Highland Lodge Geilo

Highland Lodge Geilo is an adventure-focused mountain lodge with a sauna, outdoor activities, and two restaurants set in a rugged part of the Geilo plateau. The property is built around a traditional Norwegian long-house concept and leans into the outdoor experience — ziplining, mountain biking, cross-country skiing, and hiking from the door — with the sauna and fire-warmed common areas as the place to decompress after a day outside. The sauna here is a wood-fired cabin rather than a hotel wellness suite, which makes it feel authentically Norwegian — you sweat, you step out into the mountain air, and you let the cold do its work before going back in. The lodges use natural materials throughout and the interiors have a deliberately rustic, back-to-nature quality. For visitors who want adventure and outdoor activity as the primary reason to be in Geilo, with sauna as the natural reward at the end of the day, Highland Lodge is the right base.