What does it cost to charter a yacht in Oslo?
From NOK 9,500 an hour, four hours minimum. Here is what that covers, what sits outside it, and what an ordinary afternoon actually comes to.
3 min read · 4. juli 2026
The hourly rate runs between NOK 9,500 and 10,500 excluding VAT, with a four hour minimum. So an afternoon on the fjord starts at NOK 38,000. That is the number people want first, so it goes at the top.
Below is what actually happens to that number when a real request comes in.
What the hourly rate covers
The boat, the skipper, the fuel, the insurance, towels and life vests. Cleaning before and after. No diesel bill turns up later as long as you stay inside the area we agreed on.
The skipper is not an add-on. This is not a bareboat arrangement where you get the keys and good luck; there is always a certified skipper on board, and his time is inside the hourly rate.
What sits outside it
Food and drink. A chef or a server. Extra crew on long charters.
The reason is that the range is absurd. A party of eight who want coffee and something to nibble costs us almost nothing. Twelve people with three courses and a wine pairing is a different job entirely. Average that into the hourly rate and the first group pays for something they never get, while the second gets a surprise anyway. Cleaner to price what you actually order.
Two worked examples
A company day, six hours, twelve people on Chancer. The boat is NOK 63,000. Add a proper meal on board and you are typically at NOK 800 a head, so 9,600. Around NOK 72,600 excluding VAT in total. Split twelve ways that is a little over 6,000 each for a whole afternoon where the venue, the transport and the experience are the same thing.
A celebration, four hours, eight people on The Butler. The boat is NOK 38,000. You bring the food yourselves. That is where the bill stops.
Past twelve hours we change the unit
If the charter runs longer than twelve hours we switch to a daily rate. The clock stops mattering and what counts is how many nights the boat is away from Aker Brygge. Nine days on Chancer is one week at the weekly rate plus two single days, not nine times the daily rate. The weekly rate works out lower per day, and the system always uses whichever of the two is cheaper for you.
What genuinely moves the price
Saturday afternoon in July is the most expensive and hardest slot of the entire year. Not because we charge extra for sunshine, but because everyone wants the same day. If you can be flexible, you have far more room.
A Wednesday in May is another matter. The fjord is empty, the light is better than people expect, and you get the boat you actually wanted.
If you want to go further than agreed it costs fuel, and we tell you before you decide. We have never sent anyone a bill they did not see coming.
Why there is no price list with a total on it
Because we do not know what the charter is until you tell us. Numbers, length, food, how far out, which season. It all connects. A dropdown would either lie or carry so many caveats that it helped nobody.
Send a request instead. You get availability and a fixed price back, usually within a few hours, and asking commits you to nothing. If the boat you wanted is taken we say so immediately and tell you which others are free.