This is what a King Crab Safari in Norway is like: our experience

Un trip to northern Norway in winter cannot be focused exclusively on trying to see northern lights, but rather the objective should be to live various snow experiences.

And one of the activities that cannot be missed is king crab safari like the one I participated in during my recent winter trip to Norway.

Butwhat is a crabjor real?

What is a red king crab?

This is a huge red colored crab, characteristic of Bering Sea.

In the case of the Norwegian variant, its weight can exceed four kilos, and with its legs separated it can reach a height of more than a metre and a half.

In a previous trip to North CapeAlso in Norway, I already knew what the tourist experience is like king crab fishing, but I will tell you that the activity develops very differently in winter compared to summer.

In the summer season for king crab fishing speed boats are used zodiac that take you through the fjord to the place where the king crabs are found.

And, yes, then you return to land where in that case, in a store type Sami, the crabs are cooked and then enjoyed.

This is what the King Crab Safari looks like in winter

In winter, in an enclave as far north as Kirkenes, for "fish"The crabs have to ride on a big sled that is pulled by a snowmobile, which takes you along the frozen and snow-covered surface of what is a tongue of sea.

You will have previously put on the appropriate clothing to carry out the activity, a thermal jumpsuit and a helmet.

Soon you will arrive at the place prepared for the activity, a gap in the ice layer that covers the sea through which “will fish” king crabs.

In reality it is a “simulation” because the king crab It is a protected species, with catch limits established for fishermen...and also for companies that develop tourist activity.

After removing them from the nets where they are found, the crabs are “sacrificed” so that they can then be cooked.

Of course, the time comes to take a photo with the crab's legs open so you can show off its enormous complexion.

Then, back on board the sled pulled by the snowmobile, you are driven across the frozen surface of the sea to another place on the shore,

There, in a forest, is where the comfortable forest is found wooden house where you can taste the crabs.

The crabs will have previously been cooked with water, after which you can give yourself the “bellyful” to eat the delicious meat of the enormous crab legs, which I can tell you are a delicious gastronomic delicacy.

Finally the time comes to return on another new excursion with the snowmobile and sleigh, which in itself is quite an experience.

King Crab Safari Activity Price

This was one of the annual that offers visitors the ice Hotel where we spent a night in Kirkenes, which lasts about three hours and its price is 250 euros per person.

Photos from the King Crab Safari

Here you have more photos of king crab safari activity in winter, held in Kirkenes in the Lapland Norway.