HVAMMSTANGI NORTH ICELAND

Hvammstangi North Iceland,

North Iceland
Travel Guide

Day tour from Reykjavik and Akureyri
Seal Watching & Nature Experience
Legends & Ancient Sagas
i.e. The Book of Settlements

The Travel Service of village Hvammstangi and its surrounding Vatnsnes peninsula specializes in seal watching and sustainable nature-based tourism in the North.

You will visit the local wool factory/outlet, have a lunch at a local restaurant, go on a seal watching tour by boat, visit the Icelandic Seal Center and take an audio guided tour around the Vatnsnes peninsula with all its history, birdlife and nature. You can also try to find the hidden gold treasure of the ogress named Kola in Kolugljufur (the Ogress Canyon).

Join us for a full day of nature, history and seal sightseeing by land and sea.

HIGHLIGHTS
• Seal Watching Tour by boat and guidance
• The Icelandic Seal Center Museum
• Tour of the Vatnsnes peninsula
• Kolugljúfur / the Ogress Canyon

INCLUDED
• Lunch in Hvammstangi village (soup and bread) before seal watching boat tour
• English guided Seal watching boat tour
• Entrance to the Icelandic Seal Center museum
• English audio guided bus tour around Vatnsnes peninsula
• Non guided bus trip From Hvammstangi back to Reykjavík/Akureyri

NOT INCLUDED
• Non guided bus trip from Reykjavík/Akureyri to Hvammstangi

• If tour starts from Akureyri can also end in Reykjavik
• If tour starts from Reykjavik can also end in Akureyri

Departure from BSÍ bus terminal in Reykjavik at 8:30
DEPARTURE AKUREYRI:
Departure from Sterna ticket office Akureyri at 8:30
DURATION:
TOTAL DURATION
14 ˝ hour (8:30 – 22:55)

Stop over wherever you wish for as long as you want according to bus schedule!!
SEASON:
Valid from 25th of June to 31st of August

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Hiking Trails in Iceland

Boat Seal watching tours
from Hvammstanga

Sightseeing Tour Around Vantsnes

Tourist Information
Hvammstanga

Vatnsnes

Village Hvammstangi on the Midfjordur bay is a commercial and tourism centre for the county, and has been a trading post since 1846.
The Icelandic Seal Centre is also an important addition to the educational recreation in Hvammstangi.

Good hotel accommodations are on offer, and the camping grounds are equipped with the best of facilities.

It is located 7 kilometres off the ring road.

The distance from Reykjavik is 197 km by the Whale Bay tunnel.

Distances from Hvammstanga

Bifrost in Borgarfjordur (West Iceland) Iceland 91 km <Hvammstangi> Blonduos 58 km. Varmahlid 102 Km. Akureyri 195 Km.

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