This impressive backpacking tour is considered to be an Icelandic Mountain Guides’ great classic trek. The tour offers some of Iceland’s most unique landscapes on a trail not frequented by many travelers. The trail takes you on a remarkable journey starting in Núpsstaðaskógur and heading up into the highlands along the stunning canyons of Núpsá river with its majestic waterfalls and vertical cliffs. The trails lead up onto the grassy valley of Sléttur before crossing over to the next valley filled with a huge glacier outlet flowing down from Vatnajökull icecap. Crossing the Skeiðarárjökull glacier is a challenge rewarded by a visit to the Norðurdalur valley which some consider being one of the most unique places in Iceland, if not on Earth! The path then takes us across the beautiful rhyolite mountains of Skaftafellsfjöll and over to the Morsárdalur glacier valley. After crossing this immense flood plain we reach Skaftafell in Vatnajökull National Park. Book this all-inclusive trip now while spots are still available for this popular classic!

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