Gjesvær is one of the three small fishing villages on the island. We start our tour by bus in Honningsvåg and pass by fish industry factories, hotels, as well as the airstrip before we start climbing to the plateau with its barren nature. There are no trees on the island, but astonishingly many different plants. In the summer months some 4.-5.000 reindeer graze here and with a bit of luck we may see some of them! The animals are domesticated and belong to the Sami people, a minority group in Norway. 10 % of them still live a nomadic life. Soon we turn off to the left towards Gjesvær. The village is situated 37 km to the west of Honningsvåg. It has a protected harbour with some 100 islands, small and bigger, off the coast, among these the so called “Stappan. We climb in the boat that is to take us out near the islands where nature and birdlife is under protection, i.e. we are only allowed to approach to a certain distance. The island group is situated 15 km west of the North Cape cliff and here a wide variety of seabirds are nesting, such as Black-legged Kittiwake, Puffin, Razor-Bill, Common Guillemot, Great Cormorant, European Shag, Northern Gannets. Also the sea-eagle is often to be seen. After approx. 1 hr 30 min, we return to the village Gjesvær to take the bus back to the landing stage in Honningsvåg.