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We leave the asphalt behind and head on into the wilderness. With no street lamps to guide us and no traffic coming our way, pure nature wilderness greets us with its endless beauty and the weather conditions dictate the traveling time.
Equipped with large Super Jeeps on huge tires we take control of every situation we are faced with at each given moment. Once on the snow we let the air out of the giant tires until the Jeep floats like a boat on water, tackling every obstacle on our way. Our experienced highland team is equipped to face the challenge of rough conditions and solutions on the spot to get us to our destination. The journey in itself is a great adventure.
When we arrive at our destination a large mountain lodge, heated by geothermal energy and full of raw highland warmth welcomes us. No electricity and no running water is inside the lodge – yet we have endless sources of the purest drinking water nature can offer only footsteps away from the lodge. The house is lit by warm lighting generated by solar energy. The jeeps will supply us with 220 voltage electricity to charge our electrical devices.
Once there we savor the solitude, embrace the weather conditions each time, hike in the colorful rhyolite mountains formed by centuries of volcanic activities in the area, play around on the snowmobiles when there are good snow conditions, take the jeep out for a spin, relax and unwind. We cook our meals in the large and beautiful kitchen, enjoy candle lit evenings inside the lodge and starlight on the outside.
When we are lucky the Northern Lights welcome us and dance with the stars turning the sky into a breathtaking spectacle. With no man-made lighting around, the total darkness creates a wonderfully soothing and peaceful environment.
Just a few refreshing steps away from the mountain lodge is the gem. A pool created when many hot and cold springs in the area combined and provides an ideal bathing place with temperatures of around 36-40 degrees centigrade all year around.
Enjoying total solitude or each other’s company on a cold winter´s night when the skies and weather conditions grace us with stars and Northern Lights completes the day and gives an entirely new meaning to becoming one with Mother Nature.
Itinerary Day 1: Friday
We pick you up in the morning at your hotel and drive towards Thjorsardalur valley and get in view the volcano Hekla, which we get closer to on our way into the highlands. The gateway to hell as believed in the middle ages, the cone shaped volcano Hekla is made up of a series of ridges and is one of Iceland's most famous and active volcanoes with last eruption in the year 2000.
We drive along the river Thjorsa, the longest river in the country, and into the valley Thjorsardalur with the waterfall Hjalparfoss — the Helping Falls, where horses used to graze in the last lush area before heading to the sandy desert of Sprengisandur in older times.
We have a lunch break in Hrauneyjar highland center, the last outpost before we enter the real highlands at Fjallabak Nature reserve. We drive through vast lava fields covered by snow, pass Hnausapollur and Ljotipollur lakes and have a stop at the lake Frostastadavatn, which reflects like a mirror the surrounding mountains and strange rock formations in the water, when the weather is calm.
We finally get to Landmannalaugar which most likely is snow covered. But the steep rhyolite mountains and rough lava fields are visible, showing the geothermal activity in hot springs and naturally heated rivers crisscrossing the land at every turn.
After the drive you can relax in the geothermally heated pool while your driver-guide prepares dinner with premium Icelandic ingredients. In the evening the Northern Lights might show up if the sky is clear. Even if they don’t show up, it is spectacular to view the extra bright stars this far away from man-made light pollution.
The lodge is heated and kept warm all year around and is specially inviting for visitors in cold winter days. It is a two-floor building; downstairs there’s a spacious sleeping area with bunk beds, a large and spacious kitchen, a cozy sitting area and the mud room. Upstairs there are three separate sleeping areas. The lodge is heated with geothermal heat and the kitchen is equipped with gas. The lavatories are in a small building located next to the main building.
Day 2: SaturdayIf you start your day with taking a bath in the pool before breakfast you may wonder about the geothermal heat in the area. The mountains encircling the area are mostly made from sour magma that was cooked in the magna chamber of a volcano located by Torfajokull glacier south of Landmannalaugar. The Torfajokull-area is the country´s second largest high temperature geothermal area. The sour-magma and the geothermal heat are located within a huge chamber which is the largest of its kind in Iceland.
During breakfast we plan the day according to snow conditions, weather and your own preferences. Some examples: a snowmobile tour in the area, a hike to the numerous interesting locations nearby, a ride with your guide in the modified super jeep to nearby lakes and interesting locations. Or even — if you are in the mood, just relax in the hot pool outside and enjoy the peace.
In the evening we prepare a delicious barbecue dinner, enjoy life in the lodge, embrace the solitude and of course, the hot pool outside is open around the clock.
Day 3: SundayAfter breakfast we leave the peaceful Landmannalaugar and head for Hrauneyjar dam where we stop for lunch. From there we drive through Thjorsardalur on to the Golden Circle route which takes us first to the majestic Gullfoss waterfall (the Golden waterfall). The waterfall is in the white river Hvita that comes from the glacier lake Hvitarvatn and most of the water flows from Langjokull glacier which is the second biggest glacier in Iceland. The waterfall is 32 meter high but plunges in two stages (11 m and 21 m).
Next we come to Geysir geothermal field which has hundreds of hot springs of all types, most of them with boiling water – and a few of them are geysers. Geysir, one of the most famous hot springs in the world, sometimes known as The Great Geysir, was the first geyser described in a printed source and the first known to modern Europeans. The English word geyser (a spouting hot spring) derives from the Icelandic “Geysir”.
We then head on to Thingvellir, via Laugarvatn village. Sometimes called the heart of Iceland, Thingvellir was declared a national park in 1930. A law was passed designating Thingvellir as “a protected national shrine for all Icelanders, the perpetual property of the Icelandic nation under the preservation of parliament, never to be sold or mortgaged". Thingvellir was nominated to the UNESCO World Heritage List on July 2, 2004. The nomination states that the site is of outstanding universal value and should be preserved as a cultural site and for its natural environment.
Weather circumstances, snow and road conditions all play a big role in our tour so the travelling time can vary greatly. Time of arrival to Reykjavik is estimated in the early evening at dinner time.
