GravelUp - Norway 3 day trip
27th June 2024
“A GravelUp trip isn’t a race, it's an adventure to be shared and savoured. The average speed is the one that allows everyone to enjoy the landscapes we travel through. We start together and we finish together. That’s the GravelUp spirit.”
Sportive breaks is proud to partner with GravelUp a leading gravel biking agency in Europe.
GravelUp has crafted exclusive tours to explore the Norwegian mountain ranges from a totally different perspective.
Join us for 3 days of adventure with a group of 10 riders at max and expand your own limits and passion for adventures to reconnect with what really matters in life.
The trip starts on July 11th at 6 pm (pick up time at Oslo airport) and will finish on July 14th at 5 pm (drop off time at Oslo airport).
Be ready to feel immersed in nature! Welcome to a long weekend in Oslo, between fjord and forests. With just a few pedal strokes, we’ll take you to Normarka, Østmarka and Sognsvann, gorgeous woodlands and a gravel biking paradise. The distance for this trip ranges from 70 to 90km daily with an average daily elevation of 1000–1500m.
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Spread your payments: Our payment plan is an interest-free payment method where you will have the opportunity to spread payment for your booking.
4* hotels: 3 nights in a stunning 4-star hotel on the outskirts of Oslo
Guided Rides : Fully supported and guided rides.
What's Included?
Accommodation
3 nights in a 4* hotel on the outskirts of Oslo
Meals Included
All meals included
Return Transfers
Return transfer from Oslo airport
Fully Guided Rides
A professional and local guide leading all rides
Mechanic
Mechanical assistance for the duration of the tour
Wellness Activities
Yoga, meditation and relaxation activities
Also Available at a Supplement
Single Occupancy
Available for a supplement
Gravel Bike Hire
Carbon frame Di2 gravel bikes from the local Norwegian brand Fara Cycling available for hire at a supplement.
Packages and Prices
Be ready to feel immersed in nature! Welcome to a long weekend in Oslo, between fjord and forests. With just a few pedal strokes, we’ll take you to Normarka, Østmarka and Sognsvann, gorgeous woodlands and a gravel biking paradise. The distance for this trip ranges from 70 to 90km daily with an average daily elevation of 1000-1500m.
Prices
- £1355 per person based on two people sharing a twin (2 single beds) or 1 double room (1 bed for couple)
- £1682 based on single occupancy of a room
Included with your weekend
- Return transfer from Oslo Airport
- All food for the stay
- Accommodation 3 nights in a double room (single option at extra cost)
- A great welcome pack
- A mechanic who will share his secrets with you
- A professional and local guide
- Unique tracks designed by the GravelUp and Fara Cycling Team
- Assistance and transportation van
- Wellness activities – Yoga, meditation, relaxation
- Visits to various historical and cultural sites
- An evening of celebration
- A community of enthusiasts
Also available
- Bike rental;
- Fara gravel bike, GRX Di2 or similar for £165
- Origine Help E-Gravel bike, GRX or similar for £219
Itinerary
Day To Day
We will pick you, and your gravel bike if you are bringing your own, from Oslo airport at 6pm followed by welcome drinks and bike fitting at Fara cycling centre.
Our guide will introduce you to their culture and to this unique gravel; they will put you in perfect conditions to enjoy these fantastic tracks, while improving your riding. Our goal is for you to be as comfortable as possible and to enjoy the lakes and forests-filled landscapes.
Our passionate hosts will happily share their love for their land with you. Relaxing moments will allow you to disconnect, with yoga, meditation, relaxation – and of course, the famous Scandinavian sauna. They will be key to helping you enjoy this unique experience to its fullest.
Our hotel is the 4* Scandic Holmenkollen Park located in Holmenkollen, Oslo. This luxurious and recently renovated hotel boasts a large spa and indoor swimming pool with free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel. The restaurant uses local-sourced ingredients to make Nordic specialities.
Starting off from Fara Cycling centre, we will first pedal through Oslo city centre. We will depart from our Norwegian partner Fara cycling’s base located in the heart of Oslo, where they make state of the art gravel bikes built for the trails of the Great North. Their passionate team will welcome you to their cycling centre and kit you out for the next three days of adventure.
Check out on the Fjord and the trendy area of Grunerlokka. We will follow the Akerselva, this little river that goes through the city, to escape the centre and reach the Nordmarka forest located North of the city.
In only a few kilometres ride you will find emerged in pine wood forests and perfect gravel tracks. Welcome to Gravel paradise made in Oslo! Hundreds of kilometres of only gravel routes and trees, perfect immersion for your day 1 in Norwegian nature.
Lunch break will be in kikutstua, a typical lodge located by a lake, where locals love to stop during a day of riding, hiking or even snowing in winter time.
Back at the hotel end of day, right on time to enjoy the sun going down on the capital city.
For day 2 we will head south, pass the city through its major parks and follow the fjord towards Svartskog. Amazing views of the city before diving into forests and islands for the rest of the day.
It’s a very different part of Oslo and its neighborhood we will discover. Discovering amazing neighborhoods along the fjord, you will discover how cool life is, deep in nature few km from the city center.
Oslo is definitely a capital city immersed in nature between the forests and the fjord. And Norwegian live along with nature and outdoor activities. The idea of day 2 is the share with you this local passion for nature and love for the Outdoors.
We will be back in town by the ferry to offer another vision of the city and go straight to the local must do activity: sauna on the fjord.
After this relaxing moment, it’s time for a drink and some food in one of the trendiest places in Oslo, still by the Fjord… live like a local!
Departing form our hotel, straight into Nordmarka, we will bring you to the lake area of this forest. Hidden gravel routes that our guides only have the secret. Be ready for full immersion in pine forest and Norwegian nature. 100% gravel routes for day 3, you will love it!
Late Lunch in another typical place with view on the Fjord before saying goodbye to this incredible city you will definitely fall in love with…
This is the ideal expedition for a taster of what adventure on bikes is in the great Scandinavian outdoors. You will discover a territory, and a lifestyle, where nature, sports and wellbeing hold a very special place.
We will provide a return transfer to Oslo airport, dropping off at 5pm.
More About GravelUp
GravelUp are three like-minded adventure enthusiasts, setting themselves apart from holiday companies, as an ‘Adventure Enabler’. Their shared passion for travel and cycling combine to offer tours across the beautiful and unspoiled mountains of Europe on gravel bikes, providing authentic experiences and the best that local areas have to offer.
A small team of experts in travel, working closely with the most experienced local guides and providers to ensure that each trip provides exciting and adventurous gravel riding alongside an opportunity for relaxation and wellness activities.
GravelUp will take you to the summit of remote European mountains, with some testing routes but not against the clock or in competition with other riders – it’s all about being a part of the environment and eco-system and utilising the gravel bike as a means to reconnect to nature and explore the beauty of Europe.
“A GravelUp trip isn’t a race, it’s an adventure to be shared and savoured. The average speed is the one that allows everyone to enjoy the landscapes we travel through. We start together and we finish together. That’s the GravelUp spirit.”
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