Situated just off shore from Drangsnes in Steingrímsfjörður. From Drangsnes there are scheduled boat trips to the island, which take around 10 minutes. In Grímsey there is abundant birdlife and beautiful nature. We recommend at least 2 hours…
Hælavíkurbjarg, between coves Hornvík and Hælavík, is a 521 m high sheer cliff. It is named after Hæll, a freestanding rock in the sea just off the coast.
Hornbjarg is the signature cliff towering at the top of Hornstrandir nature reserve. Green lush hills suddenly cut off by sheer cliffs dropping over 500 m straight down into the ocean below.
Hvítanes is situated between Hestfjörður and Skötufjörður fjords. As you arrive you should check the rocks at the shore. Hvítanes is one of Iceland most easily accessible seal colony, where large numbers of harbour seals can be found relaxing…
Kaldbakur is one of the so called Westfjords Alps, the tall and pointy mountain range between Dýrafjörður and Arnarfjörður. Most Westfjords mountains are flat topped as a result of Ice Age glaciers, but the “Alps” are tall and pointy and…
The story says that this cliff once was a troll woman. This woman, along with two other trolls, had a dream of making the Westfjords an island. The tree of them started digging, one from the east and two from the west. The digging went well…
One of Europes biggest bird cliffs, a home to birds in unfathomable numbers. This westernmost point of Iceland is really a line of several cliffs, 14 kilometres long and up to 441 m high. And it’s as steep as it gets, dizzyingly so. Safe from…
Surtarbrandsgil was put on the icelandic environment protection list as a natural phenomenon in 1975. The main reason for the protection was to pretect the fossils of the flora which was to be found in mud and lignite layers between the…
If you’ve ever visited the town of Ísafjörður, you will certainly have noticed the immense rim of flat-topped mountains which surround the fjord. A notable feature of the mountains is a massive depression, like half a bowl, just over…
Rauðisandur “Red Sand” is precisely that, a beach with endless red sand. Well, not endless but 10 km is a lot. The magnificent hues of the sand differ with daylight and weather, and the beach is the biggest pearl in a string of…
Reiðhjalli is situated in Syðridalur in Bolungarvík. From the end of the road in the bottom of the valley, there is a slightly worse road that climbs up the hill from the Hydro Powerplant. If the road is hiked it leads you to the Reiðhjalli…
Reykjaneshyrna is a beautiful mountain situated between Ingólfsfjörður and Norðurfjörður fjords. The mountain looks beautiful and stands alone where the fjord starts to scar the land. It’s not that high but it gives you magnificent…
Sandafell is a small 362 m. high mountain, a little south of Þingeyri. You can go up the moutain on a 4×4 car or simply take a little hike from Þingeyri. The view is going to be worth it.
Skálavík is the next creek westwards from Bolungarvík. People lived in Skálavík until around 1960’s and since then the creek has been uninhabited. People from the area and people who have relations to Skálavík have restored some of the…
Skáleyjar are a group of 160 small islands among the many hundreds of islands in Breiðafjörður Bay. Skáleyjar used to be inhabited, once being home to as many as five farms spread across the islands. Despite the obvious challenges of farming…
Skarfasker is a viewing point on the way to Óshlíð. It’s nice to stop the car at Skarfasker and take a look.
The garden Skrúður was officially opened in 1909. In 1992, a group of people decided on their own to restore the garden, and in 1996 they formally returned the garden to its owner – the Ministry of Education. In November of the same…
Straumnes is a mountain above Aðalvík in Hornstrandir. From the village of Látrar there is an old road that leads you up to the mountain. During the years of 1953-1956 the american army built a radar station on top of the mountain and it…
The connection between France and Iceland plays a big role in the story of Þingeyri and Dýrafjörður. What’s left of this connection can easily be seen in this well taken care of graveyard of the french seamen in Haukadalur. The French…
In 1975 a memorial stone was put up for Þuríður Sundafyllir, the first known settler of Bolungarvík. The stone, which is called Þuríðarsteinn, “The Stone of Þuríður”, is in Vatnsnes where people think Þuríður’s earliest…