Lyngen Cabins

Pining for the fjords? Down in Lyngseidet, 50 minutes’ drive away, you can take a high speed RIB ride through the chilly waters of the Lyngenfjord... or for a more sedate approach, clop through the countryside on horseback. When needing sustenance, take a trip to the Aurora distillery in Årøybukt an hour away to see how the world’s most northerly whisky is made, and perhaps taste a little too. Goats' cheese and horse meat are local specialities if you want a chaser... Further afield but worth the two-hour trip, slim riverboats leave from Storslett to cruise down the Reisa river, taking in the mighty 274-metre Mollisfossen waterfall on the edges of the Reisa National Park. It’s the same distance if you want some city sophistication in Tromsø: old wooden cabins dot the centre of this lively, arty city and the restaurants dish up Nordic delicacies like toadstools, reindeer sausage and brown cheese alongside great quantities of just-caught fish. Visit the Arctic aquarium, peruse the harpoons in the polar museum and get an eagle’s eye view of the city from the cable car.