Midnight Sun on the Hvítá: What to Do at 11pm in June
Around the June solstice, West Iceland gets roughly 21 hours of usable daylight, so the adventure never has to stop. Late-night riverbank walks, midnight photography, and crowd-free hikes…
Skorradalur: A Quiet Drive Along West Iceland’s Forest Lake
Skorradalur valley in Iceland is a slow gravel drive along a 16 km forest-lined lake, about 20 minutes from The Hvítá Inn. Short woodland walks at Stálpastaðir, autumn…
Helgafell: The Three-Wishes Mountain Ten Minutes from Stykkishólmur
Helgafell is a 73-metre holy mountain ten minutes from The Stykkishólmur Inn (book on Ourhotels.is) — climb it in silence from the grave of Laxdæla saga's Guðrún Ósvífursdóttir…
Saxhóll Crater: A 5-Minute Stairway Climb Up a Volcano in Snæfellsjökull National Park
Climb a metal staircase to the rim of Saxhóll, a red scoria crater in Snæfellsjökull National Park, for sweeping lava-field and coastal views. Stay nearby at the Stykkishólmur…
Aðalvík: A Remote Hornstrandir Beach Day from Ísafjörður
Planning an Aðalvík day trip from Ísafjörður? This broad abandoned bay in Hornstrandir offers sandy beaches, village ruins and Arctic foxes, reached only by summer boat. A wilder…
Northern Lights from Your Truck Window: Aurora Season on the Hvítá Riverbank
Hunting the northern lights in West Iceland? Hvítá Trucks sits on a dark, low-light-pollution stretch of the Hvítá riverbank in Borgarfjörður, where you can watch the aurora from…
Glymur Waterfall Hike: Iceland’s Second-Tallest Falls in Hvalfjörður
A practical guide to the Glymur waterfall hike in Hvalfjörður: the 198 m falls, the loop trail, the cave, and the seasonal log crossing over the Botnsá. Under…
Lóndrangar Basalt Sea Stacks: Volcanic Plugs on the Snæfellsnes Coast
Two basalt pinnacles rise from the sea in Snæfellsjökull National Park. Practical tips on viewpoints, height, birdlife, and timing, plus where to stay nearby at the Stykkishólmur Inn…
Hesteyri: A Day Trip to Hornstrandir’s Abandoned Village by Boat
Hesteyri is the easiest way into the roadless Hornstrandir reserve: a scheduled summer boat from Ísafjörður harbour drops you at an abandoned village with a Doctor's House café…
Vigur or Not: Puffin Options in West Iceland vs. the Westfjords
Honest logistics on puffin watching in West Iceland from Hvítá Trucks: why there is no colony at the door, the realistic Breiðafjörður boat trips off Snæfellsnes, the long…