3-Day Icelandic Highlands & Grænihryggur Hiking Tour
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3-Day Icelandic Highlands & Grænihryggur Hiking Tour
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Highlights
Landmannalaugar, or the 'People's Pools' is known for its colorful volcanic rock mountains and lava fields and it`s home for many hiking enthusiasts during the summer season.
Whatever you are: a hiking enthusiast, geology geek. photography maniac this hike will make you feel like walking on a magical painting!
Itinerary
Scenic drive to Landmannalaugar, Thjórsárdalur valley, Frostastaðavatn, Ljótipollur
Thjorsardalur Valley
Admission Ticket FreeYou are picked up from your arranged meeting point in Reykjavik with a scheduled bus and drive through the beautiful Thjórsárdalur valley, Hekla Volcano towards Landmannalaugar.Ljotipollur Lake
20 minsAdmission Ticket FreeOur first hiking destination - Ljótipollur lake (it means ugly puddle). Fun fact - despite its name this lake is ranked as the 42nd most beautiful crater lake in the world!Frostastaðavatn
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreePrepare your cameras for a second amazingly beautiful lake surrounded by surreal landscapes and colorful rhyolite mountains! After enjoying your first highlights of Icelandic highlands, we head to our mountain hut.- AccommodationsOvernight in mountain hutsFood And DrinksLunchDinner
Brennisteinsdalda, Vondugil & Suðurnámur Rhyolite mountains
Suðurnámur
3 hoursAdmission Ticket FreeToday we will hike to the peak of a 200,000-year-old mountain Suðurnámur which is very rich in rhyolite minerals! On our trail to the mountain peak, you will enjoy the colorful peaks contrasting with verdant greens, blues, deep golds, and sometimes vibrant reds.Laugahraun
Admission Ticket FreeLaugahraun lava field, which was formed in an eruption around the year 1477 where basalt prey from a magma chamber under Bárðarbunga flowed southwest through the Veiðivatnasprunga and all the way into the roots of the Torfajökull volcano.- AccommodationsOvernight in mountain hutsFood And DrinksBreakfastLunchDinner
Bláhnukur Volcano
Bláhnjúkur
3 hoursAdmission Ticket FreeAfter enjoying our breakfast buffet it`s time for a 3,5-hour hike to Bláhnukur volcano! The hiking trail will lead us to the top from where you can take the best panoramic pictures of Landmannalaugar landscapes and even see five glaciers! (in good visibility) After coming down we will enjoy a short break before we board the bus back to Reykjavik, we will arrive to the city around 9:00 pm.- Food And DrinksBreakfastLunch
What's included
INCLUDED
Lunch (3)
Dinner (2)
Breakfast (2)
Pick-up & drop off from Reykjavík
Accommodation in mountain huts
Baggage transportation
NOT INCLUDED
Use of showers/toilets in the huts (500ISK)
Swimsuit & Towel
Customer reviews
Additional information
Must Know
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Good To Know
Service animals allowed
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Not recommended for travelers with mobility impairments
Location
Address
Þjórsárdalur, 804, Iceland
Provider
Arctic Adventures
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