Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
This new campground run by Hostelling International sits within sight (about 500m) from
Langidalur and has showers, toilets and barbecues. The warden can help with information
on day hikes.
Básar
HUT, CAMPGROUND
( 562 1000;
www.utivist.is
;Goðaland, N 63°40,559', W 19°29,014';sites per person Ikr1200, hut per
person Ikr4200)
Básar is the choice base for Icelanders, largely due to its beautiful position in the trees.
Space is very cramped, but there's hut accommodation for 83 people, which can be booked
through Útivist. Grass and wooden planks lead around the private camping space, which
gets extremely crowded on summer weekends. Showers cost Ikr400.
Getting There & Away
BUS
Reykjavík buses to/from Þórsmörk stop in Hveragerði, Selfoss, Hella, Hvolsvöllur and
Seljalandsfoss en route. The Reykjavík Excursions schedule is paticularly helpful in hop-
ping around the sites within Þórsmörk. Note: buses are special amphibiously equipped rigs
for fording rivers.
Buses 9/9A Reykjavík-Þórsmörk (Ikr7500, 3¼ to four hours, one daily May-mid-October
stopping at Húsadalur, Stakksholtsgjá Canyon, Básar, Langidalur; plus two additional ser-
vices mid-June to August). Returning 9A buses have a slightly simplified route heading
back towards Reykjavík; if you want the bus to stop at Básar or Langidalur, you must re-
quest it the night before with the hut supervisor. Other sample prices: Hella or Hvolsvöllur
Ikr5000, Seljalandsfoss Ikr4000, from the impassable Krossá river crossroads Ikr2000.
You can also transfer between buses to get to Skógar (buses 9 and 20; Ikr5000) or Land-
mannalaugar (buses 9 and 11; Ikr11,000).
Buses T11/T12 Reykjavík-Þórsmörk (Ikr6800, four hours, one daily mid-June to early
September; stops at Gígjökull, Básar and Langidalur). Other sample prices: Hveragerði or
Selfoss Ikr5800; Hella, Hvolsvö llur or Seljalandsfoss Ikr4200.
