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VOLume 1 summer 2015 26 ■ For more information about tours, please contact: Sandoy Tourist Information Tel. +298 222078/+298 361836 info@visitsandoy.fo www.visitsandoy.fo HIKING TOURS: The tourist office on Sandoy is able to arrange variable guided hikes, including a trip to Høvdar­hagi on the west coast of Sandoy, where one can experience a magnificent vista toward the bird cliffs. From Skopun to Sandur. Hikes to the east side of Sandoy also offer spectacular and unique vistas, including the craggy Dysjarnar and the majestic cliffs of Borgin. On Sandoy, Skúvoy and Stóra Dímun you have the possibility to follow in the foot­ steps of the ancient sagas, many of which go back to the Viking and Chieftain times on the Faroes. You can experience the meeting of past and present. All the fantastic sagas were set in the magnificent nature of these three islands. RAPELLING FOR GROUPS: If you enjoy extreme sports and a challenge, then you can go rappel from a height of 300m on the western side of Sandoy at Lonin, if weather permits. The tour, which takes approximately 5-6 hours, leads you through beautiful scenery and gives you a chance to enjoy some Faroese food. Find out more about rapelling for groups at the local tourist information. The tour can also be arranged without rapelling, if you prefer to enjoy the nature with both feet on the ground! BOAT TOURS: From May to August the breath­taking beautiful soaring cliffs of Sandoy and Skúvoy become a a veritable seabird paradise for guillemot, puffin, cormorant, fulmar and razor­ bill. Weather conditions per­ mitting, the Hvíthamar sails along the coast of Sandoy or around Skúvoy. On the trip there is a good chance that you will encounter curious or slumbering seals. Contact Jóan Petur Clementsen, local boat builder, for details. The tourist office also arranges a number of tours to the solitary and enigmatic island of Stóra Dímun. FAROESE EVENING: Traditional kvøldseta or evening gatherings are offered regularly featuring traditional food and demonstrations that share aspects of the old Faroese culture such as wool spinning, carding, etc. Guest will also have the opportunity to participate in the Farose chain dance together with villagers from the isolated and unique village of Dalur. By arrange­ment, ask the local tourist information. EXCURSIONS ON SANDOY, SKÚVOY AND STÓRA DÍMUN explore the islands Dalur