Bird Watching and History Trip in
the Nature Reserve INGÓLFSHÖFÐI

Ingólfshöfði is an isolated headland between black sands and the Atlantic Ocean, with thousands of nesting seabirds, especially puffins and the great skua. This historical cape is named after the first settler of Iceland, Ingólfur Arnarson, who spent his first winter in Iceland there in the year 874 AD. 
To get to Ingólfshöfði we cross 6 km of waters, marshes and sands in a tractor-drawn hay cart. The drive takes about 20-30 minutes each way, so we spend about 1 1/2 hour hiking around the cape. We make several stops to explain the history of the cape (in English only) and of course to do bird watching. The circle we hike around the nature reserve is 2-3 km long. In the beginning we need to hike up a steep sand slope, but then it gets more easy, mostly hiking on flat grass land. We don't recommend that people participate in this trip unless they can do this hike.

Duration about 2 1/2 hours

Departures from Hofsnes, Fagurhólsmýri, May 5 - August 18, daily except Sundays at 12:00.

Price 2011

Adults: USD 39

Children 8-16 USD 11

Children 0-7 free