Gjástykki Tour

Enjoy the wonderful power of Mother Nature in the North of Iceland

You can choose whether you want to start the tour from Akureyri or Mývatn.

Price

From Akureyri: 34.000 ISK per person

From Mývatn: 27.500 ISK per person

Children (0-12):50% discount

Departures

Available: every day, from June 16th to September 15th

Details

Departure: at 08:00 (other departure times can be arranged)

Minimum: 2 adults

Duration: 6 hours (from Mývatn), 8-9 hours (from Akureyri)

Pick up: from Akureyri, hotel or airport pick-up can be arranged. From Mývatn: pickup at Lake Mývatn Information Centre

Included: fully guided tour and transportation

Note: our stop at the Café is quite late on the tour. We therefore recommend a pre-packed lunch
Due to weather and/or road conditions we might have to alter the itinerary, have longer journey time or cancelation of the tour

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Description

Experience this unique terrain that bears sign of the forces possessed within Mother Nature.
The still active volcanic area Gjástykki, 5 km north of Mt. Krafla, is one of Iceland's best spot to explore how the tectonic movement of the North American and Eurasian systems takes place.

Several hours are spent exploring still-steaming area of incredible multi-coloured slag spewed up in the 1984 Krafla eruptions.

The Lonely Planet author, Deanna Swaney, wrote after going on a Gjástykki tour. “The wild and little visited landscapes at the northern end of the Krafla fissures may be fresh from the center of the earth, but at times, they don’t seem very terrestrial. On (the) Gjástykki tour we get a unique close up perspective on this otherworldly scene. ”

Optional stop at the Mývatn Nature Baths can be arranged.