Guided Snowshoeing and Visit to Local Café: Experience Scenic Kvaløya Landscapes

Escape the city and explore the picturesque landscapes of Kvaløya on a guided snowshoeing adventure. Experience the beauty of the polar night and try snowshoeing without climbing mountains. Finish off with a visit to the charming Bryggejentene café for a cozy cup of coffee and delicious cakes.

Duration: 4 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Kraksletta - A journey into our way of life - embracing nature, the outdoors, an active lifestyle, and local delicacies.

Discover the true essence of “Koselig”.

Our secret to enjoying the polar night and long winters is to stay active in nature and unwind properly.

We escape the city center to the picturesque landscapes of Malangen to savor: the blue hours of the polar night, snow, sun, or snowstorms, and to try snowshoeing the easy way - without scaling high mountains.

Before heading back, we visit a local treasure on the Malangen shore - Tove’s Tradisjonsmat kafé - to relax by the campfire in the lavvo, with a cup of coffee, tea, or hot chocolate, and Tove’s famous homemade cakes. Choose from: carrot or chocolate cake, cinnamon bun, or vegan, lactose-, and gluten-free coconut cake.

In short, we invite you to experience our local lifestyle effortlessly with our seasoned outdoor guide.

What's Included
  • snowshoes, poles
  • Tea and coffee
What's Not Included
  • winter clothes and winter boots
Meal Options
  • Cafe and cake at local cafe - Carrot or chocolate cake, cinnamon bun or vegan- lactose- and gluten- free cocos cake.
Additional Information

We escape the urban bustle of the city core for the serene vistas of Kvaløya. Here, we revel in the blue twilight of the polar night, snowy conditions, sunshine, or even snow squalls, while experiencing snowshoeing in a simple manner - no need for scaling lofty peaks.

We cap off our adventure by stopping at the hidden treasure located along the Ersfjord coast - the Bryggejentene café. Here we unwind with refreshing coffee, tea or chocolate and their renowned cakes.

Location
Tromsø Outdoor AS
Fredrik Langes gate
In front of Tromsø Outdoor, 10 minutes before departure (8.50am). Departure is at 9.00am.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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3chlo_b
Feb 2, 2024
OMG INCREDIBLE - we go on a hike with snowshoes, it was not that hard with a beautiful view ! Mikkel was a really good guide, fun and with a lot of knowledge. we re really passed a good time, uf we had to do this again, we re doing 100% with Mikkel, thank you for this moment!!
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Jennieling22
Dec 20, 2023
Fantastic guide, enjoyable hike - Our first snowshoeing family hike and we could not have asked for a more wonderful experience. Our guide, Mikkel was excellent and made it an enjoyable time. Service-oriented and attentive, he fitted us with perfectly sized snow boots, and the snowshoes and trekking poles were in good condition. Mikkel provided interesting nuggets of information regarding the local landscape, culture, wildlife, avalanches, how to make a snow cave etc. The hike itself was fun, with amazing winter scenery and an ever-changing weather that added to the experience. We savoured the authentic norwegian snacks for hiking - lefse and hot blackcurrant juice - that Mikkel brought along for us to try. A perfect way to end the hike with a delicious hot chocolate/ coffee and yummy sweet pastry at the picturesque Bryggejentene cafe! Thanks a million, Mikkel and Tromso Outdoor team, for the memorable experience!
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Rodgerc567
Dec 5, 2023
Snowshoeing and a brilliant introduction to the Culture and Nature of Norwegian life - Many, many thanks to Lukas and his boss for a wonderful experience. It was my first time snow shoeing, but it was much, much more than that. It was a cultural experience, an environmental appreciation and the genuine relaxed conversation with 2 really experienced, highly professional and genuinely personable guys. We went for snowshoeing and came away with so much more!
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Jaclyn_m
Feb 27, 2023
A fun and beautiful adventure - My friend and I had a wonderful Morning snow shoeing with our awesome and knowledgeable guide Thomas. We had beautiful views up there on the mountain and the top was even better. The cafe at the end was a nice way to unwind and learn more about Tromso. Highly recommend this adventure!
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Heatherhd8374wu
Jan 19, 2023
Great walk with a very knowledgeable guide - Our guide Tomas was lovely and very knowledgeable. The walk was enough to feel you had accomplished something and done good exercise without exhausting you for the rest of the day! Amazing views, and we even saw some reindeer. Would highly, highly recommend.
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Shiho_c
Jan 8, 2023
MUST DO! - We started at 9am and the guide picked us up. I was with my 12 yrs old son, and turned out that it was only us!! We were so lucky. The guide drove us to the foot of the hill, I guess it was like 45 min or so from Tromso. (On the way, we saw some wild reindeers!) It was still very dark, so we started with our headlights on. It was our first time snowshoeing, but we got the hang of it quite well, thanks to our guide. The guide was very friendly and knowledgeable. We climbed quite high up and the scenery was breathtaking! The guide made sure we were following and everything is ok. On the way down was a bit hard for me because of some slippery rocks, but also it was more fun to slide down over the abundant snow! Especially my son was having lots of fun going down. Everywhere you turned your head, it was like a postcard. Really stunning nature all around you. After our snowshoeing, we were taken to this very cute cozy cafe, facing the Fijord. Looked like a hidden cafe for locals. It was still snowing, and the view from the cafe was amazing. The cafe had a little boutique downstairs full of cute plates and ornaments. I had the best cake and hot chocolate!! (I tried to upload pics, but somehow I keep getting error message) I highly recommend this tour, everything was well-organised and we had great fun!!! Thank you for the wonderful time.
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Northstar538416
Jan 12, 2020
Snowshoe walking and cake! - Were were picked up promptly and taken off in the dark to Håkøya where we were fitted with our snowshoes. Mauri, our guide, was excellent, telling us about the history of the area and pointing out things of interest as we walked. His passion and enthusiasm for the the area came through, and it was fun to be out with him. You get to see fjords and scenery away from the city, and I found it very peaceful and relaxing. We might have been lucky in that we were the only two people on the trip that morning, but I can thoroughly recommend the excursion. It ended with a trip to a delightful cafe for coffee (the best I had whilst in Tromso) and delicious carrot cake - what more could you want from a morning out! Mauri also dropped us home to our hotel afterwards, which was very kind of him.
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