Snowmobile Safari to Tempelfjorden
with Svalbard Adventures
- Price: 3550.- NOK (discount when sharing one snowmobile for 2 travellers in one booking)
- 15 February to 14 May
- Difficulty Level: 3/5
- Duration: 8 hours
- Age Limit: 12 years old
- 08:30-16:30
Experience the feeling of cruising through valleys, between high mountains and out to the cold coastal landscape by snowmobile. Our destination is the Tempelfjord, where the legendary trapper Hilmar Nøis spent 26 winters.
We head east from Longyearbyen over the frozen river delta through the Advent Valley before driving through the valleys of Eskerdalen and Sassendalen. We then drive north to Fredheim, the trapper’s cabin and home of one of Svalbard’s most famous trappers, Hilmar Nøis (1891-1975).
— We both got associations to Game of Thrones or Lord of the Rings as we drove into the valleys.
Jones, Kristiansand (Tripadvisor)
Fredheim was different from the other trapper’s cabins. With a cream jar and nightgown placed by the ammunition and tablecloths and pot plants on the table, his wife Helfrid left her feminine touch on the cabin. Consequently, the well-kept home in the middle of the wilderness became known as Villa Fredheim. The mountain Templet towers behind the cabin, almost like a Gothic cathedral
Lunch with a view
When the sun returns and spring approaches, if we are lucky, we may see seals on the ice. We stop for a well-earned lunch break in a majestic setting, a nature-based lunch experience you will long remember. If it’s possible, we will continue to our lavvu in the Brattlidalen valley, a hidden valley formed by the meltwater that flowed through here over a period of several thousand years.
Physical Requirements/Difficulty Grading System
Suitable for most without any snowmobile experience, through some rugged terrain
The Route:
