My original booking with the travel company (and thereby by extension with my guide) was a 5-day tour Monday to Friday, but during the week we agreed on me booking her for an extra day so we could get to see Suðuroy, the southern-most Island of the Faroe Islands.
So the day started with a 2-hour ferry out of Torshavn port. Luckily it was a 15 minutes’ walk from the hotel as the departure was at 0700. And having the alarm going off at 0530 I was happy the day would start easy as the wine and g&t from last night could still be felt.
Sailing to Suðuroy in the morning light.
The morning light was excellent and gave a nice view of the islands we passed west of us along the way. My guide met a trekking guide on the ship who gave a few recommendations on where to go, so when landing in Tvøroyri we drove up along some small roads that I felt you had to know existed to be able to locate them, hiding up behind the town’s hospital. We followed them to the end where we got out and walked – first across the meadow before reaching a narrow path following the rock face on the eastern side of the island. The weather was great – probably among the best of the week – and the views were equally stunning. Following the narrow barely existing path slowly descending all the way we arrived at the beautiful area of Hvannhagi and the small lake Hvannavatn shielded by surrounding rocks. From there we started returning but instead walked along the sea instead before ascending straight up back to the meadow and retuning to the car. The entire walk had lasted for about 4 hours and with the views and conditions it was most definitely worth it.
Starting to walk and looking back at Tvøroyri.
From right to left Litla Dimun, Stora Dimun and Skúvoy. Behind Skúvoy is Sandoy.
Hvannhagi was beautiful that day.
Returning to Tvøroyri at around 1400 we found a café to have lunch but wanted to have it to go as we were a bit pressed on time. Apparently we had hit the lunch rush so there would be a 30 minute wait before we would be able to get our food. So we decided to find a different café, here we had to wait 20 minutes for our food. Instead we went to the local supermarket to get some sandwiches but the staff informed us that they had run out. As a last option we went to a gas station; they didn’t have sandwiches, but they did have hotdogs. Success! But the hotdog machine had been turned off for some reason or another so it would be maybe 15 minutes they would be ready to make some. With yesterday’s large dinner I decided I would be able to cope for the rest of the day, my guide grabbed a few snacks for herself to make it through the day.
From one of the many random stops along the way.
We headed north and right before the tunnel to Hvalba we stepped out and had a short walk around and took in yet another beautiful view of the island. From here we went all the way north to Sandvík where we got out and had a quick look around before returning to the car. At this point it was 1630 and the plan was to be back at the ferry at around 1800 for a departure at 1830. But we also wanted to reach the southern point before returning so off we went, and half an hour and a bit later we went through Sumba and arrived in Akraberg, the southern-most point of the Faroe Islands. Happy with the achievement we stayed for a few minutes before jumping back into the car and returning to Tvøroyri and the ferry.
Akraberg lighthouse.
A few cars had already arrived when we got there, but as it was a normal ferry and not like the small one we were on yesterday it wasn’t a problem at all. On schedule we all boarded and the ferry soon departed north for Torshavn. On arrival, as this was the last day of the tour with her as a guide, we said our goodbyes and I deboarded with the pedestrians and she left with the drivers.
Being almost 2100 when coming back I simply went to an easy and fast pizza for dinner.
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