Landmannalaugar From Reykjavik

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Landmannalaugar

Overview

Landmannalaugar, or the "People's Pools," is undoubtedly one of the jewels in Iceland's crown: combining stunning untouched natural beauty, geothermal wonders, colorful mountains, and hot springs. Landmannalaugar is every hiker's dream, offering endless awe-inspiring sights and incredible panoramic views in every direction.

Tour Snapshot

Duration

5 hours

Level

Moderate

Availability

june - september

Group

Small (16)

Starting point

Landmannalaugar

End point

Landmannalaugar

Languages

English

Trip style

One-day tours

Minimum age

10 years

What to expect

On tour

Guiding service
Hiking
Bathing in natural hot pools
Landmannalaugar facility fees

Transportation

Pick up from Reykjavik
Meet on location

Accommodation & Meals

Accommodation
Meals
We recommend you bring your own snacks

Itinerary map

Check our itinerary to investigate the details of your adventure.

5 hours

Itinerary Overview

Step into our Landmannalaugar tour from Reykjavik, a site of pilgrimage for hikers all around the world.

This wonderful single-day tour will allow you to explore the starting point of the famous Laugavegur Trek, a renowned hiking trail consistently rated as one of the finest hiking trails in the world. You’ll see the famous multicolored rhyolite mountains of Landmannalaugar that change color in the sun’s rays, the impressive Laugahraun lava field, and other amazing sights.

Top off the day with a relaxing soak in a natural hot spring, making this one-of-a-kind hiking tour an absolute must for beginners and experts alike.

The tour is offered either as a meet on location from Landmannalaugar or with a Reykjavik pick-up, choose the right option before checkout. Please note, this process may take up to thirty minutes – we thank you for your patience in advance.

Starting point

Reykjavik

End point

Landmannalaugar

About Landmannalaugar

Landmannalaugar is located in the southern part of Iceland's spectacular Highlands and is one of the most impressive sights in Iceland. Landmannalaugar overlooks a jet black lava field, created by an eruption in 1477, offering stunning sights of amazing volcanic scenery. This black lava contrasts magnificently with the place itself, made of the Rhyolite Mountains, an incredible rock that creates a broad spectrum of different colors on the mountainside. That's right! According to the Sun's rays, the mountains change color, offering red, yellow, green, and pink shades. It truly is an untouched natural wilderness like no other place on earth.

Beneath these incredible colorful mountains lies a naturally occurring hot spring, from which steam rises, and it is a popular spot for locals and tourists alike to take a fantastic natural bath. Hence its name, the "People's pools."

For those who chose to be picked up in Reykjavik, we will all meet together in Reykjavik, from where we will take the scenic drive to Landmannalaugar. Once we arrive, your friendly guide will give you a quick safety talk and tell you some more facts about this incredible area of mesmerizing natural beauty. Then, we will start the 4-hour hike, which is about 8-10km in the distance and offers stunning views throughout. It covers the jet-black Laugahraun lava field, descends through the luscious Vondugil canyon, and then climbs up Mt. Brennisteinsalda, whose colorful peak is typical of the area. Each spot offers incredible views and many opportunities for you to snap some amazing photos.

Then we will start our descent: walking through the emerald green Graenagil gorge (green gorge in Icelandic), famed for its green rhyolite rocks and luscious vegetation. Then, we will take a dip in the legendary hot pool in Landmannalaugar. All of this is done to an absolutely stunning backdrop of truly majestic natural beauty: it is ineffable, and words don’t do it justice. So book this amazing hiking experience today: we promise you won’t regret it!

Departure from

Landmannalaugar

Practical Information

We highly recommend wearing warm clothing during the hike – sturdy hiking shoes and waterproof clothing are essential.
If you don’t own any of these items, then we can lend you them during the booking process (please note that this is impossible on the day of the hike).

Please Note

The tour is available to all experience levels; however, we do recommend that you have a reasonable level of fitness – you will need to be able to walk for around 5 mi (8-10 km) on sometimes uneven ground.
The weather in Iceland is unpredictable – please ensure that you are ready for all weather conditions.

Arctic Adventures

Arctic Adventures is a top Icelandic tour operator known for its small-group experiences. Since 1983, they’ve specialized in guiding travelers through Iceland’s wild terrains, from glaciers to volcanoes. Their tours are all about adventure and sustainability, led by expert guides who make sure every trip is safe, fun, and memorable. Arctic Adventures combines deep local knowledge with a strong commitment to nature, making them a trusted choice for anyone looking to explore Iceland up close and responsibly.

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Packing list

Get ready for your trip, here are some items, you should not forget.

What to bring (Required)

Warm outdoor clothing
Waterproof jacket
Rent with us, +29 USD per person
Waterproof pants
Sturdy shoes
Headwear
Gloves
Swimming suit
Towel

We're here to answer your questions

The pickup time is stated on your voucher and therefore we recommend you to review your voucher carefully. We ask all participants to be ready from the start of the pickup time indicated as you may well be the first pick up of the day. Please be at your assigned location at the right pick up time that you chose when booking the tour.

