Day 1

Leaving our Base Camp we drive along the green hillsides of Fljotshlid into the brown colored mountains of the south-western Fjallabak. Pretty soon our tires need to be deflated to get a smoother ride on the rocky tracks ahead of us. After a stop at a magnificent waterfall in the Markarfljot canyon we only have to cross a couple of lava fields before we can enter the great wide open black sandy plains of the Maelifellssandur.

Imagine, south the ice of the Myrdalsjokull, north the multicolored mountains of the Fjallabak and ahead of us the moss covered solely standing mountain Maelifell, a view not very often to be found. Just before Maelifell we turn north towards our mountain cabin for tonight Strutur. A 1,5 hour walk from there is Strutslaug, a natural hot pool which we of course will pay a visit. Suggested over night at Ranga Lodge.

Day 2

On day 2 we continue on the Maelifellssandur, have some challenging rivers to cross, some Tolkien like landscapes to enjoy and an enormous crack in the earth ahead of us. After a walk in this volcanic fissure Eldgja we follow a track that starts in green moss and ends in barren black sand and lava as we arrive at the Sveinstindur mountain cabin or Base Camp set up by our guides. A more remote place is hard to find. During the first part of summer, some quicksand can be expected. A marked hiking trail lays from the track to lake Langisjor and the hut, and from there another marked trail to the top of Mt Sveinstindur. The hike from the hut, to the top, and back, takes about three hours. The view from up there on a fine day is beyond words. An interesting day's hike lies along the foot of Mts Fogrufjoll. Suggested overnight at Ranga Lodge.

Day 3

Drive down to Langisjor Lake in the Highlands of Iceland. It is around 20 km in length and up to 2 km wide, with a total surface area of about 26 km² and a depth of 75m at its deepest point. The lake is situated rather far from civilization at the south-western border of Vatnajokull at an altitude of 670 m above sea level. Vatnajokull (English: Glacier of lakes) is the largest glacier in Iceland. It is located in the south-east of the island, covering more than 8% of the country. With a size of 8,100 km², it is the largest glacier in Europe in volume (3,100 km³) and the second largest (after Austfonna on Nordaustlandet, Svalbard) in area (not counting the still larger ice cap of Severny Island of Novaya Zemlya, Russia, which is located in the extreme northeast of Europe). The average thickness of the ice is 400 m, with a maximum thickness of 1,000 m. Iceland's highest peak, Hvannadalshnukur (2,110 m), is located in the southern periphery of Vatnajokull, near Skaftafell National Park. It is classified as an ice cap glacier. Suggested over night at Ranga Lodge.

Day 4

This is the day we leave the interior and had back home to civilization. On this day we follow the Faxasund trail over the Kattarhryggir towards Fjallabaks-Nydri and end up in the hot river in front of the hut in Landmannalaugar. Here we take a bath in the thermal pools. This pearl of the interior is situated in a valley between colorful mountains at the dark edge of the rhyolite lava field Laugahraun. Many hot and cold springs create a bathing warm brook, where people bathe. From Landmannalaugar we will drive across the lava field to Hrauneyjar Base camp Hrauneyjar is situated at the edge of the country´s most impressive, and active volcano Hekla. Iceland's most famous and historically most active volcano can best be described as an intermediate volcanic form between a crater row and a stratovolcano. It is located west of Iceland's SE volcanic rift-zone. Hekla erupts a magma type that is unique for Iceland, intermediate between highly silica and andesitic composition. Suggested over night in Reykjavik.