Two Day Super-Jeep Winter Adventure Tour to Landmannalaugar + Golden Circle |
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Imagine this: You're alone in the middle of the Icelandic highland's enjoying a drink in a natural geothermal pool below the stars and perhaps the northern lights. This is after a fun day of off-roading across the snowy mountains and across unbridged rivers, seeing crater lakes, volcanoes and the vast Icelandic highlands. |
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Larger groups, please contact us for a quote: info@NatureExplorer.is
For your safety Nature Explorer reserves the right to change tours due to weather, road and snow conditions. |
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It is really hard to identify a particular highlight. When we talk about the trip, we always recall different things and every aspect of the trip seems special. We live in the city, so we talk a lot about the sky at night and how we could look up and see the Milky Way because there was absolutely no light pollution and we were very fortunate to get to see the Northern Lights. We loved the Super Jeep and snowmobiling. Our kids adored the lava tube cave. We were fascinated by the contrasts between the lava rock and the ice caves, and the lack of flora and fauna. We have impressed our friends and neighbors with our newfound knowledge about geysers and geothermal energy. -Julie Garcia
Itinerary for a 2 day tour to Landmannalaugar in winter
You travel across the deserted highlands of the southern part of Iceland in the style and comfort of a Nature Explorer modified Super-Jeep on huge tires - which is why we can get into the most isolated and deserted places in Iceland. This is also what makes this tour a unique experience.
Our tour starts by driving east out of Reykjavik through the countryside to the edge of the Icelandic highlands by the foothills of Iceland's most famous volcano, Hekla. The landscape is shaped by centuries of volcanic activity, the most recent from February 2000. Many different eruptions and geothermal heat has made all kinds of strange lava formations and colors. We drive through the snowy barren wilderness, across mountain deserts and unbridged rivers and do our photo stops at our own leisure.
When we arrive in Landmannalaugar we can do some light hiking and sightseeing, including crater lakes, hot springs and steamvents, lava fields and strangely colored mountains. Drinks in the natural geothermal pool where you enjoy a relaxing soak while your driverguide prepares dinner.
If the Northern Lights are visibile, taking a midnight bath underneath the auroras is almost mandatory. In any case, sitting in a natural hot pool in the middle of nowhere on a dark winter night, surounded by nothing but wilderness and glaciers, is magical and mind blowing experience that will stay with you forever.
The next day our adventure continues and there are still many sights to see. On the way out of Landmannalaugar we visit a crater lake before heading to Hrauneyjar, where you can grab a coffee while we re-inflate the big tyres. We then drive to Gullfoss waterfall where we have lunch and see Iceland's most popular watefall cascade down 32m. Only 10 min away is Geysir where you see the original geyser and Strokkur.
The final stop before reaching Reykjavik is Thingvellir National Park where you see the tectonic plate boundaries and the site of old viking parliament, Altingi.
This is our favorite tour - and we do it also privately just for ourselves - because it's a great authentic Icelandic adventure in fantastic landscape, combined with the relaxation of great food and a unique soak in the geothermal pool.
Please note: This tour is highly dependant upon snow conditions so we might need to adjust accordingly.
Photos from a winter adventure tour to Landmannalaugar
Driving on over a meter thick snow on a winter tour to Landmannalaugar
Mountains on route to Landmannalaugar in winter costume
Hekla volcano in winter
Winter off-road adventure in Iceland
Gullfoss waterfall on the Golden Circle
Driving across the snowy wilderness in Iceland in a Super-Jeep
Tour Highlights 
Hekla volcano
Landmannalaugar
- geothermal pool
- amazing colours and landscape
Crater lakes
- Ljotipollur
- Hnausapollur
Fjallabak Nature Reserve
Hjalparfoss waterfall
Gullfoss waterfall
Geysir & geyser Strokkur
Thingvellir National Park
Winter adventure and fun off-roading
Chance of seeing the Northern Lights
What to bring and other helpful details 
Warm wind & wetproof clothes
Warm sweater (fleece or wool)
Good, waterproof shoes (preferably hiking boots)
Sunglasses
Indoor shoes or sandals for the mt. hut
Bathing suit & towel
Camera
If you have a small headlight it can be useful
We don't recommend jeans for walking in, they easily get very cold and stiff. Better to have something flexible to wear underneath the outermost layer.
We provide the sleeping bags and food for the trip.
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Landmannalaugar Winter Track
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