Boflaten Camping: Campsite in a mountain valley
We stayed on this campsite for one night on our first visit to Norway in 2001. Beautifully situated in a mountain valley, it commands great views of the rocky mountains around it.
Close to a mountain stream and a lake, it offers good conditions for fishing. There must be a few marked trails crossing the area for we saw some hikers, some of them well past their prime, on their walking tours.
Our cabin was tiny but would have been sufficient for the two of us, especially that the weather was great and we could sit outside. We liked its appearance, the red colour it was painted in and its traditional form, with the upper part wider than the base. We liked it a little less though when we saw what it meant inside. While on one side it was just a handy shelf, the other side was a support for an upper bed fixed in this way over another wider one. Perhaps it would have been good enough for a child but I thought we were both too heavy to risk sleeping there as there was no other support. So I slept on the lower bunk and my husband on a mattress on the floor. The upper bed was so low over the one down under that getting up at night one could hit one's head on it, so only a part of it was fit to use. We paid NOK 270 for this little cabin. We had to use a communal bathroom and hot water cost NOK 10 for 5 minutes.
Beautifully situated, a good starting point for hiking in the area
