Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
SKAFTAFELLSFJÖLL
Kristinatindar
Nyrðrihnaukur
7
Geothermal
Pool
Bæjarstaðarskógar
Gláma
Skaftafellsheiði
Skeiðarárjökull
Svartifoss
Sjónarsker
Sjónarnípa
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0
1
Visitor
Centre
kilometre
ACCOMMODATION
Bölti
Campsite
Fosshótel Skaftafell
Svínafell
Magnúsarfoss,
Hundafoss
& Þjófafoss
1
2
3
4
SKAFTAFELL
NATIONAL PARK
Kirkjubæjarklaustur
Höfn,
&
path direct from the Visitor Centre. The main target here is
Bæjarstaðarskógar
, a small
wood of willows and birches, close to a sublime
geothermal pool
just big enough for
two people. To extend the hike, continue up Morsárdalur and then bear west in front
of little Morsárjökull glacier for
Kjós
, a strikingly beautiful canyon of bare, fractured
boulders and sharp yellow crests.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE
SKAFTAFELL NATIONAL PARK
By bus
Services along the Ringroad between Reykjavík
and Höfn stop at Skaftafell; from mid-June until early
September, buses also travel inland via Eldgjá to
Landmannalaugar (p.116). Through July and August there
are return day-trips from Skaftafell, via Kirkjubæjarklaustur,
to Lakagígar (see p.302).
Destinations
Eldgjá (1 daily; 2hr 30min); Hella (3 daily;
4hr); Hvolsvöllur (3 daily; 3hr 50min); Höfn (3 daily; 2hr
40min); Jökulsárlón (3 daily; 1hr); Kirkjubærjarklaustur
(3 daily; 1hr); Landmannalaugar (1 daily; 5hr); Reykjavík
(3 daily; 5hr 50min); Selfoss (3 daily; 4hr 50min);
Seljalandsfoss (3 daily; 3hr 30min); Skógar (3 daily; 2hr
55min); Vík (3 daily; 2hr 15min).
INFORMATION AND TOURS
Visitor Centre
Just north off the Ringroad on Route 998,
right at the foot of the Skaftafellsheiði plateau, the centre
(June-Sept daily 8am-9pm;
T
894 2959,
W
vatnajokulsthjodgardur.is) has a run-down on the park's
