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Day 15 of 19 · Myvatn · Deep South & Geological Loop of Iceland

Day 15 — Volcanic Wonders & Geothermal Baths of Mývatn

AT BASEAT BASEcrater hike

An easy day at your base in Myvatn, with no driving and plenty of free time.

Volcanic Wonders & Geothermal Baths of Mývatn
Rootless cones of Skútustaðir © photographed in 2018 by Gerd Eichmann — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Stage 9 · Myvatn · Iceland

We sleep at Dimmuborgir, 3.9 km away

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days 13 and 15 3 nights 2 h 58 on the road204 kmclimate favourable

Interest of the place — nature 30. Based on: lake; nature reserve reached from the stage (Hverfjall).

programme
5 h 30
  • Hverfjall Crater TrailInterest nature 30Place Hverfjall, 6.5 km away · exact place name★★★☆☆ · known in 18 languages — article “Hverfjall”“Hverfjall is a tephra cone or tuff ring volcano in northern Iceland, to the east of Mývatn. It erupted in 2500 BP in the southern part of the Krafla fissure swarm.” — after Wikipedia

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    3 h
  • Dimmuborgir Lava FormationsInterest nature 15

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    2 h 30

To add if time allows: Mývatn Nature Baths (3 h) · Hverir Geothermal Area (2 h)

Bad-weather option — something else that day — Mývatn Nature Baths

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