Duration: 30 minutes each way. Difficulty: an easy and mostly level walk on the beach and through lava. Interest: pebble beaches, interesting lava formations. Start/End: take road 572 signposted to Dj...

As the track winds through the rather barren Kaldidalur valley you’ll enjoy sweeping views of mountains and glaciers. The valley lies between the rounded volcanic summit Ok (1198m) and Iceland´s secon...

An area of extensive natural birch woodland, Husafell is a popular holiday spot for Icelanders. Artist Pall Guðmundsson lives at Husafell and his facial sculptures are visible in rocks around the loca...

From Husafell it’s only about 14km to the lava cave Surtshellir. The cave or lava tube is about 1.5km long and its height ranges from 8-10m down to about 2-4m at the end of the cave. There are five op...

This lovely beach, backed by dunes and overlooked by a striking wooden church is located on the south coast of the peninsula. It’s a short detour from road 574 to the car park at the end of the road,...

Be aware that the waves on this beach can be unpredictable and there are dangerous currents in the area. We recommend you keep a distance of 25m from the sea under normal conditions and 40m when the s...

Near the tip of the peninsula on its south side, you’ll find this shapely crater just south of the road. A path runs up its left flank and there’s a superb view from the summit. Beware of ice on the p...

Skardsvik is a pretty golden sand beach near the western tip of Snaefellsnes and accessed from the single track road to Ondverdanes. Framed by black basalt cliffs, the beach may entice you to take...

In the sports stadium, you will find both an outside and an inside swimming pool, hot tubs, a steam bath which is fed with steam straight from the Deildartunga hot spring, a children's pool and water...

This large wall of basalt columns just off road 54 is so impressive and uniform it looks like it has been hewn from the cliff by a sculptor. Gerduberg is located 3km north of road 54, opposite the jun...