Landmannalaugar is the highland everyone has seen in photos — rhyolite mountains in red, yellow, green and blue, a black lava field, steam everywhere. It's three hours from Reykjavík on rough roads, which is why we drive. You hike a 10 km loop over Bláhnúkur (the blue peak, 940 m) and across the Laugahraun lava, past the sulphur vents of Brennisteinsalda, and back to the hot spring that gives the place its name.
A great first 'real' Icelandic hike — some steep bits, loose ground on the peak, but short. Bring a swimsuit; the spring is the best bath you'll have all trip.
BSÍ bus terminal, Reykjavík · 07:30
Pick-up in Reykjavík included — we'll confirm your hotel or our office on Laugavegur.
From about ten if they hike a bit. The Bláhnúkur ascent is steep; we can take the flatter lava loop instead.
It's a rough F-road with a river ford. That's why you're not renting a Yaris and doing it yourself.
44.900 krHard12–15 hIceland's highest point. 2,110 m. One very long, very good day.
129.000 krChallenging4 days / 3 nights55 km through rhyolite mountains, black deserts and birch valleys. Hut to hut, pack on your back.
8.900 krEasy+4 hHike an hour up a steaming valley, then lie in a hot river. Best 8,900 kr you'll spend.
