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This pearl of the interior
is situated in a valley between colourful mountains at the dark edge of the
rhyolite lava field Laugahraun. Many hot and cold springs create a bathing
warm brook, where people bathe. The banks of the brook are boggy and lushly
vegetated and people are kindly asked to use the wooden path across the bog
to the brook. It is forbidden to use soap in the brook. The surroundings of
L. are too colourful and magnificent to describe with words.
The mountains are split with
gullies and gorges, one of which, the Jokulgil, is about 13 km long.
It is possible to hike all the way to its end,
when the river is not swollen, and there are several other hiking
possibilities in the area. Landmannalaugar is also the
starting point for those, who want to hike to the Thorsmork area in the south. It is
easy to walk there in three days, but many prefer
 to spend more time enroute to be able to
enjoy the trip to the utmost. The tourist hut in
Landmannalaugar accommodates 110 or more people
and there is a camping area, where it is extremely difficult to drive the pegs into the
ground,
and if it starts blowing hard,
rocks have to be used to weigh the tents down. People
are kindly asked to return the rocks
to the wooden crates after use. Landmannalaugar is a part of a larger
nature reserve.
During
summer the scheduled busses of
Kynnisferdir
stop over at Landmannalaugar every day. Scheduled bus services from
Landmannalaugar to Lake
Myvatn
in the North are also available
Sigalda (F-208) 27 km,
Crossroads (26/F-225) 49 km, <Landmannalaugar>
Eldgja 41 km,
Kirkjubaejarklaustur 120 km. |
