Frankfurt layover (8 hours), Plane ride, TPA, Home

Explore Reykjavik, Bus Ride, Plane Ride

Time to fly out! Everyone leaves at various times today to catch their flights home (or abroad!). Sad farewells and fond memories, this trip will likely follow you home! Don’t forget to buy an Icelandic sweater!

Meals included: Breakfast

Kolaportid Flea Market

Reykjavik Pride; stay at Hlemmur Square Hostel

Today is national PRIDE day! We’ll be out and about at the events all day, culminating in the free, outdoor concert tonight! Checkin’s throughout the day will keep us all connected, but it’s free time to explore and immerse yourself!

Lodging: Reykjavik Downtown Hostel
Meals included: Breakfast

Explore Reykjavik; stay at Hlemmur Square Hostel

We will wake up in the morning and get our belongings back from the Campsite storage, and then we need to get to the downtown Hostel, so we’ve still got some trekking to do! We’ll probably hitch a ride on the local bus system (~$3.50 per ticket/ride). This is the beginning of the final leg of the trip, and also the city is preparing for PRIDE! So tonight, we celebrate the hike and prepare for tomorrow!

Lodging: Reykjavik Downtown Hostel
Meals included: Breakfast

Valkyrie Tattoo Studio

Hike to Thorsmork; Transport to Reykjavik (Approx. 9.3 miles, 1000ft elevation descent)

9.5 miles with plenty of ups and downs, canyons, and a glacial river to ford! This is the last day of hiking for us! We will end our hike at Thorsmork, and as long as we made it there in time will catch the shuttle back to the hostel to sleep for the night.

Lodging: Reykjavik City Hostel
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks

Hike to Emstrur; camp and day hike (Approx. 8.7 miles, 130ft elevation descent)

We’ll be hiking 9 miles today across some rolling volcanic lands (so up and down a bit). Today is also our first day of true river crossings! There will be 3!

Lodging: Camping at Emstrur
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks

Hike to Alftavatn; camp (Approx. 8.7 miles, 1600ft elevation descent)

We’ll be hiking 8.7 miles and losing about 1700 ft of elevation, so it’s back down the hill today, including one of the most spectacular views of the whole trip! We’ll also see plenty of thermal activity, so careful of those steam vents! At 7.5 miles we’ll reach the first campsite, a lakeside popular one. However we will continue our hike another couple miles, and tonight will spend the night in the Hvanngil hut, a beautiful and less crowded campsite. This will also shorten day 3, our longest day.

Lodging: Mountain Hut at Hvanngil
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks

Hike to Hraftinaskur Hut; camp (Approx. 7.5 miles, 1500ft elevation gain)

Today we start our hike! We’ll be hiking 7.5 miles and gaining about 1500 ft of elevation, so it’s uphill today! We’ll also see plenty of thermal activity, so careful of those steam vents! Camping tonight is our first without showers and probably our most rugged campsite, including having to build little stone walls around our tents to protect from the commonly strong wind gusts.

Lodging: Camping at Hrafntinnusker
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks

Explore day-hikes and hot springs in Landmannalaugar; camp

Today we’ll day hike around the trail head to explore the various trails and fun hikes in the area, getting used to trail life! Then spend the evening relaxing in the hot spring before we begin our trek the next day!

Lodging: Camping at Landmannalaugar
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks

Transport to Landmannalaugar trailhead; camp

We depart at 12:30pm from the City Hostel Bus Pickup and ride out to the trail head at Landmannalaugar. We’ll arrive at 5pm. Set up camp, settle in, explore the mountain shop and possibly the local hot spring!

Lodging: Camping at Landmannalaugar
Meals Included: Lunch, Dinner