to do the hike and stop to take some pictures in the meantime. Hike is sometimes very muddy and slippery, so don't use your best shoes. Hiking shoes are very ideal for the route. The hike from parking lot to Kvalvika beach is quite easy, but the second part from the beach up the mountain is challenging and takes more time. If you want to find where the closest parking lot to the beach is, search "Kvalvika beach trail head" and you should find where the trail starts. There is also a medium sized parking lot (for about 15 cars). The parking lot is free, but...

A 2km walk from the main car park near the start. Parking isn't easy during busy periods, we found a spot about 800m further down the road and there are more as you go.

The climb up is easier than the climb out. On the way back from the beach it's almost right onto rocks and boulders for about a 200m climb. Not too difficult just another feature of getting to and from the beach.

We arrived around 1730hrs and there were about 8 or 9 tents in place all pretty well spread out away from one another. By the time we woke up and left there were 42 tents pitched. Most were in their own spots but some were right on top of one another. Despite this it was relatively quiet. We had the sun during the evening and then the rain at night which allowed the tent to cool down a bit but still warm with the long days of pure sunlight.

Our only extra guests were the sheep.

Great views and a really nice beach. Worth the wee bimble...