Official Travel Guide to North Iceland

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Hiking Tours - Hiking

Hiking Tours - Hiking

During recent years, services for walkers and hikers have increased significantly in North Iceland tourism.

The hallmark of North Iceland for walkers is its wide variety of trails. In the vicinity of Sauðárkrókur, for example, there are easy routes for the whole family, while quite demanding terrain awaits in the next mountain range to the east, such as near Hólar in Hjaltadalur valley and at many places in the Tröllaskagi mountains between Skagafjörður and Eyjafjörður. The peninsula east of Eyjafjörður, as well as many other areas, displays remnants of deserted communities; anyone interested in the Icelandic sagas, on the other hand, might try the Húnavatn counties for tracing the steps of heroes like Grettir.

Many mountainous areas have huts owned by the touring clubs for hiker accommodation, whereas the lowland parts of North Iceland offer an assortment of lodging in both urban and rural areas.

There is no difficulty linking your walk to fishing, a museum, a boat ride, whale watching, observing seals, river rafting, horse riding or whatever else - plenty is happening in North Iceland.

Just put on your hiking boots - here is where you will find adventure!

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Birds swimming near the Arctic Circle

Game of Thrones

Dettifoss

North Iceland Northern Lights

North Iceland Northern Lights

Goðafoss in winter time

Sailing over the Arctic Circle

Digranesviti

Gatastakkur Rauðanesi

Stóri Karl

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Top Mountaineering

We take groups or individuals on hiking tours in Siglufjörður and its surrondings. Siglufjörður and its surrondings are perfect for outdoor activity with its unique and beautiful mountains and val

Arctic Trip

Arctic Trip was founded in 2015 by Halla Ingolfsdottir, a highly experienced guide with over 20 years of experience in guiding travelers around North Iceland, in Eyjafjordur and in particular in Grím

Fjalladýrð

Modrudalur is located midway between Mývatn and Egilsstadir, on road 901, just 10 minutes drive from the ring road.

Inspiration Iceland

Inspiration Iceland is a company that focuses on conscious, fun holidays and offers adventure trips to power places and natural spas, wellness and yoga holiday under the midnightsun and polarlights.

Lambagras Cultura

Lambagras Cultura specializes in cultural communication in tourism, offering a range of day tours from Hólar and Hofsós in Skagafjörður. We are located in Hofsós in the Tröllaskagi peninsula wit

Bergmenn Mountain Guides

Jökull Bergmann is Iceland's first and only UIAGM-IFMGA certified mountain guide. Bergmenn specialize in ski touring, ski mountaineering, heli skiing,ice and alpine climbing

Jón Þór Benediktsson / The Traveling Viking

The Traveling Viking is an Icelandic tour operator in Akureyri that provide tours all over Iceland, with the main focus on the North-East

Arnarnes Paradis

Arnarnes paradis - An organic experience with endless sunsets in the summer and gorgeous Northern lights in the winter The hosts, Eyglo and Josavin have lived in Arnarnes since 1981. For the first 18

Sport Tours

Sport Tours is an authorized Travel Agency by the Icelandic Tourist Board and has been operating since 1994.

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Guesthouse Básar

Básar offers 18 beds in eight different rooms, either made up or for sleeping bags. Breakfast is on offer, as well as full meals if requested. The guesthouse is located next to the Arctic Circle and

Scandinavia Travel North

Scandinavia Travel North is a destination management company operating in northeast Iceland, with special focus on walking and hiking tours in Húsavík, Diamond Circle packages and the northern regi

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Geo Travel Iceland

Geo Travel is a carbon neutral, family run tour operator and a travel agency in North Iceland. Small groups and personal service is our speciality. We offer a variety of pre-organised day tours, tailo

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Akureyri Walk & Visit

WELCOME Walk and visit provide you the opportunity to learn about our beautiful town, Akureyri in a relaxed way in small groups. Furthermore we welcome you into our homes, where you can experience Ic

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Kaffi Klara - Cafe and Guesthouse

Welcome to Kaffi Klara, a friendly and family operated Cafe and Restaurant in North Iceland. We offer healthy and delicious dishes with focus on local food with an international twist. Our guests are

Nonni Travel

Nonni Travel aims to encourage the travel of foreign and Icelandic visitors to the region and can assist other agencies with clients wishing to travel to Iceland.

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Akureyri Bus Company

SBA-Norðurleið specialices in public transport. The company also offers scheduled sightseeing tours from Akureyri to the natural beauty spots in the North-East of Iceland as well as bus hire for groups.

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Iceland Yurt

Experience nature in a unique and comfortable way year round. For the last six years, we have been living in Iceland with our two young kids in our Mongolian Yurt that we built ourselves. Living clo

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Bakkaflöt Travel Service

Bakkaflot is located by road number 752 about 10 kilometers from road number 1 at Varmahlíð in North Iceland. At Bakkaflot you can go river rafting in the Austari Jökulsá river and the Vestari Jökulsá river.

