Herangtunet Mountain Lodge

We stayed for 3 nights and spent the days in the area. The room is ok (we stayed in the Dutch room), some people might think it’s a little small but I thought it was ok. My only issue with it was that it was quite dark (only one main lamp), and that it didn’t smell very nice when we came back from a day outdoors. The last day we left the window open and it was significantly better. Bed is ok, nothing special. I doubt you could sleep in it if you’re above 190cm though. As for the breakfast, they adopt a preorder method by paper. The first day this was quite difficult as there were very few descriptions on what “brown bun” or “white bun” really is. Or “meat”? Chocolate spread turned out to be Nutella or a substitute, cheese was Brie and some standard Norwegian cheese. “Brown bun” was a bake-off bun with some wholemeal. Granola & jam seemed to be store bought as well. In general quite few homemade things on the breakfast. In addition to the things we requested we also got some cucumber, tomatoes and slices of bell peppers. One day we requested a sandwich bag for lunch to bring on our hike. This was also ordered by the breakfast order paper. However, for instance when you ask for cheese and a brown bun, that’s all you get. No greens, condiments or similar. You did get an apple though. This cost 100 NOK per person, so we only did it one day as we thought we could get more value at the supermarket (we could). We had dinner at the hotel one night, it consisted of smoked salmon tartar (seemed to be the same salmon as we could get for breakfast), a main dish of lamb with vegetables and red wine sauce. For dessert we had a brownie and ice cream. Considering the homepage’s explanation of local produce etc I expected a bit more, especially of the breakfast and the dessert. More homemade items and more imaginative desserts than brownie and ice cream. We also did a fly fishing tour. I really appreciated it and would give that tour 5/5. Good gear, good guidance and a very good time. We were unlucky to not catch any fish but that’s hardly the tour’s fault. As a final note, if you book any external tours like horse riding, do check where you’re supposed to be and at which time. The hotel forwarded the booking of our horse tour but didn’t tell us that it started 15mins drive away.

This place was epic! The accommodation is extremely comfortable and cozy, the food is absolutely delicious (!!), the hosts super friendly and kind and the location ideal. We were looking for somewhere to relax, hike, eat well and unwind, and Herangtunet offered exactly that. Marco and his team are awesome. Oh and the sauna and hot tub were a total hit! Would go back, no, WILL go back for sure!