Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Háifoss
WATERFALL
From Stöng you can walk 10km northeast along a 4WD track to Iceland's second-highest
waterfall, Háifoss, which plunges 122m off the edge of a plateau. You can also get most of
the way there by 4WD.
Þjóðveldisbærinn
NOTABLE BUILDING
( 488 7713;
www.thjodveldisbaer.is
;adult/child Ikr700/free; 10am-6pm Jun-Aug)
Þjóðveldisbærinn is a reconstruction of Stöng, exactly reproducing its layout and its neigh-
bouring church. Find it near the entrance to the Búrfell Power Station.
Búrfell Hydroelectric Power Station
EXHIBITION
(
www.landsvirkjun.com
;
10am-5pm Jun-Aug)
On Rte 32, before it crosses the Þjórsá, the high-tech and hands-on Búrfell hydroelectric
plant, decorated by one of Sigurjón Ólafsson's largest sculptures, allows visitors to its
really engrossing multimedia centre, complete with games for generating hydroelectric
power and exhibits on osmosis, tidal, wind and solar power. The whole place thunders
with its turbines churning, which you can visit, along with a firetruck for the kids. It's
really bizarre when contrasted with the wild landscape outside.
Eastern Þjórsárdalur
Between the township of Hella in the south and Landmannalaugar in the north, you'll find
the sweeping seaside floodplains of the river Þjórsá merging into increasingly mind-blow-
ing volcanic formations and lava fields til you reach Hekla - one of Iceland's most omin-
ous volcanoes.
Route 26 (to Hekla & Landmannalaugar)
The road to Hekla - Rte 26 - winds its way beyond a cluster of horse farms offering a
variety of riding trips, and connects with Rte 32 which can take you down the equally dra-
matic western side of the river valley.
Most buses to Landmannalaugar go via Rte 26 and Leirubakki (
Click here
)
.
