GuardTrailsDay 5 of 21 · Vík · The Uncharted Volcanic Loop & Wild Peninsulas
Day 5 — The Mystical Monolith of Hjörleifshöfði
A nature day to your new base in Vík, with 1 h 19 on the road.
Stage 4 · Vík · Iceland
We sleep at Hotel Katla, 7.6 km away
day 5 1 night 1 h 19 on the road89 kmclimate favourable
Interest of the place — nature 10. Based on: rock; rock reached from the stage (Hjörleifshöfði).
- programme
- 7 h
- road
- 1 h 19
- Hike to the historic Viking grave atop HjörleifshöfðiInterest nature 10★★☆☆☆ · known in 12 languages — article “Hjörleifshöfði”“Hjörleifshöfði is a 221 m (725 ft)-high inselberg in southern Iceland. It consists of palagonite.” — after Wikipedia3 h 30
- Explore the Yoda Cave of GígjagjáInterest nature 101 h 30
- Stroll along the black sands of KötlutangiInterest nature 102 h
To add if time allows: Birdwatching walk on the cliffs of Hjörleifshöfði (3 h)
Bad-weather option — something else that day — Explore the Yoda Cave of Gígjagjá
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On the way
Stops beside the road, chosen for their small detour — we say they are on the way, we do not promise to go through them.
Ófærufoss
A dramatic two-tiered waterfall located within the Eldgjá volcanic canyon.
60 min there · detour +8 km · View on Google Maps
© photographed on 6 August 2013 by Borvan53 — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
