Iceland Westfjords Hiking Odyssey

This tour ran in August of 2021 with a large group.  It is now available as a custom tour with as few as 6 guests.  Please call the office if you would like to discuss possible dates:  303-664-8388

Iceland Tours

This amazing Nordic island nation has become a hot spot for recent travelers.  Not only is it easy to get to, being closer than any other European country to the Americas, but its dramatic landscape includes volcanoes, glaciers, geysers, lava fields, hot springs, countless waterfalls, numerous mountain ranges, two national parks and fields upon fields of lupine.  The history of its people dating back to Viking times is told in the Sagas, which every Icelandic child can recite.

Certain parts of Iceland have become world renowned – the Blue Lagoon, the Golden Circle tour, Vatnajökull  National Park, the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull.  These are all fascinating places, to be sure.  But as Timberline has always focused on getting out of the normal tourist stream, here too, we plan to venture farther afield.  This year’s hiking Odyssey will take us to the far reaches of the Westfjords, where the first paved roads are just starting to appear, and the remote hiking is more like following the footsteps of wanderers from 1000 years ago.  Our local guide grew up in the Westfjords and will entertain us with stories throughout the tour.

Hike Your Way Through Iceland’s National Parks

We start our tour heading directly to the second national park, Snæfellsjökull, located far out on a western peninsula.  After some hikes among the waterfalls and up to the glacier, we leave the area by ferry, crossing the massive Breiðafjörður. Once we reach the Westfjords, you can’t help but admire how this region with a population of just 7,000 continues to thrive and take care of their amazing resources.  Here we will find hidden lakes, massive waterfalls, overland passages, small fishing villages, towering mountains, cliffs full of birds, and of course, countless fjords connecting to the Denmark Strait.  Our hikes will be varied and surreal.  Surprisingly our accommodations will be more than comfortable, and the local cuisine will astound you.

We continue our loop route across the 7 km isthmus that connects to the mainland, and on to a posh resort fed by a natural thermal spring.  Here we will join a tour that takes us through a tunnel into one of the largest glaciers in the nation, for a completely different view of our surroundings.  A last soak in the hot springs, then a last hike to the second highest waterfall in Iceland is on the itinerary, before we complete our tour with the return to the capital city of Reykjavik.

Don’t miss this one time only opportunity to experience the remote Westfjords of Iceland. Let us help you explore the untouched wonder’s of Iceland through a series of hikes. Contact us for more information on Iceland tours or check out our full tour calendar here!

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