Historic hiking trail with interesting farming relics from Husafell. 2.5km / 45 mins  

Solheimajokull is an outlet glacier from Myrdalsjokull, Iceland’s fourth largest icecap. There aren’t many places in the world where you can get up close to a glacier, but this is...

An enjoyable walk along both sides of the canyon up to a scenic viewpoint, passing sculptures by Pall Guðmundsson. 5km / 2hrs  

Akureyri’s classic mountain hike, 1144m Sulur commands panoramic views over the town, fjord and surrounding peaks. July and August are the best months for this strenuous mountain h...

The Geothermal Energy Exhibition at the Hellisheiði Power Plant. The Hellisheiði Power Plant is the largest, single-site geothermal power plant in the world that has tremendous pot...

Flanked by impossibly steep mountains and wedged into a tight fjord, Siglufjörður was for years the centre of herring fishing in Iceland. In the 1950's its population...

The south coast route traverses the 565km² Eldhraun lava field, which flowed from the Laki fissure eruption of 1783. It is fitting that the largest lava flow from a single eru...

Duration: 1 hour. Difficulty: a short hike with some steep sections and an ascent and descent of around 100m. The path can be stony and some sections are badly eroded. Interes...

Duration: 5 hours. Difficulty: moderately strenuous. There are a couple of steep sections on the path and some streams to ford. Ascent and descent of around 250m. Interest: mountai...

Duration: 1.5 hours. Difficulty: a relatively short hike with some steep sections and an ascent and descent of around 300m. The path can be stony and some sections are badly eroded...