History

History

Voss Rafting Center was started in 1992 as a division under Dagali Rafting AS, a company owned by Eivind Scharffenberg with Frode Solbakk as manager.

In 1995, Frode bought the division in Voss together with David Monaghan and Jan Erik Short, and the company Voss Rafting Senter AS was founded. At this stage, it was important for us to offer a more extreme experience than other rafting companies in Norway, and we found challenging rivers that attracted attention from both potential customers and the media.

The company is a startup that aims to develop great experiences close to nature. Voss Rafting Center has therefore invested in a climbing park, hotel, restaurant, and a transport division so that we can offer a unique stay with experiences that appeal to a broad audience. We also started the company *Norway Active*, which offers round trips in the fjords and bicycle rentals in Bergen and Flåm.

Voss Rafting Center has been a key player in putting Voss on the map as a destination for experience-based tourism, both in terms of local and regional collaboration and the development of the destination. Not least, we have made Voss visible through many TV productions. In 1998, we took the initiative with Pepsi-Max Week, today known as Ekstremsportveko, and we are an active contributor to this annual event.

Voss Rafting Senter AS is today owned by Frode Solbakk and Christian Short, and the company is organized as a group with Voss Active AS as the operating company and Norway Active as a sister company.

We are proud to present one of the most well-run experience companies in the country, with a great working environment and, not least, extremely satisfied guests whom we like to call PARTICIPANTS!