Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Kerið
Around 15.5km north of Selfoss on Rte 35,
Kerið
(adult/child Ikr350/free; 9am-9pm Jun-
Aug)
is a 6500-year-old explosion crater with vivid red and sienna earth and an ethereal
green lake. Björk once performed a concert from a floating raft in the middle. At the time
of research, local property owners had (controversially) started charging for entrance to
Kerið; this may change.
d incl breakfast Ikr38,500, 2-bedroom apt Ikr60,000; )
offers fully kitted-out luxury hotel
suites and apartments.
Flúðir
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As you approach the local hub, little agrarian Flúðir, interesting rock buttes crop up from
the rolling green plains. Flúðir is known throughout Iceland for its geothermal green-
houses that grow the majority of the country's mushrooms and it's also a popular weekend
getaway for Reykjavikers with private cottages. More recently it's a super stop not only for
good food, but also its recently refurbished hot springs.
Activities
Gamla Laugin
GEOTHERMAL POOL
(Secret Lagoon; 555 3351;
www.secretlagoon.is
;
adult/child Ikr2500/free; 1-10pm)
Get here before the real crowds come! Opened in 2014, this lovely hot spring is a refur-
bished version of the one the town used informally for years. It's a broad, calm geothermal
pool, mist rising, surrounded by natural rocks and with a gravelly bottom. The walking
trail along its edge passes the local river and a series of sizzling vents and geysers. Mead-
ows around fill with wildflowers in summer. During off-hours you might have it totally to
yourself.
Find it signposted (there's also a sign for Hvammar) down a rutted track on the northern
bank of the river Litla-Laxá in Flúðir.
