Here is an example of a multiday expedtion,  we have a great variety of other possibilities.  Don´t hesitate to contact us and together we will make it happen.

 

Wild at heart
Day 1
Leaving our ATV Base Camp we drive along the green hillsides of Fljotshlid into the brown colored mountains of the south-western Fjallabak. Pretty soon our tires need to be deflated to get a smoother ride on the rocky tracks ahead of us. After a stop at a magnificent waterfall in the Markarfljot canyon, we only have to cross a couple of lava fields before we can enter the great wide open black sandy plains of the Maelifellssandur.

Imagine, to the south the ice of the Myrdalsjokull, north the multicolored mountains of the Fjallabak and ahead of us the moss covered mountain Maelifell, a unique view if there ever was one. Just before Maelifell, we turn north towards our mountain cabin for tonight Strutur. A 1,5 hour walk from there is Stutslaug, a natural hot pool which we of course will pay a visit.

 

 

Day 2
On day 2 we continue on the Maelifellssandur, have some challenging rivers to cross, some Tolkien like landscapes to enjoy and an enormous crack in the earth ahead of us. After a walk in the volcanic fissure Eldgja, we follow a track that starts in green moss and ends in barren black sand and lava as we arrive at the Sveinstindur mountain cabin or Base Camp set up by our guides..

A more remote place is hard to find.

During the first part of summer, some quicksand can be expected. A marked hiking trail lies from the track to lake Langisjor and the hut, and from there another marked trail to the top of Mt Sveinstindur. The hike from the hut, to the top, and back, takes about three hours. The view from up there on a fine day is beyond words. An interesting day’s hike lies along the foot of Fogrufjoll Mountains.

 

 

Day 3
The third day we make a walk to the summit of the mountain that gave the huts its name; from the 1090 meter high summit we enjoy an impressive view over the surrounding mountains weather permitting and the third biggest icecap in the world, Vatnajokull. Over night at the hut or Base Camp.

Vatnajökull (English: Glacier of lakes) is the largest glacier in Iceland. It is located in the south-east of the island, covering more than 8% of the country. With a size of 8,100 km², it is the largest glacier in Europe in volume (3,100 km³) and the second largest (after Austfonna on Nordaustlandet, Svalbard) in area (not counting the still larger ice cap of Severny Island of Novaya Zemlya, Russia, which is located in the extreme northeast of Europe).

The average thickness of the ice is 400 m, with a maximum thickness of 1,000 m. Iceland’s highest peak, Hvannadalshnúkur (2,110 m), is located in the southern periphery of Vatnajökull, near Skaftafell National Park. It is classified as an ice cap glacier.

 

 

Day 4
This is the day we leave the interior and head back home to civilization. On this day, we follow the Faxasund trail over the Kattarhryggir towards Fjalallabaks-Nydri and end up in the hot river in front of the hut in Landmannalaugar. Here we take a bath in the thermal pools.

This pearl of the interior is situated in a valley between colorful mountains at the dark edge of the rhyolite lava field Laugahraun. Many hot and cold springs create a bathing warm brook, where people bathe.