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Scan Magazine | Special Theme | Autumn and Winter Experiences in Norway
LEFT: Winter paintball; a cold, but fun experience. TOP MIDDLE: Ice track racing with rally winter tyres. MIDDLE: Rafting in Numedalslågen is Dagali Opplevelser’s main activity. RIGHT: Freeriding with a snowmobile. BOTTOM RIGHT: Power Turn Buggies; only offered by Dagali Opplevelser in Norway.
High winter adrenaline from Dagali Opplevelser Dagali Opplevelser is an activity business located partly at a disused charter flight airport at 800 metres above sea level in the mountains, halfway between Bergen and Norway’s capital, Oslo. It was formed as a rafting business in 1989, while the company expanded with a broader range of activities and reached its current form in 2010. By Stian Sangvig | Photos: Dagali Opplevelser
“Whilst rafting was originally our main activity, we offer a range of adrenalineboosting winter activities for tourists and corporate teambuilding too,” explains general manager Elisabeth Kristiansen. These activities include snowmobile safari, snowmobile racing, rally car driving on a frozen lake, winter paintball, dog sleigh riding and, new for this year and unique in Norway, powerturn buggie. “Our overall objective is for all visitors to be active and for nobody to get bored,” explains Kristiansen. “Moose spotting from a snowmobile is particularly popular among foreign visitors and highly likely as we go 40 kilometres into the woods,” he continues. Snowmobile racing is popular for corporate teambuilding, as competitors race against
each other on parts of the old runway for 20 minutes. Another adrenaline-booster is the opportunity for visitors to drive rally cars on a frozen lake track. “They can choose between traditional Norwegian winter tyres and tailor-made rally car winter tyres,” says Kristiansen. Winter paintball in the local woods is also popular. This year’s new powerturn buggie was launched in September 2014. “It can be used all year, and is a particularly useful tool for teamwork exercises,” Kristiansen outlines. The buggies are large go-carts that have to be steered by two people, and thus good co-ordination skills are required. “Dagali Opplevelser is the only company in Norway offering the powerturn buggie,” she says.
For these high-speed activities strict rules of safety apply, with first aid kits easily accessible and highly trained instructors watching from the side line. As for accommodation, Dagali Opplevelser collaborates with local hotels where guests can add the price of their activities to their hotel bills. Dagali Opplevelser is accessible by car and train from Oslo and Bergen, with Geilo railway station 24 kilometres away.
For more information, please visit: www.dagaliopplevelser.no
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