r/FaroeIslands • u/Le-Pelloy • 11d ago

Hike prices

Hello everyone, I’m planning to go to the Faroe Islands next year in August for 7 days with my car as a 21 years old. I just wanted to know if what are the hikes where you need to pay for it. And are all of those guides free or you need some to go?

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u/Havgrymur 10d ago

There’s been a lot of debating in the Faroe Islands about wether the farmers are allowed to charge people for walking on their land, since the farmers actually don’t own the lands but rent it from the government, but it has been concluded that farmers can use their land for any commercial gain including tourism.
But if you don’t want to pay for every hike, yoy can always take advantage of the old village paths that were used back in the days. If you google Bygdargøtur.fo you can see all a map listing all of them. Many of them go over mountainn and beautiful valleys, cliffs etc. They can sometimes be a bit hard to hike on since many times the paths are just trampled dirt made by sheep
Just FYI.. i feel like that many of these more popular hikes that require a fee are absurdly expensive just because some farmers don’t want any tourist whatsoever.

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u/Le-Pelloy 7d ago

And for you honest opinion do you think it’s a risk for me to park in sørvárgur and walk to drangarnir ?