Norway. Take caravan, hire motorhome, just take car? Anyone done it? - Chat Forum https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/norway-take-caravan-hire-motorhome-just-take-car-anyone-done-it/ Singletrack World Magazine Forum. Come for the bikes, stay for the boll**ks en-GB Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:31:30 +0000 wpForo 60 Re: Norway. Take caravan, hire motorhome, just take car? Anyone done it? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/norway-take-caravan-hire-motorhome-just-take-car-anyone-done-it/#post-10786409 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:22:16 +0000 Chat Forum kittyr https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/norway-take-caravan-hire-motorhome-just-take-car-anyone-done-it/#post-10786409 Re: Norway. Take caravan, hire motorhome, just take car? Anyone done it? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/norway-take-caravan-hire-motorhome-just-take-car-anyone-done-it/#post-10784647 Tue, 27 Aug 2019 20:58:10 +0000 Chat Forum esselgruntfuttock https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/norway-take-caravan-hire-motorhome-just-take-car-anyone-done-it/#post-10784647 Re: Norway. Take caravan, hire motorhome, just take car? Anyone done it? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/norway-take-caravan-hire-motorhome-just-take-car-anyone-done-it/#post-10784434 Tue, 27 Aug 2019 18:54:26 +0000 A fishing trip to Norway is on my bucket list & it would be great to take a vehicle & fish various areas. (remember that Halibut photo?) I’ll have to try and remember where the campsite is that we stayed where you could fishing boats by the hour, which we did with no fishing or boating experience! It was on a narrow part of a fjord when the tide came in or out created really fast currents, it was really exciting trying to dock against the flow! We had bought a £15 fishing rod from a supermarket and by chance rather than skill landed a couple of mackerel. You’ll notice next to boat landings there are often fish preparation benches, where the guts go back into the fjord to feed the fish. We were trying to gut these things (again with no experience) when a local bobbed over to help. He also gave some of his catch, the fish the fillet came from must have been huge! On the last day we were passing a harbor where a few folk were fishing, we had an hour or two to kill so we got our cheap rod out and started fishing ourselves. Almost straight away my son landed the biggest mackerel I’ve seen to the disbelief of the other anglers who had probably been there a while. We had to let it go though as we were staying in a hotel with no cooking facilities. One lucky mackerel!]]> Chat Forum fooman https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/norway-take-caravan-hire-motorhome-just-take-car-anyone-done-it/#post-10784434 Re: Norway. Take caravan, hire motorhome, just take car? Anyone done it? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/norway-take-caravan-hire-motorhome-just-take-car-anyone-done-it/#post-10783903 Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:53:09 +0000 @Digby tell me more! please Recommend it? Did you go with a company or self guided? Apologies for the slight hijack, but I would absolutely recommend it. I've been to Lyngen too which is also worth a visit but less accomodation available (quite a few boats offering ski-touring though!) I've done a fair bit of backcountry over the years but always do these kind of trips with the same guide (McNab Snowboarding). You can also book direct with the likes of Northern Alpine Guides - great setup]]> Chat Forum Digby https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/norway-take-caravan-hire-motorhome-just-take-car-anyone-done-it/#post-10783903 Re: Norway. Take caravan, hire motorhome, just take car? Anyone done it? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/norway-take-caravan-hire-motorhome-just-take-car-anyone-done-it/#post-10783582 Tue, 27 Aug 2019 11:06:00 +0000 Hmm, maybe but the cruise ships bring in a LOT of revenue to local economies. They certainly bring an opportunity to run a tourist tat shop within a couple of hundred yards of where they dock. And the firms doing kayaking/cycle touring must only stay in business because of them. They don't take on provisions locally though and very few punters seem to eat off the ships. The coach sightseeing tours from the ships can jump in the sea though! There was one place we went through where they we doing a glacier viewing trip and hoards of coaches trundling off the 10km from the ship on totally unsuitable singletrack backroads they had no place driving on so that the less mobile of the 4000 cruise tourist that day could take a closer look. It's the pollution though that was worse. I've spent enough time around ships and boats to recognise holding tank pump out and kayaking, swimming and SUPing through it down an otherwise pristine fjord after a Cunard cruise ship ship had gone through was rank. And the smog they leave behind......as their funnels are significantly below the height of the fjords on a still day it hangs around for hours/days. Worse still, to keep on top of the massive energy requirements when at anchor they appear to keep at least one engine permanently running for the generators so the smog around those parts is really pish. It's not sustainable tourism as it stands - though I appreciate a similar number of people wanting to go in a van would be even more destructive.]]> Chat Forum convert https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/norway-take-caravan-hire-motorhome-just-take-car-anyone-done-it/#post-10783582 Re: Norway. Take caravan, hire motorhome, just take car? Anyone done it? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/norway-take-caravan-hire-motorhome-just-take-car-anyone-done-it/#post-10783553 Tue, 27 Aug 2019 10:46:41 +0000 and go on your bikes. why would you want to drive through such spectacular country. I'd love to Tony, but as you know, my Mrs would struggle. Plus as I mentioned to you when you went, how would I carry all that fishing gear? A fishing trip to Norway is on my bucket list & it would be great to take a vehicle & fish various areas. (remember that Halibut photo?)
The cruise ship rather ruin some of it too.
Hmm, maybe but the cruise ships bring in a LOT of revenue to local economies.]]> Chat Forum esselgruntfuttock https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/norway-take-caravan-hire-motorhome-just-take-car-anyone-done-it/#post-10783553 Re: Norway. Take caravan, hire motorhome, just take car? Anyone done it? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/norway-take-caravan-hire-motorhome-just-take-car-anyone-done-it/#post-10783530 Tue, 27 Aug 2019 10:30:28 +0000 Chat Forum ton https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/norway-take-caravan-hire-motorhome-just-take-car-anyone-done-it/#post-10783530 Re: Norway. Take caravan, hire motorhome, just take car? Anyone done it? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/norway-take-caravan-hire-motorhome-just-take-car-anyone-done-it/#post-10783519 Tue, 27 Aug 2019 10:24:18 +0000 I’ve been to Lofoten splitboard touring a few times in the Winter/Spring and it really is one of the most stunning places I’ve been to! @Digby tell me more! please Recommend it? Did you go with a company or self guided?]]> Chat Forum kittyr https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/norway-take-caravan-hire-motorhome-just-take-car-anyone-done-it/#post-10783519 Re: Norway. Take caravan, hire motorhome, just take car? Anyone done it? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/norway-take-caravan-hire-motorhome-just-take-car-anyone-done-it/#post-10783465 Tue, 27 Aug 2019 09:51:11 +0000 Chat Forum ton https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/norway-take-caravan-hire-motorhome-just-take-car-anyone-done-it/#post-10783465 Re: Norway. Take caravan, hire motorhome, just take car? Anyone done it? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/norway-take-caravan-hire-motorhome-just-take-car-anyone-done-it/#post-10783459 Tue, 27 Aug 2019 09:47:36 +0000 Chat Forum nickdavies https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/norway-take-caravan-hire-motorhome-just-take-car-anyone-done-it/#post-10783459