Wait for your guide at your assigned pick up location.

Have your email and phone number listed with us so we can contact you if we run into any trouble finding you.

View our pick-up locations in Reykjavík.

Alcohol is prohibited on all of our tours before and during activities. If we find the participant to be intoxicated, we will prohibit them from taking part in the activity.

After the activities of the day are finished then you are more than welcome to have a drink and relax.

Yes, we do have a tour into Langjökull Ice Cave that has no minimum age and it is a fantastic option for the whole family. As a Whale Watching with our partner company Special Tours, enjoyable tour for a family traveling with young children, these guys have an enormous success rate in seeing whales (upwards of 98% in the summertime).

If you want to explore parts of Icelandic Highlands than we have our magnificent Landmannalaugar Safari tour that also offers you to bathe in natural hot springs. Almost all of our jeep tours are suitable for children over the age of 6 years old. Then we also have a relaxing experience that we highly recommend, our Golden Circle & Secret Lagoon tour.

We reserve the rights to adjust the itinerary and/or take different routes depending on conditions. Your safety is our number one priority.

Please read more information in our terms and conditions in regards to this matter.

Yes, we have specially trained and certified guide on all of our tours, expect on our self-drive tours.

All of our tours are English guided.

No, for all your questions and concerns you would need to contact our customer service.

In Iceland, the standard is 230V and 50Hz and we use F-type power sockets and plugs. If you are visiting from the UK, USA, Canada or other countries using a different voltage, Hz or plugs, therefore, we highly recommend you to bring an adaptor.

We have four different categories that help participants to get a better understanding of what to expect from the tour. The categories are Easy, Moderate, Challenging and Demanding. All of our tours are rated to make it easier for you to find a tour that suits you.

For further information about the difficulty ratings and descriptions.

You can book almost all of our trips here on our website. You will find a booking window on each tour page and the best and safest way is to book and pay is directly through our website.

1. You can pay directly through our website. That is the easiest, safest and fastest way to reserve and pay for your adventure. If you choose this way then you will receive a voucher as a confirmation via email. Which you will need to bring with you on your trip.

2. You can pay via phone, our phone number is +354 562 7000. Please be noted, however you pay, you will always get a voucher. It is important to have your voucher ready for your tour so please remember to print it out or make sure that you can show it through your electronic device.

You will receive a confirmation email after you have made the booking. If you think that you have made a booking and haven’t received an email confirmation then you may please contact us via email with an inquiry through our contact form, and we will figure it out together.

All charges are made in the tour operators currency: For tours in Iceland it's Icelandic krona, ISK, but for tours in Canada/Greenland it's either USD or CAD.

On Adventures.com you can view an estimate of prices in EUR and other currencies. This is only to help you understand the approximate price.

Your credit card will always be charged in the operators currency.

Keep in mind that your card issuer may charge you a foreign transaction fee.

We do not require minimum participants on most of our tours but there is a minimum of 2 people for a few of our trips. If you are traveling solo and interested in a tour that requires more than 2 participants than we can take down your information and contact you if more people book the tour.

We can arrange private departures as per customer request. Almost all of the tours that we offer can be arranged as a private tour. If you prefer to have a private tour arranged than you may feel free to contact us through email info@adventures.com

Unfortunately, we don’t have any waiting list for our tours. Availability is found on our website in the availability sheet where all updates will automatically be made to the sheet listed in each tour description. We have a variety of different adventure tours around Iceland so there is a big chance that you find a similar version of the tour that you were originally looking for.

If your tour that you have booked is canceled on our behalf than you will receive a 100% refund. The refund process is different depending on the way you booked the tour.

If you booked the tour through our website then we will start the refund process as soon as we know if you will not be rescheduling and you will receive a separate email with a confirmation about that your refund has been processed.

If you booked the tour via booking agent than you will need to contact them directly to receive the refund. We will confirm with them about your canceled tour and then the refund process will start on their end. Extreme Iceland only receives the payment when the tour has finished, that means that your payment still remains with the booking agent and therefore, the refund can only be processed directly from their end.

The minimum age requirement is decided by our operational managers and is dependent on each activity and its difficulty ratings and can, therefore, vary between tours We put great value towards safety for our customers and the minimum age policy falls under this. Therefore we can not accommodate a person that has not reached the age limit on the tour.
We ask you to try to understand that this is based on safety procedures and we can therefore unfortunately not make any exceptions on this rule.

We can unfortunately not accommodate you and your group if the number of your group extends the number of available seats left on the tour. Our website shows the correct number of available seats left. It is impossible to squeeze additional participants onto sold out departures as we have really strict policy measures as to how many participants are assigned to each guide on our tour departures. Therefore we hope that you understand as this is of course done with our customer's safety in mind.

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