Kvaløya — Local services in Tromsø

Kvaloya mountain is located at the north edge of Tromso. We had arranged a guide from the Tromso Outdoor tour company. A tour guide for a hike in such weather is essential. And we also need to arrange our hiking accessories like snowshoes, hiking poles etc. the guide had sent us the starting location. We navigated there on time using Google maps and the drive to this start-point by itself was beautiful. Most of the areas were empty with no houses or shops and no people, just thick layers of snow. We were not able to identify the parking slot at the start point because of the snow. After some time, the guide came with three other people who were going to Hike with us on this trip. Though I had forgotten my jacket, my guide helped me with one. We all found snowshoes that fit us and we were ready to begin. The mountain ahead just seems like layers of snow, with no trees and bushes. Well, it is not so easy to get used to these snowshoes. It's only after about 100m of walk that you get comfortable with them. And besides, climbing ahead was more difficult because of the cold weather and winds. Also considering that we were low on energy, we requested our guide to break. But our guide would just keep promising that it's only a few more metres every time we asked him and finally after 2hrs, we reached the viewpoint. There was a lake on the other side of this mountain.

The view was so amazing. We felt lucky to have reached there and we sat there in the midst of the cold winds. After taking photos, we began the downward hike. It was easier this way because the wind was blowing in the opposite direction. But I was dying of thirst and we dint have water. So, finally, I decided to eat some ice. I collected some ice from some of the leaves and ate them, it did help me recover. It took almost 4 hours to complete this trek. And it was getting dark already. It was an amazing experience but remember to do some preparations and take...

While being in Tromso i recommend renting a car and driving there. Wherever you go you will be happy with the views on the way. Especially I recommend Grotfjord area with its dramatic landscape and visiting Sommaroy (go through Kvaloya to get there). If you cant rent a car - book a fjord trip with Arctic Explorers. They will take...

Insieme all'aurora boreale, questa è un'altra attività da sogno, quasi fiabesca. Esistono due tipi di escursioni: quella in pullman e quella via mare. Io ho optato per quella in pullman poiché avevo pianificato anche l'osservazione delle balene (che ahimè non ho potuto fare), comunque è una scelta personale. Il vantaggio del pulmino (quello di piccole dimensioni) è che potrete fermarvi ovunque voi vogliate o non appena vedrete un paesaggio che vi piace particolarmente. L'escursione si è svolta principalmente su tre fiordi fantastici, precisamente: Kaldfjord, Ersfjordbotn e un altro fiordo, a nord di quest'ultimo, di cui mi...