Tours & Sights

A new volcanic eruption has started! Iceland is known as the land of fire and ice and it’s for good reason – volcanic eruptions are quite common on our island. The newest eruption is in the Geldingadalur valley – in Icelandic, that’s “castration” valley – on the Reykjanes peninsula between Keflavík airport and Hotel Rangá. Not to worry – compared to other volcanic eruptions in Iceland´s history, this eruption is quite small and ideally located far from towns and people.

While you may not have heard of Sólheimasandur before you have almost definitely seen it.
It’s a black sand beach stretching along the Southern Coast and home to an abandoned DC-3/117 plane that features heavily in commercials and music videos shot in Iceland, most notably Justin Bieber’s „I’ll show you.” It even made an appearance in a recent Bollywood film.

For Katrín Sigurðardóttir of Icelandic Horseworld, horses are a way of life. Actually, they are a way of life for her whole family. “It is really the only thing my parents ever did, work around horses and raise horses. We’ve talked about horses everyday my whole life,” she says with a laugh. “I’ve often wondered if I even have any friends who aren’t into horses – I don’t think so.”

What is there even to do in the freezing Icelandic winter? Sipping on coffee at Hótel Rangá’s upstairs bar, Sigga Fríða of Southcoast Adventure barely knows where to begin. After all, nature doesn’t hibernate, it simply changes forms.