Name: Volcano, Lagoons, Waterfall and Glaciers
SKU: 40453
Price: 10 USD
Availability: InStock

Duration: 5 h

Activity Level: Moderate

Experience: Adventure, Family, Honeymoon, Nature

Language: English

Photo permit included

Tour by public transport

Canal Boat tour included

Train tickets included

Suitable for little children

Wheelchair accessible tour

Museum ticket included

Light snack included

Lunch included

Transportation included

Walking Tour

Overview

Grundarfjörður is a small town, situated in front of an impressive mountain range, which has a slightly alpine look; Fishing is the chief industry in Grundarfjörður, half of the town's working population being employed in this sector. The town is considered unusually beautiful and well kept and has received several awards for its neat appearance.

What's included

English Speaking Guide
Air-Conditioned Transportation

Highlights

Arnarstapi

Arnarstapi or Stapi is a small fishing village at the foot of Mt. Stapafell between Hellnar village and Breiðavík farms on the southern side of Snæfellsnes, Iceland.

Djupalonssandur

Djúpalónssandur is a sandy beach and bay on foot of Snæfellsjökull in Iceland. It was once home to sixty fishing boats and one of the most prolific fishing villages on the Snæfellsnes peninsula but today the bay is uninhabited. Four lifting stones are in Djúpalónssandur, used by fishermen to test their strength.

Djupalonssandur Beach

Djupalonssandur is a sandy beach and bay on foot of Snæfellsjökull in Iceland. It was once home to sixty fishing boats and one of the most prolific fishing villages on the Snæfellsnes peninsula but today the bay is uninhabited.

Grundarfjordur

Grundarfjörður is a small town, situated in the north of the Snæfellsnes peninsula in the west of Iceland. It is situated between a mountain range and the sea. The nearby mountain Kirkjufell forms a small peninsula.

Kirkjufellsfoss Waterfall

Kirkjufellsfoss is a modest, low lying waterfall that drops 54 feet in two broad steps as its stream makes its final plunge to a lagoon along the shore of the ocean, with the famous mountain Kirkjufell looming above.

Mount Kirkjufell

Kirkjufell is a 463 m high mountain on the north coast of Iceland's Snæfellsnes peninsula, near the town of Grundarfjörður. It is claimed to be the most photographed mountain in the country.

Snaefellsjokull

Snæfellsjökull is a 700,000-year-old glacier-capped stratovolcano in western Iceland. It is situated on the most western part of the Snæfellsnes peninsula in Iceland. Sometimes it may be seen from the city of Reykjavík over Faxa Bay, at a distance of 120 km.

Snaefellsjokull Volcano

Snaefellsjokull is a 700,000-year-old glacier-capped stratovolcano in western Iceland. It is situated on the most western part of the Snaefellsnes peninsula in Iceland. Sometimes it may be seen from the city of Reykjavík over Faxa Bay, at a distance of 120 km. The mountain is one of the most famous sites of Iceland, primarily due to the novel Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) by Jules Verne, in which the protagonists find the entrance to a passage leading to the center of the earth on Snaefellsjokull.

Itinerary

10:00

– The tour starts at our office in Grundarfjörður
– The first stop is Saxhóll, a 100 m high volcano crater that can easily be climbed with steps
– We then continue to Djúpalónssandur, a lagoon with black beaches and a path through lava formations
– Next stop is Arnarstapi, an old fishing village at the foot of Snæfellsjökull glacier. Here you can admire beautiful rock formations and sea cliffs.
– Following a mountain pass that cuts Snæfellsnes peninsula from north to south, we will have amazing views of the surrounding area.
– Last stop is Kirkjufell and Kirkjufellsfoss in Grundarfjörður.
– We then drive back to our office in Grundarfjörður

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