Discover stunning Sunnylvsfjorden on a half-day Fjord kayaking trip from Hellesylt

Åkerneset is a steep and mountainous part of the western fjord side of the fjord Sunnylvsfjorden in the inner of the Sunnmøre district, situated in the middle between the settlements Stranda and Hellesylt.

Hellesylt is a small village in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village lies at the head of the Sunnylvsfjorden, which is a branch of the Storfjorden, and which the more famous Geirangerfjorden in turn branches off nearby. The 0.44-square-kilometer (110-acre) village has a population (2018) of 258 and a population density of 586 inhabitants per square kilometer (1,520/sq mi). There are several hundred other people living in the surrounding valley area as well. In the summertime, thousands of tourists travel through or stay in Hellesylt each day. Most of them take the ferry to the nearby village of Geiranger, which in high season runs every one and a half hours. There is also a cruise ship pier that can handle very large ships. The village is surrounded by mountains and valleys. The Sunnylven Church is located in Hellesylt, which was the administrative center of the former municipality of Sunnylven. Hellesylt is under constant threat from the mountain Åkerneset, which is about to erode into the Sunnylvsfjord. A collapse could cause a tsunami destroying most of downtown Hellesylt.

Hellesylt waterfall is one of the most photographed motifs in the area. In the centre of the village, between two bridges (Høge bridge from 1907 and Hellesylt bridge from 1902) the water masses cascade down the polished granite stones. It is an impressive sight in the early summer during the snow thaw period. It can often be quite a squeeze among the tourists that are eager to capture this rare natural attraction!

The Sunnylvsfjorden is a fjord in Stranda and Fjord in the Møre og Romsdal county of Norway. The 26-kilometer (16 mi) long Sunnylvsfjorden is one of the innermost branches of the large Storfjorden. The fjord ranges from 600 to 2,000 meters (2,000 to 6,600 ft) wide and reaches 452 meters (1,483 ft) below sea level at its deepest point, just west of Skrenakken near the mouth of the fjord. The famous Geirangerfjorden branches off to the west from the Sunnylvsfjorden. Just south of the village of Helsem, the Storfjorden splits off into the Norddalsfjorden (to the east) and Sunnylvsfjorden (to the south). The village of Hellesylt sits at the end of this fjord. The historic Me-Åkernes farm lies on a cliff on the north side of the fjord. This former municipality of Sunnylven was centered on this fjord.