Others

Trans - Atlantic

Tryggvabraut 22
600 Akureyri
588-8900, 588-8904

Arctic Nature Experience

Smiðjuteigur 7
641 Húsavík
464-3940, 464-3941

Season Tours

Fífuhjalli 19
200 Kópavogur
8634592, 820-7746

Guesthouse Stöng

Mývatnssveit
660 Mývatn
464-4252, 896-6074

Phookatravels

Norðurgata 37
600 Akureyri
659-4540

Guesthouse Eldá / Helluhraun / Birkihraun

Helluhraun 15
660 Mývatn
464-4220

Arctic Advanced

Þorláksgeisli 47
113 Reykjavík
777-9966

The Touring Club of Akureyri

Strandgata 23
600 Akureyri
462-2720

GJ Travel

Vesturvör 34
200 Kópavogur
5205200

Brunastadir

Brúnastaðir, Fljót
570 Fljót
8691024

Guesthouse Staðarhóll

Staðarhóll, Aðaldalur
641 Húsavík
464-3707

Ferðaþjónustan Bjargi

Bjarg
660 Mývatn
464-4240

TrollTravel.is

Báta Dokkin
580 Siglufjörður
898-7180

Wide Open

Aðalstræti 54a
600 Akureyri
659-3992

Neðra-Vatnshorn guesthouse

Línakradalur
531 Hvammstangi
8667297, 866-7297

Lifandi leiðsögn

Skagfirðingabraut 35
550 Sauðárkrókur
899-3551

goHusky

Glæsibær
601 Akureyri
898-9355

Iceland Untouched

Meistaravellir 11
107 Reykjavík
696-0171, 696-0171

Askja - Mývatn Tours

Arnarnes
660 Mývatn
4641920

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North Iceland

Towns & Villages

Society and the economy have many faces. Whereas agriculture is the mainstay of rural areas, the towns depend upon fishing, industry, trade and a range of services, with each village having its own characteristics though they all prove hospitable hosts.
The availability of food and accommodation and the possibilities at every location for recreation and entertainment make hopping between the villages informative as well as fun.
In every case, the residents are lively and ready to celebrate.

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Visit North Iceland
Hafnarstræti 91
600 Akureyri, ICELAND
info@northiceland.is
Phone: 00 354 462 3300
Members of Visit North Iceland have all the required permits that are needed in tourism in Iceland and they take part in the joint marketing affairs for the region.

All Weather stations

Aurora forecast

When to see the Northern Lights in Iceland?
The best time is between 21:00-03:00 although they can often be seen early evening or during the night. The official Northern Lights season in Iceland is from October till March. The more activity the more likely it is that you will see the northern lights but that is not all. There is never a guarantee of spotting the northern lights, but northern lights forecast by vedur.is are good. Clear skies are necessary, when we have clear skies in Iceland It is usually cold. So be sure to wear the right clothing.
Northern Lights Forecast
The Icelandic Met Office does Northern Lights Forecast which is good to use.
Visit the Icelandic Met Office www.vedur.is, for more info.

Driving in Iceland

Always check the road conditions
The weather is not the same in different regions of Iceland. Here below are good websites to use when traveling in Iceland in winter. Vedur.is is the official website for weather in Iceland. But it doesn’t always give the right picture road.is, the website for the Icelandic Road Administration, is the best website to use if you use it right.If you are unsure then you can call 1777 and ask for the conditions (open 06:30-22:00) or 1778 an automatic telephone service open all day.

Driving in Iceland can be tricky - but if you listen carefully to Elfis you should be fine.

Safe travel in Iceland

To make travel in Iceland safer - for your safe return
Safetravel.is is run by ICE-SAR and is part of a bigger project, simply named Safetravel. In that project a number of companies, public institutions and individuals join hands and the goal is to lower the rate of accidents in travel and tourism in Iceland.

The 112 Iceland app can be used for two things, both for added safety on your Iceland trip.
First of all you can call for help by pressing the red Emergency button. Your location will be sent by text message to the 112 response center. Remember that even though your phone shows no signal there is a possibility that you can send text message.

The green Check In button is for you to leave your location with us so if something happens we have more information to work with. Only the 5 last locations are stored and we recommend you use this – don’t worry – you are not disturbing anyone – except for our big computer who wants to be disturbed.

On Safetravel.is you can find extensive amount of information which can help you plan your travel to and around Iceland in more safe and secure way.

Vakinn

Vakinn is the official quality and environmental certification run by the Icelandic Tourist Board. The aim of Vakinn is to strengthen quality, safety and environmental awareness within Icelandic tourism and support and promote social responsibility of tourist service providers

Vakinn certification is a confirmation that companies operate in a professional and responsible manner, with quality and environmental focus.

Only tourism businesses that maintain high standards in all aspects of business practices and meet Vakinn's comprehensive assessment criteria have earned the right to carry the Vakinn logo.

Certified companies are listed on our website vakinn.is