Packages and Options

From the airport, you take the official airport shuttle bus called FlyBus to the Reykjavik BSI central bus station for meeting between 17:30-18:00 hrs. The FlyBus transfer is not included, for details please see www.flybus.is .

Day 1: Arrival
Arrive at Keflavik Airport, Iceland and take the bus to Reykjavik (BSÍ). Representatives will greet you at 17.30 - 18.00 and arrange further transportation to the farm Vellir near Hveragerdi. In Hveragerdi the tour members will be lodged in guesthouses. The first evening we will dine together, and we will provide details about the next few days.
Day 2: Hveragerdi - Fellsmúli - Hólaskógur
From Hveragerdi, in the Ölfus municipality, we drive to the farm Fellsmúli near the Mt. Hekla volcano. The riding tour starts there, and we follow the soft paths through a birch forest,to the old farm Skarfanes. On our way to Tröllkonuhlaup we pass the waterfall Thjófafoss. From there, we ride over the sand to the hut Hólaskógur where we spend the night. 50-60 km, 9 hrs.
Day 3: Hólaskógur - Hrauneyjarfoss
We continue north-east of the Thjórsá River, Iceland longest river. The landscape changes steadily into wilderness. We spend the night at Hrauneyjar, near a hydroelectric plant. 35 km, 7 hrs.
Day 4: Hrauneyjarfoss - Versalir
Today we ride from Hrauneyjarfoss Falls to Versalir, a resting place at the beginning of Sprengisandur, known from the song "Á Sprengisandur" (Ridum, ridum...). On this route, we see many mountains and the glaciers Vatnajökull and Hofsjökull. 50-60 km, 9 hrs.
Day 5: Versalir - Nýi Dalur
This day is also long, about 60 km. The landscape is similar to that of Day 4, but we come near the glaciers and ride between them. East of us we can see Mt. Arnarfell, a green mountain in the middle of Iceland. We now enter Sprengisandur. We pass the dwellings of some of the most famous Icelandic outlaws, for example, that of Fjalla-Eyvindur. We spend the night in a big mountain hut in Nýi-Dalur. 60 km, 10 hrs.
Day 6: Nýi-Dalur - Laugafell
On our way from Nýi Dalur, we ride on big sand dunes. We have spectacular views as the landscape of North Iceland begins to open before us, and we leave the three biggest glaciers in Iceland behind. We spend the night in the Laugafell mountain hut where we can bathe in a hot pot. 45 km 9 hrs.
Day 7: Laugafell -Halldórsstadir in Eyjafjördur
We ride from Laugafell in the direction of Eyjafjördur Fjörd, where the green natural surroundings, lush with bushes and some woods, start to dominate the landscape more . We start to glimpse a most beautiful view over Eyjafjördur and Akureyri. The tour ends at the Halldórsstadir Farm in Eyjafjördur. From there we will be driven to Akureyri Airport and fly back to Reykjavik. Our planned arrival there is around 16:30 p.m. Overnight  35 km, 6 hrs.
Day 8: Departure
Tour members take the bus to Keflavik Airport on their own.

Passports
Passport valid for at least three months beyond length of stay required by all except:
(a) 1. nationals of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden who are only required to produce national identity cards issued by the competent authorities in their countries of origin.
Passport Note
Iceland is a signatory to the 1995 Schengen Agreement.

Visas
Not required by all nationals of referred to in the chart above for stays of up to 90 days.
2. EU nationals staying longer than 90 days will need to apply for a residence permit from the directorate of immigration in Iceland.
Note: Nationals not referred to in the chart above are advised to contact the embassy to check visa requirements (see Contact Addresses).
Visa Note
A stay in another Schengen-Zone country counts as the same as a stay in Iceland.