Day Trips Out of Stavanger by Car, Bus, Boat

November 5, 2026

Most day trips from Stavanger start with a choice between an easy-to-moderate hike, a hard hike, and a gentler outing by boat or car. This table compares the main ones, with prices in Norwegian kroner (NOK).

Trip	Effort	Season	Getting there
Preikestolen	Moderate, 7.6 km return	Snow-free about May to September	40 to 50 minutes by car, or seasonal bus
Kjerag	Hard, 11 km return, chains	About May to October	About 2.5 hours by car, or ferry to Lysebotn
Flørli steps	Choose your own length	Ferry in the warmer months	Ferry from Lauvvik, about 45 minutes
Utstein Kloster	Easy	Mostly mid-May to August	About 30 minutes by car
Jæren beaches	Easy walking	All year	Short drive or bus south

Preikestolen in practice

The cliff top, 604 metres above Lysefjord, has no fence. Stay back from the edge, and skip it in strong wind or on icy rock. Climbing is roughly 330 to 350 metres over about 3.8 km each way, with built stone steps, and the round trip usually takes 3 to 4 hours. The path is quietest before 08:00 and after 16:00.

Parking at BaseCamp is 275 NOK for a day, 40 NOK for up to two hours and free for the first 15 minutes, with pay machines at the exit (parking rules ). Pulpit Rock Tours sells bus seats from 498 NOK, and GoFjords runs an express bus on set dates. In winter, BaseCamp rents ice cleats and spiked poles, and guided snow hikes operate.

Kjerag in practice

The trail leaves Øygardstøl, where parking is about 300 NOK, and gains around 800 metres. The route uses fixed chains on smooth granite and is hazardous in wet weather. Kjeragbolten is a boulder over a 241 metre drop, and stepping onto it is optional and unroped. Walk with a guide if you have little mountain experience. Preikestolen and Kjerag are different days, because the two trailheads are about 2.5 hours apart. Opening dates are on kjerag.info .

Flørli, Utstein and the coast

Flørli’s wooden staircase has 4,444 steps beside an old pipeline, but the stairs are narrow, so many visitors leave them after 700 to 800 steps. Ferry times are on florli.no . Utstein Kloster, a medieval monastery on Mosterøy, is open Monday to Saturday 10:00 to 16:00 and Sunday 12:00 to 17:00 from 15 May to 31 August, with Sundays only in spring and autumn, per utsteinkloster.no . On the Jæren coast, Solastranden and Borestranden face big North Sea waves, so take wetsuits and care.

Further afield

Bergen and Sognefjord are north across many fjords and need overnight stays.

See guided trips from Stavanger if you would rather not drive.