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The Svartifoss Waterfall Hiking Trail
The Svartifoss Waterfall Hiking Trail
08 June 2025

The Svartifoss Waterfall Hiking Trail

The Svartifoss hike or “hike of the waterfall” is one of the most popular trails for tourists going to Skaftafell as it is not too challenging and has many variants to see other points of interest in the park. You can start this trail from the car park or the campsi

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The guide to hot springs in Iceland

The guide to hot springs in Iceland

Everything you need to know about hot springs

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The Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon

The Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon17 September 2022
The Fjaðrárgljúfur canyon is one of the most famous canyons in Iceland known for its breathtaking beauty... In the far south of the island, about 6 kilometers before Kirkjubæjarklaustur when heading east on the ring road, you will find the junction with Road 206, th
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The Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon

The Eldgjá Rift

The Eldgjá Rift28 August 2022
In southern Landmannalaugar, just 20 km north of the famous Laki crater lies Eldgjá, literally “the Gorge of Fire”, the largest eruptive fracture in the world. Stretching over 40 km from the huge Myrdalsjökull glacier up to the famous Vatnajokull, this rift lies n
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The Eldgjá Rift

The Fagradalsfjall Volcanic Eruption

The Fagradalsfjall Volcanic Eruption13 August 2022
On March 19th, 2021 at 9:45PM, the Reykjanes Peninsula in south-western Iceland became the scene of a cataclysmic event, the Geldingadalsgos eruption. Numerous warning signs predicted the event, and even pinpointed the epicenter near the Fagradalsfjall mountain in the G
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The Fagradalsfjall Volcanic Eruption

The Rauðanes Hiking Trail

The Rauðanes Hiking Trail24 July 2022
North-east Iceland is not the most popular region, but that doesn't take away from its many points of interest, including superb hiking trails. The trail to Raudanes Point offers an absolutely magical landscape to all those brave enough to complete the long loop in the
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The Rauðanes Hiking Trail

Iceland's famous Road Number 1: the Ring Road

Iceland's famous Road Number 1: the Ring Road17 July 2022
Road number 1, also called the ring road, is the main thoroughfare that gets you around the island. It connects the main cities along the coast, but also sites of interest around and between them. Coming in at 1,339 km long, Þjóðvegur 1 as they call it in Icelandic
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Iceland's famous Road Number 1: the Ring Road

Papey: The Puffin Island

Papey: The Puffin Island26 June 2022
The small island of Papey is located in the southern part of the Eastern Fjords in Iceland. Located 6 km offshore and accessible from the small port in Djúpivogur, Papey is a natural reserve and completely uninhabited. Bird watchers know Papey well, as the place is a r
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Papey: The Puffin Island

Höfn

Höfn11 June 2022
Höfn is a major town and port in Iceland with over 2000 inhabitants. Located in the south-east of Iceland, this community lies in the Hornafjörður Fjord and is considered the capital of Vatnajokull National Park. Höfn, which simply means “port” in Icelandic, is
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Höfn

Skeiðarársandur

Skeiðarársandur29 May 2022
Skeiðarársandur is a sandur, which is geologically speaking is a desert plain formed by the melting of ice caps, and this is quite simply the biggest one in the world, extending as far as the eye can see.  Literally, the “sandur of the Skeiðará River”, the Skei
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Skeiðarársandur

The Eldborg Crater

The Eldborg Crater22 May 2022
The Eldborg Crater, literally the “fortress of fire,” is a volcanic crater located just at the entrance to the Snaefellsness Peninsula in western Iceland. Specifically, it is in the Mýrar region, some 25 km north of Borgarnes. The crater is the real attraction, but
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The Eldborg Crater

The Dverghamrar Cliffs

The Dverghamrar Cliffs08 May 2022
The Dverghamrar cliffs or “Dwarf cliffs” are no Grand Canyon, that's for sure, but they are impressive nonetheless. This natural architecture of huge basaltic organs is located in the Kirkjubæjarklaustur region of southern Iceland. The Dverghamrar site has been pro
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The Dverghamrar Cliffs

The Hveravellir Hot Springs

The Hveravellir Hot Springs09 April 2022
The F35 track, the famous “Kjölur”, is the one that takes you North from the Golden Circle region, but it also takes you to a unique nature reserve: Hveravellir. Completely isolated about halfway across the 200 kilometer stretch of the F35 trail, Hveravellir is lik
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The Hveravellir Hot Springs

The Laugahraun Hiking Trail

The Laugahraun Hiking Trail27 March 2022
Located in Landmannalaugar, Laugahraun, literally “the hot spring lava flow” to locals, is (you guessed it) a lava flow extending from Brennisteinsalda to the Vondugil valley. Laugahraun is also the name of an official hiking trail in Landmannalaugar, the easiest an
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The Laugahraun Hiking Trail

The Herðubreið Volcano

The Herðubreið Volcano20 March 2022
Herðubreið is located in the highlands of Iceland between Askja in the south and Myvatn in the north. It is a huge mountain that dominates the region from its 1682 meters. Locally known as “Queen of the Icelandic Mountains”, Herðubreið reigns over the Ódádahra
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The Herðubreið Volcano

The Eyjafjallajökull Glacier and Volcano

The Eyjafjallajökull Glacier and Volcano06 February 2022
Eyjafjallajökull is an ice cap in southern Iceland and arguably the most famous, or rather infamous, despite being only the sixth-largest on the island. Eyjafjallajökull rose to the heights of fame not for its ice, but rather for its fire: the volcanic system named Ey
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The Eyjafjallajökull Glacier and Volcano

Jökulsárlón: Our Guide to the Glacier Lagoon

Jökulsárlón: Our Guide to the Glacier Lagoon18 September 2021
Jökulsárlón is perhaps the top tourist hotspot in Iceland and is widely considered to be the most picturesque landscape in the south of the country. The Jökulsárlón lagoon is a sight to behold, its waters populated with icebergs that break off regularly from the h
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Jökulsárlón: Our Guide to the Glacier Lagoon
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