Description
Summary
Description
Explore the Langanes Peninsula in Northeast Iceland on this small-group jeep tour, with seabird cliffs, untouched nature, and the abandoned village of Skalar.
The tour starts at a farm in the heart of the Langanes Peninsula, where you meet your local guide and the rest of the small group. Then you travel by comfortable jeep through an area full of birdlife on its beaches, moorland, and cliffs, past the remains of old farms and deserted buildings.
Your guide takes you to the Skoruvik Bird Cliffs. In spring, seabirds such as puffins, guillemots, razorbills, and northern gannets lay their eggs on these cliffs. The Langanes Peninsula has the third-largest northern gannet breeding ground in the world.
The first stop is a puffin breeding ground. From there, you walk past the cliffs to a viewing platform that extends 33 feet (10 meters) from the cliff edge, with a good view over Stori Karl Rock and its northern gannet colony.
Next, you drive on to Skalar, a fishing village abandoned by its inhabitants decades ago. You can explore the ruins and the old harbor and see the grazing sheep.
After some time at Skalar, you drive back to the meeting point while your guide shares more stories about the life that once was here.
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