At Mulakot Iceland's Forest Service has been planting trees since around 1940 and it is now the largest and most versatile forest area in South Iceland. Before the middle of the 20th century, many kin...

Duration: 2.5-3 hours return trip. Difficulty: mostly easy and level walk over birch-clad lava. A short steep ascent at the end. Interest: unusual, steep-sided, lava-walled crater offering fine vie...

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...

Duration: 45 minutes, each way. Difficulty: steady ascent and descent of around 200m. Interest: glaciated mountains and a beautiful lake. Start/End: from road 1, about 35km from Akureyri, just west of...

If you have time we also recommend this walk which can be especially dramatic in the evening as the sun goes down. Duration: 1 hour each way. Difficulty: steep ascent and descent of 250m. Interest: on...

Useful Information: pick up a map at the warden’s office in Asbyrgi or Vesturdalur.  Bring food and drink with you. Duration: 2-2.5 hours. Difficulty: fairly challenging circular walk on an uneven, ro...

Duration: 2 hours (or longer). Difficulty: easy walk along terminal moraines overlooking the lagoon. Interest: the famous iceberg lagoon - icebergs, seals, birds. Start/End: the path starts from the c...

Duration: allow 3-4 hours. Difficulty: a tough but rewarding hike, with two steep ascents and descents, on a waymarked path. Interest: breathtaking views of colourful rhyolite mountains; geothermal so...

Duration: 1 hour. Difficulty: a steady ascent and descent of around 100m on an easy grassy trail. Interest: great views of a spectacular gorge. Start/End: from the car park at the south end of the gor...

Kolbeinstangi is the finger-like peninsula on which the town of Vopnafjordur stands. You can walk (or drive) beyond the town along a gravel road to the tip of the peninsula, where cliffs jut into t...