Southern Iceland offers vast network of hidden trails and secluded tracks within wild and rugged volcanic terrain.
Hike a glacier
The outlet glaciers from the icecaps on the South Shore are easily accessed and provide a whole host of glacier activities, ranging from easy hikes that can be adapted to suit almost everyone to more extreme glacier treks
The duration of the shorter hikes is around 2½ - 3½ hours and offers an introduction to the glaciers, with their own water systems, crevasses, dirt cones, glacier mice, moulins and possibly ice-caves.
hose travelling in the area of the icecaps Myrdalsjökull and Vatnajökull (the biggest icecap in Iceland and the third largest in the world), can join a glacier hike.
Snowmobiling
Snowmobile tours can take visitors cruising across glaciers, lagoons, rivers and ice-caps and can be combined with high powered super-jeep tour.
Fat bikes
Iceland has long been a top destination for mountain bikers who enjoy the unexpected thrills this unforgiving land can present.
The chubby wheeled Fat Bikes are built to cope with the most extreme conditions and are proving popular with hardier travellers.
Capable of coping with ice, snow, sand, dust, lava, mud and water, these robust all-weather bikes are proving a hit throughout the year.
On a fat bike, riders can scale volcanoes, cross black sand beaches, traverse frozen rivers, bounce over lava meadows along the many tracks which are mapped out for bikers and hikers.
Sightseeing from the saddle
Icelandic horses are sturdy, solid, intelligent and brave and make good companions for exploring the rugged Icelandic terrain.
Gentle, patient and strong, Icelandic horses are ideal for beginners and younger riders or those who are less familiar with horses.
Where to Stay in Southern Iceland
The Hotel Ranga
The Hotel Ranga is a privately owned hotel in the heart of South Iceland's countryside. It is also known as one of the best places in the world to experience the Northern Lights.
The Highland Center
For travellers with a slightly more adventurous outlook, The Highland Center provides the base camp for those intrepid guests wishing to explore Southern Iceland's exceptional interior.