Husavik is an attractive town known for its excellent whale watching opportunities. Visit the informative Whale Centre by the harbor before you set off on a whale watching boat excursion with North Sa...

Lake Myvatn in the north of Iceland defines awe and wander through the sheer variety of amazing natural features it showcases. In its often eerie and mysterious surrounds, the landscape has been shape...

Laxa is a common name for salmon fishing rivers in Iceland. One of the largest and most beautiful rivers to bear the name is the Laxa at Lake Myvatn. On the west corner of the lake, you can draw off t...

Lake Myvatn and its surrounds are a birding hot spot with around 60 species including 13 species of duck of which tufted duck, scaup and wigeon are most numerous.  Most of the birds seen at the lak...

Probably Iceland’s best known stuffed bird collection can be found at Sigurgeir’s Bird Museum at Lake Mývatn. Even if you're not a fan of stuffed birds, the museum has other interesting exhibits,...

One of Iceland's largely undiscovered natural wonders, Raudanes peninsula is a striking but remote stretch of coast, west of the village of Þorshofn.   Look for a dirt track leading north from road...

Asbyrgi is a horseshoe-shaped canyon about 3.5 km long and more than 1 km wide with 100m high sheer walls. The place is something of an enigma and it's not hard to see why because it is both hugely at...

If you like nature-filled tundra, visit Hraunhafnartangi, near the tip of Melrakkaslétta peninsula. In the breeding season, birds throng the air and nest among the many small ponds. Sited just off roa...

Gravel road 870 traces the coast of Melrakkasletta, the sparsely inhabited peninsula between Raufarhofn and Kopasker.  At Hraunhafnartangi, you've reached Iceland´s northernmost point at 66°33”02” N,...

With just under 200 inhabitants Raufarhofn is one of the smallest and most remote fishing villages in Iceland. It has suffered from depopulation because of changing trends in the fishing industry and...