The Volcano Hekla Deluxe

The Volcano Hekla - Deluxe

Day 1: Arrival
The tour starts in the evening. Tour members who arrive the same day to Iceland should take the flight bus from the airport to the ending busstation BSÍ in Reykjavík. We will greet you at the bus station or at your hotel/ guesthouse in Reykjavik between 17:30- 18:00 and drive you to our farm Vellir near Hveragerði. There you will be lodged at our new guesthouse. We will get to know each other during the dinner at our Hotel Eldhestar. The day will end with a detailed description of the tour.

Day 2: Hveragerdi - Vellir - Brúarlundur
We go by bus to the farm Fellsmúli in the beautiful area Landssveit. From there we first ride northwards to the farm Leirubakki, and then eastwards to the Vestri-Rangá River. The tour continues southward along the river to the farm Hrólfsstaðahelli, where the horses will stay overnight. We spend the night in the old parish house Brúarlundur. 20 km, 4 hrs.

Day 3: Hrólfsstaðahelli - Foss (Ásgarður)
We start the day by crossing the Vestri-Rangá River and continue over the lava field Botnahraun, which was created many hundreds of years ago in one of Hekla´s many eruptions. We follow a riding path over the lava field to the farm Kot, and later on we continue over another lava field, called Axarhraun, to the farm Foss. This day we ride in the area south of Hekla. The horses stay overnight at the farm Foss, while we stay in a cosy cottage in Ásgarður, just outside the village Hvolsvöllur. Here we will have the opportunity to visit the swimming pool in the village in the evening. 35 km, 7 hrs.

Day 4: Foss - Foss
From the farm Foss we ride northwards towards an area west of the Torfafjallajökull Glacier, southeast of the volcano Hekla. Here we have nice riding paths in a very special area of nature. We follow the road to a pasture where we will leave the loose horses and continue on our best tölters to experience beautiful valleys with special formations of clefts. On our way back to the farm Foss, we will pass the abandoned farms Þorleifsstaði and Reynistaði. We spend the night in Ásgarður. 37 km. 7 hrs.

Day 5: Foss - Rjúpnavellir
Today we yet again ride over the lava field Axarhraun to see the area west of the volcano Hekla, and on the way we will pass the so-called farms of Hekla. We will reach and cross the Vestri-Rangá River, before we continue to Rjúpnavellir - a new cottage situated close to Hekla. In these areas the landscape is imprinted by natural forces such as hard wind and volcanic eruptions. 40 km, 8 hrs .

Day 6: Rjúpnavellir - Áfangagil - Rjúpnavellir
Today´s ride is shorter, which gives us the opportunity to enjoy the extraordinarily beautiful nature west of Hekla. We ride towards Áfangagil, a place the farmers use as an overnight stop during the sheep round-up in the autumn. From Áfangagil we start in the direction towards Landmannalaugar, but we will later on turn southwards back to our stopping place at Rjúpnavellir. There are many nice riding roads in this area. 33 km, 7 hrs .

Day 7: Rjúpnavellir - Þjófafoss - Fellsmúli
We urge the horses on towards the glacial river Þjórsá, where we will reach the Waterfall of the Thieves, Þjófafoss. We follow soft sandy paths through a low forest of birch to the old farm Skarfanes. The horses are on their way home now, and it usually gets fast on these paths. We end the tour where it started, at the farm Fellsmúli. In the afternoon we will be driven back to Reykjavík, where we can spend the evening together and stay in a Bed and Breakfast. 45 km, 7 hrs .

Day 8: Departure
Tour members take their flight back home or to travel further to see more of the country.

*Please note that dinner on the last evening is not included.