To Pulpit Rock

Since we only had 11 1/2 hours in Stavanger (9 1/2 hours, if we took into account when we needed to be back at the airport), it was easier to get a rental car than use public transportation.

There are 2 car rental locations--pay attention to which agency you used.

It's 1 1/2 hours from the Stavanger airport to Pulpit Rock. At some point, no matter which route you use, you will need to take a ferry. We chose to drive south and take the Lauvvika-Oanes ferry. NOK73 for car & driver, NOK30 for each additional passenger for the 10 minute ride. 

View from the ferry.

Pulpit Rock is known as Preikestolen. Parking is NOK150.

It's a 2 hour hike from the parking lot to the top--330 meter elevation gain and 3.8 km.

Sometimes, you hike through meadows.

At other times, you hike on rock.

Once you get to Pulpit Rock, follow the signs to a lookout just above Pulpit Rock.

There are cracks everywhere.

Crack on the rock itself.

On the way back to the airport, we had planned to take the northern route through Tau. Unfortunately, we were stopped by a Constitution Day parade, which closed the entire road. We had to turn south and follow the Oanes-Lauvvik route back to Stavanger. The Tau ferry would have taken 59 minutes and cost NOK155 for car & driver, NOK52 for each additional passenger. Total travel time was still 1 1/2 hours.



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