Tour Info
- 7 riding days (approx 230 km / 20-50 km pr day)
- 2.8 - 9.8.2025
- Price: 3590 EUR (incl. 11% VAT)
Part 2 - Wilderness of The North
Þistilfjörður – Hallgilsstaðir – Hvammsheiði – Hámundarstaðir – Vopnafjörður – Grímsstaðir -Mývatn – Akrar
We ride along the coast of Þistilfjörður before we head up to the wilderness of the North, following old trails and sheeptracks to a remote mountainhut in the northern wilderness. We ride down to Vopnafjörður village on the northeast coast and then onwards for a long day across the highlands to Grímsstaðir farm, wich is at the highest grounds of all farms in Iceland and near the great Dettifoss waterfall wich we will visit with our bus in the evening! We have another long day in the saddle riding the highlands of the North with mount Herðubreið in sight until we come to the beautiful lake Mývatn area and then we follow great trails down to the valleys Laxárdalur and Reykjadalur where we end the tour and head back home to Saltvík for a farewell evening.
Accomodation: at nice guesthouses near the coastline, mountain hut in the northern highlands, Grímsstaðir holiday farm and then Saltvík farm the last 3 nights.
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Itinerary
We start part 2 with a nice and easy ride in the countryside of Þistilfjörður. The day ends at the farm Hallgilsstaðir and we drive back to our base at Svalbarð community centre.
We ride from Hallgilsstaðir farm in to the peninsula of Langanes, pass by Þórshöfn village and out to the peninsula with views out to the arctic sea. We leave the horses at farm Hlíð and drive back to Svalbarð community centre for the night.
We start the day by visiting Fontur, a huge cliff marking the outskirts of north east Iceland!
Then we start riding back from the peninsula towards the farmlands of Þistilfjörður and end the day at Gunnarsstaðir farm. Overnight at Svalbarð Community centre.
Now we start riding up to the wilderness along river Hafralónsá through wild landscape of the northern highlands. Our destination is a mountain hut called Hvammsheiðarkofi in the middle of nowhere! Accommodation rather primitive but we sure will enjoy the feeling of the wilderness this night!
We start the day early as this is our longest day of the journey and partly through pretty unknown territories! Hopefully we get good weather as we are pretty high up in the highlands this day riding through barren areas and rocky hillsides. We end the day at Grímsstaðir farm, a well known destination on our tours in the northern highlands
Another long day in the saddle awaits when we head up from Grímsstaðir farm, we cross river Jökulsá on a bridge and head to Pétursborg roundup pen where we have lunch and change horses. Then onwards to lake Mývatn with another stop at Hverarönd geothermal area. Day ends at Reykjahlíð village near Lake Mývatn where we leave the horses and drive home to Saltvík where we spend the 2 last nights.
We ride from lake Mývatn in the morning and across the desert of Hólasandur down to the beautiful valley of Laxá. We follow Laxá river and cross the higher grounds of Hvítafell, then down to Reykjadalur where we end our journey at farm Akrar. Overnight and farewell dinner at Saltvík
