Journey into Iceland’s remote highlands for a challenging hiking adventure through the colorful rhyolite mountains and steaming geothermal valleys of Kerlingarfjöll

We will leave from ION Adventure Hotel at 8 am

To get to Kerlingarfjöll, we have to drive for approximately 2,5 hours.

Gullfoss

Our first stop will be half-way, at the famous waterfall Gullfoss. We will check it out and grab some refreshments for the day at the visitor center.

Now the fun begins! We will drive on the rugged roads of the Icelandic highlands. On the way, we will get plenty of opportunities for picture stops, with magnificent views over glaciers.

Kerlingarfjöll

Once we arrive in Kerlingarfjöll, we will begin our hike. It is a 14km in-and-out slightly challenging hike. But a worthy one!

We will be walking on various terrains, in a desertic valley, surrounded by glaciers. Civilization is hours and hours away from us, and it will feel like so.

Hveradalir
After about 1.5 hour, we arrive in the Hveradalir area. The landscape changes completely. We are now overlooking an orange valley, full of streams of hot water, and columns of smoke everywhere. The views are breath taking, we will take the time to take it all in.

We will explore this area, get down to the bottom of it and take countless pictures. After a loop in this valley, we will go back with the same path we took to get up there.