Season: 15th April to 1st October

Hiking in Iceland is getting more and more popular. In Iceland we have various, beautiful hiking trails which are mostly the old walking trails people used before the first roads were built. In the Westfjords, those trails are more highly visible because they were regularly used up until the roads were built in the 1950s.

On this hiking tour we walk from Patreksfjordur to Talknafjordur by an old route between the two fjords. While walking through Litlidalur, after passing Lambeyrarhals, the local guide will tell you a little bit about the history of Patreksfjordur and Talknafjordur. They were both used as bases of English, French, German and Dutch sailors and merchants.

From Lambeyrarhals we will walk to Sudureyri, where Norwegians established and ran a whaling station around 1900. There is also a famous ground depression in Sudureyri which is believed to be a fairy settlement. If travelers lie down to rest in the depression they are destined to dream about their future. The impressive scenery and bird life of Talknafjordur is not to be missed.