If our goal is to see Fjords in Norway will a cruise on Havila south to north (or round trip) let us experience them well?
Are there better ones we should see by car or NIN instead?
Thank you!
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Havila and Hurtigruten travel the same route along the coast. Depending on when you travel, the Northbound trip cruises the Geirangerfjord or the Hjorundfjord. And Southbound trip may enter the Trollfjord if conditions are good. We traveled Hurtigruten southbound in May 2023. Unfortunately the weather kept us out of the Trollfjord.
There are several other fjords along the coast that you will sail in. But some of these fjords are quite wide and shallow like the Trondheimfjord. While still beautiful, it's not the Norwegian fjords we see in the Viking Cruise commercials.
For that you need to experience the narrower fjords, both by boat and from above. We did this by DIY Norway in a Nutshelll cruising the Naeyorfjord and then seeing it from above with a minibus tour that included Stegastein Viewpoint. We also spent several days in Ålesund. Cruising the Geirangerfjord one day and then seeing it from above with a day tour to Trollstigen.
While we did our trip without a car, you could easily do a driving tour that includes several "classic" fjords.