3-Day Askja & Vatnajökull Winter Expedition

The ultimate Icelandic Adventure

Iceland Winter Expedition like no other.

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This journey will take you through one of the most remote areas of Iceland during Winter. Askja & Kverkfjöll region is located in the heart of the Icelandic Highlands. The region of active volcanoes, Geothermal hot springs, Still steaming lava fields from previous eruptions, vast glaciers, and an untouched wilderness as far as the eye can see.

Travel on highly modified Super Jeeps trough incredible landscapes.

Accommodation in the Traditional Icelandic Mountain Hut ” Sigurðarskáli ”

Breakfast Lunch, Dinner Included

Explore the unexplored, emerge yourself in an adventure of a life time.

  No roads, No paths, flexible schedule, and adventures around every corner.

Day 1. Kverkfjöll Mountains, Glacier – Hot spring & Ice cave.

We depart from the Mountain lodge Möðrudalur early morning and head into the highlands

On this day our goal is to get to Kverfkjöll mountain hut, Sigurðarskáli and set-up for the tour. On this adventure, it is all about the journey, the drive can take from 3-8hours, all depending on snow conditions. That is a part of the adventue waiting, is to embraze the unknown and travel togather trough the wilderness as a team. Once at the hut, we shortly stop, dig ourself trough the snow, into the hut and get the heeter going. Afternoon we will venture towards the Glacier and Volga river, ( Volga is a warm, geothermal river, running from under the glacier, ) on good day’s we can enjoy a relaxing bath in the river in the dramatic setting of the Ice-cave entrance.

Day 2. Askja Caldera – Víti Crater – Holuhraun lava fields – Vatnajökull Glacier

Waking up in one of the most remote place in Iceland.

Today the aim is set to visit the famous Askja Volcano, getting there is done differently every tour, depending on snow and ice conditions.

are we crossing the glacier river ?

are we using the Glacier as a shortcut?

are we traversing across the lava fields?

We don’t know but we will find out.

The whole day is spent exploring the incredible volcanic nature of Askja / Holuhraun region, returning in the afternoon, back to our home in the wilderness in Sigurðarskáli

Day 3. Hveragil Canyon & Geothermal Hot spring Bath – Outlaw’s highland shelters 

Our Last day, and travel back to the “real world”

On the day we aim to visit the incredible Hvergagil Canyon,

Here a 40C river runns in a deep canyon, this little known location, is one out of this earth, a location that is almost never visited due to how remote it is, but we have an oportunity to do so as we travel back from Kverkfjöll

From Hveragil we will head to Hvannalindir to explore the hut’s left behind from the outlaw’s in the 1700’s lost to time in the Icelandic Highlands

Important Information: 

• All Transport is done on heavily moded Super jeeps
• All Guides are highly experienced local guides that are experts in both they’re Jeeps and the region.
• Accommodation is in Sigurðarskáli Hut, The hut has a few rooms, but all rooms have shared space, bunk beds, and flat beds, Sigurðarskáli sleeps maximum 55person, but we intend to be at maximum around 20 people on the expedition. This gives us all more space in the hut.  ( sleeping bags, can be rented )
• Food is prepared by Fjallakaffi/Möðrudalur mountain farm restaurant, Meet will be sorced from the local farm, for dinners, Lunch will be prepared from a breakfast buffet setup at the hut every morning.
• Accommodation for 2 nights is included, We do reccommend to stay in Möðrudalur Mountain farm, ( fjalladyrd.is) the day before and the day after, also in case of date change due to weather.
• Flexible dates. Departure date is 2.mars 2026, however if weather is difficult we ask everyone to prepare for a 1-2 day flexibility on departure untill mars 4th.
• This is an Expedition, things might go as planned and they might not, but we do promise it will be fun, educational and a journey of a life time.
• We are visiting one of the most remote wonders of europe, a volcano, hidded beneath the Vatnajökull glacier in the middle of the winter

Any questions feel free to contact us by phone or e-mail