Summer of 2025 I embarked on a 10 day journey hiking through the Faroe Islands. 8 days was on a private tour being accompanied by a local guide.
For those who don’t know, the Faroe Islands are a group of islands nestled between Iceland and Norway and are governed by Denmark (Danish territory). There are sometimes infamously known for the whaling event that takes place, and has done so for many generations as whale meat is a delicacy.
Ever since I visited Iceland a couple years before this, I was fascinated more & more by travelling to remote regions in the world and seeing how they live, how people are brought up and more importantly hiking the amazing back drops and taking in the pristine screensaver views! I made a promise to myself that I”ll stop admiring screensavers and will go make my own version of them to look back onto.
The reason I opted for a local guide wasn’t just to embrace the local culture and connect with a local but some of the drives can be abit sketchy on the roads and alot of the hikes are on private property and need to be paid for in advance. Plus tolls fees on the tunnels & ferry bookings need to be accounted for. Which at first glance doesn’t seem like a big deal, however the weather in the Faroe’s changes quite rapidly, within minutes.
The local guides with their connections and local know-how can change plans within minutes to ensure you get the absolute best experience possible for the day. There are cameras across all the islands giving you a live view of the weather so be sure to be able to adapt with the weather and do the hike that’s best for that day & have enough time to come back to activities that may have been post-poned.
A good level of fitness is mandatory, as there is a fair bit of hiking involved to visit the most jaw dropping places. Mylinguir was probably the hardest hike up for me personally, the others were relatively smooth.
The local cuisine consists of mainly seafood and lamb. I found it best to eat at the smaller guesthouses out in the remote areas, the prices were more reasonable than the big restaurants in the main town of Torshavn. Having a car is an absolute must imo to be able to properly explore the islands, they are all interconnected by underwater sea tunnels. 1 island had a ferry, which we loaded our car onto.
To truly experience the Faroe Islands and appreciate it in all its glory, I feel travellers need to have some prior exposure and desire to indulge into remote places.
I feel Iceland was a good segway into the Faroes for me personally. It gave me an idea of what to expect to better prepare myself.
There’s probably loads that I’ve missed out on. Happy to try an answer any questions people have 😄
by dariusdreamss