Ingólfshöfði
Ride a tractor-drawn hay wagon across the tidal flats to the cape, get close to puffins and great skuas, and learn that Iceland's first settler is said to have wintered here.
Ingólfshöfði is a cape standing alone on the black sand tidal flats. Legend says Iceland's first settler, Ingólfr Arnarson, wintered here in 874. It is now a nature reserve and can only be visited on a local tour. Take a tractor-drawn hay wagon from Fagurhólsmýri across roughly 6 km of shallow water, then walk up to the cape, where in summer you can watch puffins, great skuas and seabird colonies at close range. The tour takes about 2.5 hours, runs roughly May to August, and must be booked in advance.
Opening hours
Approx. May–Aug, several tours daily
Nearby sights
- Hofskirkja
- Falljökull Glacier Hike
- Hvannadalshnúkur
- Kvíárjökull
- Múlagljúfur Canyon
- Svínafellsjökull
- Fjallsárlón
- Skeiðarársandur & Bridge Memorial