Lysekammen AS · Stavanger cruise terminal
A six-hour day from the Stavanger cruise terminal: a coach through the subsea tunnels, about four hours on the main trail with a guide, then back to the ship. Pick it if you arrive by sea, have no car and want someone else to handle the logistics.
The listing states a six-hour day with about four hours of walking, round trip. A black coach waits in the parking area at the cruise terminal, and the drive to the trailhead takes about 40 minutes through Ryfast, the tunnel link that runs 292 m below sea level at its deepest point. Your guide grew up in a village on the Lysefjord, and it shows in the stories on the way up.
The honest bit: from May to October you don't need a guide for this trail. It is marked with red T signs, and Visit Norway says most people walk it on their own. What this tour sells is logistics. No hiker bus to book, no parking queue, no map, and lunch is sorted. For a cruise passenger with a fixed all-aboard time, that is worth a lot.
The listing gives no group cap, unlike the eight-person hikes on this site, so expect a bigger group on busy ship days. The trail starts about 270 m above the sea and the first section is fairly steep. Children under 7 and people with low fitness are ruled out.
Walk off the ship to the parking area at the cruise terminal. The guide and driver wait by a black coach.
The road dives under the fjord through the Ryfast tunnels, then climbs to Preikestolen Parking, about 270 m above the sea.
A fairly steep start, then woods, streams and the stone steps built by Nepalese Sherpas, before the views over the fjord open up.
Photos on the flat granite top, 604 m above the water. There is no railing, so stay a few metres back from the edge.
The same trail down, then the coach back to the cruise terminal.
★★★★★The guide picked us up at the ship's exit, and the timing was perfect.
★★★★★He was attentive to his group checking on them to be sure everyone was doing well.
★★★★★It was excellent experience with Tore, our guide - I warmly recommend it, spectacular views, nice company, good pace :)
★★★★★This was such a fantastic experience! Major highlight visiting the Fjords, awesome guides!
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At the cruise terminal in Stavanger, just outside the ship. The guide and the driver wait by a black coach in the parking area.
Moderate. The trail is about 8 km return with roughly 500 m of climbing in total, and the first part is fairly steep. The minimum age on this tour is 7.
Yes. Snacks, water and lunch are all part of the tour. Bring extra food if you get hungry on hikes.
The tour runs about six hours from the terminal. If your ship is in port for less than that plus a safety margin, look at the two-hour RIB boat tour instead.
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A local guide, the bus from the Stavanger cruise terminal, snacks and lunch: you just walk. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
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