Sprengisandur - 7 Days tour
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kjÖlur – 7 Days tour
Kjölur – 7 Day Tour
South – NortH
Kjölur – the dream of every horsemen is to ride across the country. Our tour will lead us from South to North of Iceland, Free herd will run with us all the way and give the tour the dynamic and unique feeling.
We will start in Northern Iceland in Skagafjörður. On our way we will see incredible landscape not often seen elsewhere. We will be passing glaciers, hot springs and highlands. Visiting Kerlingarfjöll geothermal area in the Heart of Iceland, between the glaciers Hofsjökull and Langjökull and overnight in a mountain cabins. On the way to our beautiful village, we will ride across rivers, mountains, fields and farms. Our strong Icelandic horses will bring us to the interior of Iceland.
Seven days in the saddle, sleeping in a mountain cabins, eating Icelandic dinners and unforgettable experience. The tour is a real cross country-based riding trip with a big free heard of running horses. We are going to use trails which are not usually visit by ordinary visitors in Iceland. The trial where you can see many monuments of nature and beautiful landscapes of Iceland. This excursion is only for experience and very experience riders.
There is going to be around 6 – 8 hours riding a day (around 30-50 km at day). Pick up at BSI bus station Reykjavik around 1pm on the first day of our horseback riding tour and drop of on the last evening 7-8pm to BSI.
Sleeping bag accommodation.
Price: 549.000 ISK
Important: Due the poor weather conditions plan and distance of the tour may change.
The tentative itinerary is as follows:
Day 1
13:00 – Pick up at BSI bus station Reykjavik
17:00-18:00 – Arrive at start location where we have a nice dinner and get to know eachother. Some hot pool will be available for us as a good preparation before long riding days.
Day 2
08:30 – Breakfast
10:30 – We start by riding threw the villages up into the highlands and enjoy its beautiful scenery. We will stay that night Bugaskáli, mountain cabin.
18:00 -19:00 – Arrive at Bugaskáli small cottage by Aðalsmannsvatn lake, traditional Icelandic dinner
19:00 – Grilled dinner
The ride is about 6 hours (30km) with breaks for riders and horses.
Day 3
08:30 – Breakfast
10:30 – Today we will taka a beautiful ride
to Ströngukvíslaskáli
17:00 – Arrive to Ströngukvíslaskáli accommodation at Eyvindastaðarheiði.
19:00 – Traditional dinner
Distance 25km, with breaks for riders and horses.
Day 4
08:30 – Breakfast
10:30 – Great views over to Kjölur and a long day in the saddle. Riding on lave fields and over green areas with a views on both glaciers Langjökull and Höfsjökull.
18:00 – Arrive to Hveravellir, a very unique geothermal area, where we can enjoy a hotsprings bath just few steps away from our cabin.
Our herd of freely running horses will let you remember that day.
20:00 – Dinner
Riding day 30km.
Day 5
08:30 – Breakfast
10:30 – We ride along the glacier river and through hugelava fields Kjalhraun in the center of road Kjölur. We will be just by the edge the second largest ice cap of Iceland Langjökull. Later that day we see to Thjófadalir – Valley of Thieves, a beautiful green valley surrounded by high mountains, a true oasis in the wilderness. View on Kerlingafjöll mountains.
18:00 -19:00 – Arrive at Fosslækur scenic accomondation. Traditional dinner.
Distance 50km
Day 6
08:30 – Breakfast
11:00 – We continue our ride over the Helgaskáli.
17:00 -We will arrive with our horses to Helgaskáli (40 km)
19:00 – Dinner
Day 7
08:30 – Breakfast
10:30 – This will be the last riding day for us. Trial will be amazing valley Laxárdalur. We will end our jurney at our beaitifull village.
18:00 – Arrive to farm Breiðanes, light dinner
19:00 – Say goodbye and drive back to BSI
Long riding day 35km