Hello all. Planning this Norway itinerary is killing me! I'm having a really hard time with it so I would greatly appreciate your opinions on this 9-day itinerary for this July. I haven't specified many details yet, since I want to know first if this looks like a reasonable time frame to see the top sights in each area without rushing. Our main focus is on the natural beauty, but we want to mix in some time in a couple towns as well. This is for my husband and me (61 and 62 years old, in good physical shape). Is this a good start? What needs to be tweaked? Thank you in advance!
Day 1: Afternoon arrival in Oslo (from east coast U.S) - overnight in Oslo
Day 2: Oslo –all day here (overnight again in Oslo)
Day 3: Early morning train to Myrdal, then on to Flam. (overnight in Flam)
Day 4: Spend the day in Flam area (overnight in Flam)
Day 5: Morning in Flam area. Afternoon NIN tour- ferry from Flam to Gudvangen, then take bus to Voss, and evening train to Bergen (spend night in Bergen)
Day 5: Spend day in Bergen (overnight in Bergen)
Day 6: Morning flight from Bergen to Alesund, pick up rental car. Drive (via Trollstigen route) to Geiranger (overnight in Geiranger)
Day 7: Gierangerfjord and area (overnight in Geiranger)
Day 8: Gierangerfjord area (overnight in Geiranger)
Day 9: Morning drive back to Alesund. Fly home via Oslo
Also, is there any point or benefit in kayaking in Naeroyfjord if we'll be already be on a ferry there as well (on the NIN tour) ?