Hiking Jökulsárgljúfur National Park – Icelandic feast for the senses
Jökulsárgljúfur is one of the most impressive areas in Iceland. It is in the northeastern part of the country. Its name means ‘glacial river canyon’ and is derived from the impressive canyon created by the mighty Jökulsá river (or glacial river). It is a part...
Hiking Fimmvörðuháls – go between glaciers
14 years ago I hiked the Fimmvörðuháls, or Five Cairns, hiking train. It was a disaster since the weather was atrocious. I wrote about that trip and entitled the article, ‘Hiking in Iceland when the weather is s***‘. But now I have just completed hiking...
Reykjavik family friendly hiking trail
There is no shortage of hiking trails near Reykjavik. Now we introduce a nice Reykjavik family-friendly hiking trail which is called Úlfarsfell. This hill is only 296 meters high but interestingly it is often used by hang gliders as a launching point. They are a...
Helgafell hiking trail gives you the perfect view of Reykjavik
I have said it before and I say it again. One of the best things about living in the Reykjavik area are the many hiking paths close to it. The most popular one is, of course, the Mt. Esja hiking trail But there are many...
Most Popular Hiking Trails in Iceland in 2018
The hiking Guide Einar Skúlason is a good friend of mine. He is the man behind the popular Iceland hiking app Wapp which is both available for Android and the iPhone. The app now contains whopping 265 Icelandic hiking trails and more will be added...
Go on a hike in Iceland – Get the full Icelandic Experience
Go on a hike in Iceland they said. The sun will shine they said. Well I went on a hike the other day and the sun did shine. And there was stinging face lashing hail. It was snowing with huge snowflakes drifting down in the...
Hiking in Iceland in Winter
Words and pictures by Yanshu Li who is a storyteller who focused on business and economics journalism at Boston University in the U.S. Follow her on Twitter, on the web and on Flickr. She went hiking in Iceland in winter. Hiking in Iceland in Winter at Búrfellsgjá crater...
A Lovely Day in the Snæfellsnes Peninsula
I have become quite addicted to winter hiking and as my readers may have noticed I satisfy my addiction in a hiking group run by the Iceland hiking app publisher, guide and all around nice guy Einar Skulason. My latest trip with his group was to...
