Day 1

Our guests are picked up at Akureyri airport or the bus station in the late afternoon. A 30 minutes drive will bring us to the farmhouse Grýtubakki.
After dinner details about the next days will be provided.
Overnight at Grýtubakki.

Day 2

After breakfast we saddle our horses. You get a short introduction and then we start our tour by riding to the historical turf farm Laufás. Laufás farmhouse is a pure example of the gabled Icelandic farms of those times. It has been a vicarage from the earliest Christian times.
After lunch we will ride into the valley of the river Fnjóská. On the way back home we have a look at the holy hill Helguholl. According to a legend there is a Vikings´ ship full of gold under it. But if someone tries to get it all churches you can see from the hill will burn down. Trough the marshy country of Nes we ride home to Grýtubakki where coffee and cakes will be served.
In the later afternoon we drive to Akureyri where we will relax in the swimming pool, which is supposed to be the most beautiful in the country.
Dinner and overnight at Grýtubakki.

Day 3

After breakfast we go whale watching in Húsavik and visit the famous whale museum. On the way back home we will have a look at the historical waterfall Godafoss which played an important role during Christianization of Iceland around the year 1000.
We have coffee at Grýtubakki and afterwards we saddle the horses for a short ride to the river Gljúfurá.
Dinner and overnight at Grýtubakki.

Day 4

Today we will have a day ride to the coast Látrastönd –above steep cliffs, through clear brooks and wonderful green valleys. We will have our lunch break close to the ruins of the old farmhouse Svínarnes. Inhabited until the middle of the last century they are witnesses of formal life. We enjoy the amazing view to the island of Hrísey, fjord Eyjafjördur and the open sea.
Coffee and cake at Grýtubakki as well as dinner and overnight.

Day 5

The famous area of Mývatn is our destination today. We have a look at the pseudo crater of Skútustadit, the bizarre formations made of lava in Dimmuborgir and the bubbling mud pools of Námaskard.
After dinner at Grýtubakki we saddle our horses for a three- hour- ride around the hill Höfdi.
The culmination of the day will be the midnight sun!
Overnight at Grýtubakki.

Day 6

Today we will ride up to the mountains into the wild valley Fjördur. Fjörður is a mysterious and deserted countryside. It has been closed off from the rest of the world for 40 years. Only about 4000 sheep spend the summertime here every year, together with the trolls and elves. Names like Trölladalur, the valley of the trolls and Álfaborgir, the cities of the elves remind us of the existence of these invisible beings.
From the rise of Leirdalsheiði we have a wonderful view over to the fjord of Eyjafjörður, the fishing village Grenivík and the surrounding farms. We ride through green valleys, along rushing rivers and over stony paths. Extinct volcanoes, silent glaciers and hidden waterfalls accompany us. In the late afternoon we will be back at Grýtubakki.
Last dinner and overnight.

Day 7

After breakfast transfer back to Akureyri.