Duration: allow one hour for this circular walk. Difficulty: easy walk on trails. Interest: history, culture, geology and a beautiful waterfall. Start/end of walk: from route 361 along the la...

Haifoss is reached by a sometimes rough gravel road, following a row of pylons carrying electricity from the Þjorsa power stations to the aluminium plants outside the capital. The 122m high waterfall...

Located just off road 1, Skaftafell was established as a national park in 1967 to protect its flora, fauna and spectacular glaciers.  The park became accessible to visitors when the ring road around I...

Ljotipollur is a stunning example of an explosion crater, formed in an eruption in 1477 and considered the most southerly of the Veidivotn chain of craters.  A steep track climbs to the crater rim but...

Duration: 5 hours. Difficulty: moderately strenuous walk crossing two passes, the first at 345m, the second at 321m. Interest: coastal and mountain views and a secluded pebble beach. Start/End: drive...

Duration: around 5 hours. Difficulty: fairly challenging 14km hike with about 440m of ascent and descent. Interest: Ofaerufoss waterfall, the Eldgja canyon and a panoramic view from the 943m summit. S...

If you would like to get away from the busy trails at Thingvellir, you should follow the 'secret path'. The walk is about 1km and as the trail is uneven, walking boots are advised. See evidence of tec...

The rather long name of this village is pronounced ‘kirk-u-buyer-cloister’ or just ’cloister’ for short! It means the ‘church farm cloister’ and in days gone by it was believed that only Christian peo...

Duration: 6-7 hours (longer if you climb the peak). Difficulty: a steady but long 700m climb and descent. The optional ascent of the peak is more demanding and involves a scramble to 1126m. Interest:...

From Budir you can walk to Budaklettur, an 88m hillock that is actually the side of the mossy crater that produced the lava flow surrounding it. Just west of it is Budahellir, a 40m long lava tube. Th...