Wilderness and expedition styled packrafting! In the border area between Norway and Sweden within the Sylan Mountains we will be 7 days completely autonomous on a combined packrafting trip. This is an intensive training, skilling you for your own packrafting trips. We only go once a year.
"Another unforgettably beautiful tour [...]! Well prepared by LWA, we were able to roam the beautiful landscape of the Sylan Mountains for a week. We had everything on this tour, rainy days, sunburnt weather, mountains, rivers, suspension bridges, bluest skies, mosquitoes [...], campfires, in short a perfect adventure and a blessing for everyone who was allowed to be there."- Joachim from the 2019 tour"In the end, neither pictures nor words can describe this wilderness tour with @landwateradventures in the Sylan Mountains. 6 days of self-sufficient travel with a packraft, tent and a team that I couldn't have imagined better" - Dani from Berlin
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An expedition style packrafting trip in Scandinavia
Expect an adventure! Follow us into the wilderness of the Sylan Mountains in Norway and Sweden and learn more about expedition styled packrafting: Loneliness, challenging situations and an amazing unspoiled landscape, everything on one unique packraft expedition.
- Expedition-styled packraft trip: You will carry all food and equipment for 7 days
- In equal parts on land and water. We will have a tour route of between 100 km and 120 km, depending on local weather and water level
- 6 camp nights in wilderness
- A challenging terrain: Off-track hiking, marshlands, lake crossings and wild rivers
- Our daily stages are between 10 km and 25 km
- Limited to one training date per year
- We will have a detailed daily briefing, and we will teach skills on planning and carrying out expedition styled packraft trips
- Upon request, we allow participants to plan and guide short parts of the tour on their own, of course under supervision
- We will provide you with detailed information, such as packing lists and weather information. We are happy to answer all your questions in advance and help you preparing
- Picture Service: During the course the guides will take high quality pictures on land and water which will be provided to all participants after the course in high resolution and free of charge (no need to carry a camera)
What makes this tour so special?
First of all, this tour is a wilderness packrafting expedition tour in a beautiful, lonely landscape. In addition, we embed optional course elements into this expedition tour. We will be out with you in previously explored terrain in self-sufficient expedition style and adapt the route to the conditions.
During the tour, we will give you - with the safety of our guides - and those who wish to do so, the opportunity to work out sections of the tour yourselves. In teams of two, you will discuss sections with the guides. Around the campfire, on the riverbank, while the rain pours down on the group tarp or at a Nordic sunset, before you can try out part of the route yourself the next day! And, if you like, navigate through moorland, find your way over land, cross lakes or work out river sections. Or you can follow the guides and simply enjoy the beautiful landscape.
Of course, participation under the guidance of the guides without taking the course elements along is also possible and is also a popular choice.
Reports in our Land Water Blog:
Tour 2019: Read the 2019 tour report here
Tour 2021 in special times: Click here for the tour report
Tour 2024: The tour 2024 in the blog
Next tour-date: July 18-26, 2026
Latest arrival: July 18, 2026
Tour period: July 19-25, 2026
Earliest departure: July 26, 2026
The next event is scheduled for 2026, bookings are open and can be made using the form below or by contacting us in person.
Requirements
This trip is for anyone interested. For participants without any experience we ask you, to complete at least a 2-day training course prior to this expedition. You can choose for example:
Multiday Packrafting trainings Hunsrück (2-4 days)
Whitewater packrafting trainings Alps (Alpine Foothills or Tyrol (3, 4, 6 or 9 days)
Whitewater training Slovenia (3 or 5 days)
For those with some previous outdoor experience, participation may be possible without prior course participation. If you are interested please contact us personally and please provide your previous experience with packraft, kajac, kanu and outdoor trips or possible trips and trainings.
Feedback of participants
Another unforgettable tour […]! Best prepared by LWA, we were allowed to roam the beautiful landscape of the Sylan Mountains for one week. We had everything on this tour, rainy days, sunburn weather, mountains, rivers, suspension bridge, blueest sky, mosquitoes of the nasty kind, campfire, in short a perfect adventure and a blessing for all who were allowed to be there.
Joachim from Germany, trip 2019
"A thank you, to you for this intense and perfect trip week! Everything worked out just perfectly: From the group setting, the route and stage planning to the weather. Of course you don’t have an affect on everything, but you made things right. I felt well cared and the mixture of challenge, nature feeling and the possibility to learn was just right for me.”
Tim from Munich, trip 2017
Pictures and impressions of the course 2019, as well as anecdotes about chocolate fondue for your birthday can be found in the blog post: "Expedition Training Sylan 2019" by Lead Guide and LWA founder Sebastian.
Impressions
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Tour facts and schedule
Arrival and departure: Flight to and from Trondheim, Norway
Arrival (Flight): Saturday before the tour start. We will have a detailed trip briefing on this day, followed by a get-together in the evening in Trondheim.
Tour (the tour is annually adapted to the local weather and terrain conditions and may be in unexplored areas):
- Sunday, day 1: Transfer, tour entry and first camp (route depends on the wind conditions)
- Day 2: Land, lake and river, camp at a lake
- Day 3: Lake crossing and climbing the Sylan Mountains, highest camp
- Day 4: Trekking down to the Handölan valley, river camp
- Day 5: River run Handölan and bypassing different waterfalls, river camp
- Day 6: River run and lake crossing, island camp
- Saturday, day 7: Lake crossing, tour final, transfers to Trondheim and a get-together in the evening
Departure (Flight): Sunday after the final trip day.
After booking, you will receive detailed information on arrival, departure and tour schedule with the trip documents.
For those booking their own flights: We ask you to arrive latest on Saturday afternoon to allow a tour briefing with the entire group. We will leave Trondheim early in the morning on Sunday to start the tour in Norway’s wilderness. The return flight should not be booked before Sunday after the final tour day.
For preparation and tuning in we will have a virtual meeting through a video-call in advance. The trip date will be planned as the group is completed.
Team
The team of this undertaking consists of the guides on site in Norway (usually a team of lead and co-guide) as well as those responsible for the overall organization and conception of the tour in the respective year. If you have any questions about this extraordinary undertaking, our entire team is certainly available through phone or email.
Members of the team
Sebastian
Jochen
Willi
Prices
- Participation staggered according to group size:
- 1950€ per person for 10 participants
- 2090€ per person for 7-9 participants
- 2260€ per person for 5-6 participants
- Rental Packrafting equipment (optional):
- Packraft with accessories: 250€
- Packraft with internal storage system (CargoFly/ISS) and accessories: 390€
- Drysuit and safety: 130€
- plus 30€ equipment shipping (to Germany and most EU countries) to you before tour start and back after tour end.
- We are happy to recommend our team hotel in Trondheim for overnight accommodation, but participants must book this themselves in good time. We are also happy to provide tips on where to stay in Trondheim.
- The price does not include: Overnight stays in Trondheim before and after, own food and airport transfers (regular train service)
The minimum number of participants for this training is 6.