Join-in tour to Idyllic Herdal Mountain Summer Goat farm from Geiranger

Geiranger is a small tourist village in Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county in the western part of Norway. It lies in the municipality of Stranda at the head of the Geirangerfjorden, which is a branch of the large Storfjorden. The nearest city is Ålesund. Geiranger is home to some of the most spectacular scenery in the world, and has been named the best travel destination in Scandinavia by Lonely Planet. Since 2005, the Geirangerfjord area has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Seven Sisters waterfall is located just west of Geiranger, directly across another waterfall called "The Suitor." Norwegian County Road 63 passes through the village. Geiranger Church is the main church for the village and surrounding area. Geiranger is under constant threat from landslides from the mountain Åkerneset into the fjord. A collapse could cause a tsunami that could destroy downtown Geiranger. For this reason, sirens have been installed to warn residents if a landslide should occur.

The Geiranger Fjord is a fjord in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located entirely in the Stranda Municipality. It is a 15-kilometer-long branch off the Sunnylvsfjorden, which is a branch of the Storfjorden (Great Fjord). The small village of Geiranger is located at the end of the fjord where the Geirangelva river empties into it. The fjord is one of Norway's most visited tourist sites. In 2005, it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, jointly with the Nærøyfjorden. This status was challenged by the disputed plans to build power lines across the fjord. The deep blue UNESCO-protected Geirangerfjord is surrounded by majestic, snow-covered mountain peaks, wild waterfalls and lush, green vegetation.

The Herdalssetra Mountain Summer Farm is situated “right in the heart” of The World Heritage Site: The West Norwegian Fjords. The northern part of this World Heritage Site is almost identic with the Geiranger-Herdal Protected Landscape Area. The protected waterfalls and landscape is a main reason for this unique status. The idyllic Herdal Mountain Summer farm in Norddal has operated continuously for 300 years. With several hundred goats, it is one of the country’s largest joint mountain summer farms. There are also cows, sheep and fjord horses on the farm. Thus children can find a genuine playground here. The mountain area has a unique setting, with over 30 old buildings gathered in a cluster. Old traditions are kept alive: brown and white goat cheese and authentic goats milk caramels are manufactured. As a guest here you can embark on “ a journey in time, smell and taste”, and you can visit the old farm and barn where you can taste homemade cheese, as well as the «new» joint farm from 1960.

Eidsvatnet is a lake on the border of the municipalities of Høylandet and Overhalla in Trøndelag county, Norway. The 15.87-square-kilometre lake lies about 5 kilometres northeast of the village of Skogmo. The lake empties into the river Bjøra which flows a short distance into the large river Namsen. Make time to visit this lake! The view is amazing: lake next to the huge mountains with the snow on the top!

The Seven Sisters is the 39th tallest waterfall in Norway. The 410-metre tall waterfall consists of seven separate streams, and the tallest of the seven has a free fall that measures 250 metres. The waterfall is located along the Geirangerfjorden in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.

Ørnevegen – Eagle Road – is the name given to the steepest stretch of road up the mountainside from Geiranger to Eidsdal. The road waves through 11 hairpin curve up from the Geirangerfjord and to the highest point on the stretch, 620 meters above sea level at Korsmyra. The road was officially opened on 15th September 1955 and gave the village of Geiranger year-round road access. The road was an attraction from the very first day, and was called Eagle Road because at its highest point it passed through terrain that had traditionally been the domain of a large number of eagles. The name also reveals the wildness, the spectacular that tourists and others using the road will experience, especially if they stop at Ørnesvingen, the highest of the hairpins.