Experience Iceland’s newest Volcanic craters

See where it all began - the recent eruptions have created two brand new volcanic craters and a new lava field in Iceland and visitors can get up close and personal on a three-day trekking tour.

The new craters and lava field, located at Fimmvörduháls, have been christened Magni and Módi, after the sons of Thor, the Norse God of Thunder. The names were chosen because of the craters’ proximity to Thórsmörk Nature Reserve, which means ‘Thor’s Woods’. The new lava field is now called Godahraun after Godaland, the name of the area in which it is located.

Fimmvörduháls is one of Iceland’s most popular hiking trails, running between Skogarfoss waterfall and Thórsmörk. The three-day trekking tour with Iceland Mountain Guides takes intrepid travellers between the recently-created volcanoes.

Beginning in Thórsmörk, hikers will pass by the Godahraun lava flow which is still hot and steaming and see the new craters whilst on Fimmvörduháls, before overnighting in a simple mountain hut between the between the glaciers Eyjafjallajökull, (site of the most recent volcanic eruption) and Mýrdalsjökull. The next day the trek will descend into Skógar along the gorges of the Skógaá River.

The three night trek costs 83,000 ISK per person (around £445) and includes one night at a mountain hut in Thorsmork, one night in Fimmvörduháls, guide for 3 days, transportation to and from Reykjavík, food for 3 days, cooking gear and transfer of luggage.

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