Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 695 9995;
www.gowest.is
)
Friendly couple Jon Joel and Maggy run ecofriendly biking, hiking, boating, cycling, hot
spring and glacier tours. Some focus on cultural aspects, others on landscape. Snæfells-
jökull glacier tours (Ikr9000 to Ikr22,000) are hikes, with crampons, ice axe etc included.
Also runs tours in Southern Iceland, or with Reykjavík pick up.
Snæfellsjökull Glacier Tours
SNOWMOBILE TOUR
( 663 3371;
www.theglacier.is
;snowcat/snowmobile tours Ikr11,000/25,000; Mar-Jul)
March to July six daily 1½-hour snowcat (truck with chain wheels) tours ascend the glaci-
er to about 1410m. Up to mid-June there are also snowmobile tours.
Sleeping
Snjófell
GUESTHOUSE, CAMPGROUND
( 435 6783;
www.snjofell.is
;
sites per tent Ikr1500, d/q Ikr14,500/19,100; May-Sep; )
Snjófell has basic accommodation and dining. Travellers pitch tents on grass outside (no
showers), or bed down in the guesthouse. The turf-roofed restaurant (mains Ikr2000 to
Ikr4500) focuses on local fish.
Getting There & Away
There is no public transport going east. To get to Reykjavík, you can take bus 82 to the
Vatnaleið crossroads (at Rtes 56 and 55) and change for bus 58 to Borgarnes, where you
must change once more.
Bus 82 Stykkishólmur-Anarstapi (two daily in summer, three weekly in winter).
Rauðfeldsgjá
Just north of Arnarstapi and Stapafell, on Rte 574, a small track branches off to the stun-
ning Rauðfeldsgjá, a steep, narrow cleft that mysteriously disappears into the cliff wall.
Birds wheel overhead, a stream runs along the bottom of the gorge, and you can slink
