Snæfellsnes Peninsula from Grundarfjörður (Private tour)

This day trip is designed especially for Cruise ship passengers docking in Grundarfjörður.

You will experience the vast landscapes, historical volcanic areas, beautiful waterfalls and

more in the spectacular Snæfellsnes Peninsula area, one of the most scenic places in Iceland.

Stops along the way:

• Stykkisholmur village
• Berserkjahraun Lava Fields
• Arnarstapi small village
• Lóndrangar
• Djúpalónssandur Beach
• National Park of Snæfellsjökull Glacier
• Ólafsvík fishing village.
• Kirkjufell mountain and Kirkjufellsfoss waterfall

We try to start the tour 30 – 60 min after the ship arrives and drive to Berserkjahraun.

Depending on the time we will visit Stykkishólm fishing village. Stykkishólmur is a town and

municipality situated in the western part of Iceland, in the northern part of the Snæfellsnes

peninsula. It is a center of services and commerce for the area. Most of the people make their

living from fishing and tourism. A ferry called Baldur goes over the Breiðafjörður fjord to the

Westfjords. It also is the gateway to Flatey. The origin of Stykkishólmur can be traced to its

natural harbor. The location became an important trading post early in Iceland's history: the

first trading post in Stykkishólmur is traced back to the mid-16th century, even before

Denmark implemented the Danish–Icelandic Trade Monopoly (1602 – 1787). From that time

trading has been at the heart of the settlement's history. In 1828 Árni Thorlacius built a large

house for his home and companies, the Norwegian house, which has been renovated and

accommodates the local museum.

From Stykkishólmur we got to Arnarsta. Arnarstapi is a small fishing village at the foot of Mt.

Stapafell between Hellnar village and Breiðavík. Today Arnarstapi is still a somewhat busy

harbor during the summer months serving private fishing and recreational vessels as well with

its maintained docks that were renewed in 2002. Being a popular destination of tourists in

summer, Arnarstapi is today a thriving centre for local tourism activities where there is a

variety of natural and culinary attractions as well and a cluster of second homes are located in

and around the village.

Lóndrangar are a pair of rock pinnacles in Iceland. They are volcanic plugs of basalt that have

been hewn out from softer surrounding rock by erosion.

Djúpalónssandur is a sandy beach and bay on foot of Snæfellsjökull in Iceland. It was once

home to sixty fishing boats and one of the most prolific fishing villages on the Snæfellsnes

peninsula but today the bay is uninhabited.

While we drive from Arnarstapi to Hellnar we are driving around the the Glacier

Snæfellsjökull which is 1.446 meter high but is very small glacier or around 11 km2

We will have short stop a Ólafsvík fishing village and then we drive to Kirkjufell and

Kirkufellsfoss one of the most photographed waterfalls in Iceland located near Grudarfjörður

at the northern side of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. The river Kirkjfellsá runs from the volcano

Helgrindur and has three waterfalls in it, all called Kirkjufellsfoss

Kirkjufell is a mountain that rises high above Grundarfjörður, the town where the ships arrive.

The mountain Kirkjufell is 463 meter high and the mountain Kirkjufell has been listed as one

of the to 10 most beautiful mountains in the world.