We drive up north with a bus to our starting point at farm Reynhólar. ( approx 3 hours drive)
After a short introduction we saddle up and ride in to the highlands where we have a fantastic view to Eiríksjökull glacier in the south and the bay of Hrútafjörður in the North. We ride along lake Grensvatn and enjoy the piece and quiet of the higher grounds before turning back to our base at Reynhólar where we stay over night in small cozy cottages each hosting 2-4 guests.

We saddle up at Reynhólar and ride along river Miðfjarðará on soft river banks and cross Valley Línakradalur towards Víðidalur valley. Then along the riverbanks of Víðidalsá to farm Stóra Ásgeirsá.

Overnight at guesthouse  Húnaver ( 2-4 persons in room )

We ride on the soft riverbanks of Víðidalsá all the way to Lake Hóp wich is one of the largest lakes in Iceland. We ride along the lake to farm Sveinsstaðir where we leave the horses and drive back to our guesthouse at Húnaver.

We’ll ride with our herd to the next farm; Þingeyrar, which is a historical place as the first monastery in Iceland was erected there. There’s a beautiful stone church close to where we’ll keep our horses. 

At the farm we’ll leave our herd and take a ride without the herd along lake Húnavatn towards the shores of the North Atlantic ocean / Greenland sea. 

Today we ride without the herd towards lake Hóp to cross this lake, which is one of the largest lakes in Iceland. This is truly an experience never to forget! Lake Hóp is for the most part of the crossing rather shallow, and on days with no / little wind it is as if one is riding over a mirror. At the other side we take a nice lunchbreak under a massive basalt-rock wall before heading back to the farm, crossing the lake once more.

If we’re back in time from our ride over the lake and the farmers are not too early, we might drive with our bus to see the farmers coming down from the mountains with their herd of young horses towards the roundpen / Skrapatungurétt where they’ll wait for the sorting the next morning.

In the morning we visit the roundups and watch the farmers separating their horses.

Then we drive back to Reykjavík where the tour ends at BSÍ bus station.