Reykjavegur is a 127 km long hike along the Reykjanes peninsula, south-west Iceland. Even though Reykjavík is nearby, it attracts only a small number of hikers. We didn’t meet any throughout the 7 days and it was the beginning of August, peak hiking season.
The stage is unmarked, tiring and the most challenging of the whole hike as you walk almost exclusively on soft scree. Drinking water is available by the lake Eilífsvötn.
The stage is very well marked with fast changing landscape ranging from rough volcanic fields to grassy flat stretches. There is no water along the way or in Krafla.
This is a beautiful 5 day hike going through pure Icelandic wilderness but also through one of the busiest places of the country…
We started our hike (n. 41 on this map) by the supermarket in Seyðisfjörður where we had to buy one more block of chocolate, just to make sure there was no chance of suffering from chocolate deficiency along the trail…
The Eastern Fjords in Iceland are my favorite part of the country for hiking. The weather there is mild and often warmer than around Reykjavík, it’s nicely green and the landscape is so diverse that you feel like you hike by the speed of light…
Malerweg (literally the Painter’s Way) is a trail across Saxon Switzerland in Eastern Germany, about 112 km long…
The Malerweg starts in the small town of Liebethal. It lies about 5 kms north of Pirna where the trail finishes…
In the morning we crossed the borders into the western part of the national park…
The morning was just lovely. I started to fully understand what has attracted the artists so much over the centuries…