The Best Hike In Norway: Senja visit Guide

Your Mini Guide to Senja Island 🏔️

Getting there 🚗

We flew into Tromso, the biggest city in Northern Norway, and we drove to Brensholmen to catch the ferry to Botnhamn on the island of Senja. The ferry was very scenic and was 45 minutes long.

Alternatively, you can drive from the Lofotens and take a small ferry to Senja, and this route takes about 5-6 hours. Public buses get there as well.

Fjordgard 🏠

We went straight to Fjordgard to do the epic hike up Hesten to see Segla Mountian.

Hiking Hesten 🥾

The hike for Hesten starts at Segla/Hesten parking lot and it is a paid parking lot, so do not forget to pay.

Note: most parking lots use Easypay, so try to download the app before your roadtrip in Norway. On the app you estimate your parking time and it charges based on your time. You can add time, so try not to over estimate.

The hike took us about at hour to reach the top and the trail was fairly straight forward and easy. We lucked out with spectacular views.

Ersfjord Beach Camping Spot ⛺️

After the hike we drove to an epic beach spot called Ersfjord Beach and stayed there for the night. This site had free camping, a heated bathroom and an outdoor (cold) shower. We saw the prettiest sunset of our whole trip at this spot!

Tungeneset is another viewpoint along the main road number 862, located between Steinfjord village and Ersfjord Beach. It has this little wooden walkway in the video and is super pretty.

Husfjellet hike 🥾

Is another great hike that is about 3-4 hours long over 8km with 400m elevation gain. This is a great hike to view the fjords. We had a cloudy day, but I would imagine doing this hike during the midnight sun would be phenomenal.

From Senja we then went to Andoya, another really cool island in Northern Norway. Alternatively, you could go straight to the Lofotens!