Standing 193m in height, the controversial Kárahnjúkar Dam and its power station were completed in 2009, producing 690 MW of electricity for the Alcoa aluminium smelter in Reyðarfjörður. The projec...

Eldfell (Fire Mountain) is a 200m high crater overlooking the town on Heimaey, the only inhabited island of the Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands) archipelago. Following a series of earthquakes in th...

Duration: 3-5 hours. Difficulty: a steady climb and descent of about 300-400 meters, or more depending on how far you go. You will return by the same path so the choice is yours. Interest: if you foun...

Duration: 30 minutes (or longer). Difficulty: easy walk along terminal moraines overlooking the lagoon. Interest: glacier tongue, a less-visited iceberg lagoon. Start/End: Fjallsarlon is signposted on...

Beautiful woodland hike along Oddalindir and the River Hvita. 5km / 2hrs  

The southernmost part of the Vatnajokull glacier envelops the central volcano Oraefajokull and Iceland's highest peak, Hvannadalshnjukur, at 2110m. Oraefajokull is a stratovolcano which has erupted...

Gjain is one of those special places that make you want to linger. The gorge is neither deep nor its waterfalls high but the luxuriant vegetation and curious rock formations, among them basalt columns...

This tephra crater was formed about 2,800 years ago and at 140m deep and 1km in diameter, it is among the largest explosive craters of its kind. There are two walking trails leading to the top of the...

Throughout the Middle Ages, it was believed that the entrance to hell was through the volcano Hekla, perhaps because of the severity of its eruptions. Hekla is a young volcano (around 8,000 years o...