We are transported to the village of Bakka for a short boat ride across the fjord to the trailhead. It takes the small boat 3 crossing to get out group of 20 across. This is the narrowest fjord in Norway, so the boat took just 5 minutes to cross. The hike is along the fjord on what was once the Royal postal route.
The fjord is a mixture of sea water and fresh water tumbling down the mountains. Throughout the day we saw several boats and a few ferries pass by. To get anywhere around here, you need to cross water. For our Backroads tour, our luggage was transported by a van and trailer. Several times, we took a short boat trip while our luggage took a circuitous land route to get to where were going.
On this hike, we were on flat ground almost the whole way. There was a small margin of level ground along the fjord. The trail often went through pasture land and we climbed over fencing several times.
Of course it rained some and when it did, the mountainsides suddenly lit up with silver waterfalls.
It's all very photogenic here. When it stops raining, the phones come out.
Most barns I have seen here are not on level ground like this one. They all have ramps going to the loft. Since most are built on a hillside, the ramps can be almost level. This one has a steep ramp.
We were treated to scenes like this along the entire hike. Waterfalls and the fjord! Everywhere you look.
Someone important must have been buried in this burial mound. It was a nice spit of land jutting out into the fjord.
Up close and personal.
Almost to the end of our hike
We reached a small dock to have lunch here. Our tour leader had made arrangements with the ferry to make an unscheduled stop to pick us up. We continued by ferry boat another two hours.
Traveling through this narrow fjord was quite scenic. At times the ferry would rock a bit. This set off the car alarms. I wonder what it is like to work on this ferry for a living and hearing car alarms throughout the day.
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