Myvatn Hotels - Reviews and Rates

All of Iceland is shaped by three forces: vulcanization, glaciation and erosion.  There are still several quite active volcanoes  on the island, and they say that one of the larger ones is due for an eruption again in 2010 or so.  
Some of the volcanoes are actually covered over by 200 meters of glacier.  One of those erupted in 1996 creating...

We have been married 10 days! Wow! Married! Crazy! We are driving around Myvatn in the northeast of the country. There are craters everywhere. Reminents of volcanoes. What would we do if one erupted? Is there a procedure? There are big black jagged rocks everywhere. Yesterday we passed the steaming fissures and bubbling mud pots. Blue mud bu...

We had a leisurely drive from Husavik to Myvatn. The name of the lake implies that there are lots of flies and we heard that this was true...but it wasn't bad at all. And the weather had changed and it was actually warm and sunny! This lake is a haven for birds and we hoped to see the Barrow´s Goldeneye here, as well as the Gyr Falcon which was...

Today I got up early and headed for the tephra ring (crater) Hverfell. It´s about 5km to get from town to the top. On the way you pass two hotsprings that are really cool. The first, Stóragjá, you used to be able to swim in but now it´s only 20deg and full of algae. The second one, Grjótgjá, is really beautfil and is in this cool cave that you c...