Sunlit green ridge trail above turquoise Atlantic water in the Faroe Islands

Self-guided or guided · Føroyar

Discover the Faroes – One Trail at a Time.

Behind almost every ridge in these islands there is a gate, and behind the gate a family. We open a few of them — walk alone with the markers, or walk with the host. Your hike, your choice.

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24Private trailsOn land closed to the public

17Faroese host familiesAcross 6 island regions

4.9Average ratingFrom verified hikers

1,280Completed hikesSince we opened the first gate

Your hike. Your choice.

Not every hike needs a guide. Some are better with one.

Self-guided walking is the heart of Hiking Faroe Islands — you, the markers and the weather. A guided departure with the landowner is there as a premium add-on when you want it.

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How most guests walk

Self-guided

Walk it your way, at your own pace.

This is what we do best. The gate is yours for the day, and numbered markers along the route hand you the stories of the land — with optional audio guidance in your pocket. No group, no schedule, no waiting.

Private gate access — walk at your own pace, on your own clock
Numbered trail markers with photos, stories and GPS positions
Optional audio guide in English, Faroese and Danish
Route notes, safety advice and the host's phone number

Audio in English, Faroese and Danish

Optional premium add-on

Guided

Add the family who owns the land.

Choose it on the days you want company: small groups, fixed departures, and the kind of knowledge that never makes it into a guidebook — weather, wildlife, and two hundred years of farming.

Meet the landowner in person at the gate
Local history and family stories passed down generations
Knowledge no map carries: birds, weather, old place names
Small authentic groups with a fixed departure time

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Where we walk

Eighteen islands. A handful of open gates.

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Streymoy

Above Tórshavn: hidden valleys, sheep paths and the great western cliffs.

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Why it feels different

The parts of these islands most visitors never see

Exclusive private trails

Gates that stay locked for everyone else. Each route crosses land held by one family, walked in small numbers so it stays as it is.

Opened by local landowners

No agency in between. Every trail is opened by the people whose grandparents cut the path — and on guided departures, they walk it with you.

Supporting nature & communities

Every booking pays for fence lines, footbridges and drainage — and keeps income in villages of forty people.

Meet our local hosts

You are not booking a tour. You are being invited onto someone's land.

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Jákup Í Dali

Gjógv, Eysturoy

Fifth-generation sheep farmer. The path to his high pasture has been walked by his family for two hundred years — and by almost nobody else.

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Anna Poulsen

Saksun, Streymoy

Keeps the turf roofs and the old boat house above the tidal lagoon. She walks guests down to the beach only when the sea allows it.

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Høgni Nielsen

Trøllanes, Kalsoy

Herds with his collie along the northern cliffs. He knows where the puffins nest, and where the ground is too soft to stand.

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