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Gjástykki - Thermal Area
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- Adult 25.000.- ISK
- Children 0-12 12.500.- ISK
Total
0.- ISK
Transportation
Jeep
Maximum 14 participants per jeep
Minimum in tour
2 adults or minimum rate
Departure time: 9:00
Pick-up is 15 min before departure
Duration
5 - 6 hours
Note:
This tour includes much slow walk through rugged terrain
Bring with you
Good shoes Lunch pack Water
The force of Mother Nature
Transportation: Van
Operated: Summer time
Highlights: Víti explosion crater ● The untouched Gjastykki
Experience this unique terrain that bears sign of the forces possessed within Mother Nature.
The still acive volcanic area Gjástykki, 5 km north of Mt. Krafla, is one of Iceland´s best spot to explore how the tectonic movement of the North American and Eurasian systems takes place.
Several hours are spent exploring still-steaming area of incredible multi-coloured slag spewed up in the 1984 Krafla eruptions.
The Lonely Planet author, Deanna Swaney, wrote after going on a Gjástykki tour.
“The wild and little visited landscapes at the northern end of the Krafla fissures may be fresh from the centre of the earth, but at times, they don’t seem very terrestrial. On (the) Gjástykki tour we get a unique closeup perspective on this otherworldly scene”
Also available as combo tour with 20% discount:
MST046 Fire & Ice - Gjastykki thermal area & Cave Lofthellir
| Operated: | 15th June - 30th November |
| Daily upon request | |
| Departure from: | Lake Myvatn |
| Meeting Point: | Myvatn Information centre |
| Included: | Fully guided tour and transportation |
| Note: | Reservation is necessary |
| Minimum in all tours: 2 Adults / Or minimum rate | |
| Refreshments are not included in tour price | |
| There is no Café or Restaurant on our way in this tour We therefore recommend a pre-packed lunch |
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| Due to weather and/or road conditions we might have to alter the itinerary, have longer journey time or cancellation of the tour | |
| Trail: | Myvatn Information Centre |
| Krafla | |
| Víti Explotion Crater | |
| Gjástykki | |
| Myvatn Information Centre |
Did you know?
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The highest and lowest temperature ever recorded in Iceland.
+ 30.5°C / 86.9°F
- 38.0°C / 36.4°F -
The Arctic Fox
was the first mammal to
settle in Iceland -
Iceland has had four names:
Ultima Thule, Gardarsholmi,
Snćland and then Iceland
from around 960 -
Iceland has twice as many
sheep as people -
We have 13 Yule Lads
(Santa´s) -
Iceland is the most sparsely
populated country in Europe.
Less than 3 people
live per square km -
Less than 1.5 million Icelanders
have ever been born -
The highest and lowest temperature
ever recorded in Iceland
+ 30.5°C / 86.9 °F
- 38.0°C / 36.4 °F -
Iceland was the last country
in Europe to be settled -
In Iceland are no
snakes, lizards, bats,
or mosquitoes -
Iceland was in 1980 the first
democratic country in the world
to elect a female president -
The distance between
Iceland and Greenland
is shorter than the road between
Akureyri and Reykjavik -
Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday
are named after the Nordic Gods:
Tyr, Odin, Thor and Frey -
The shortest day this year is
21st December
Sunrise at 11:22
Sunset at 15:30
= 4 hours and 8 minutes
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Average January temperature
in Reykjavik, at around zero,
is actually higher than in New York. -
Beer was not allowed
in Iceland until
1st March 1989 -
There is only 3 kinds of weather in Iceland.
Very Good - Good - Refreshing
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