Mývatn & the North
Boiling mud, volcanic craters and geothermal bathing without the queue — Iceland’s working volcanic north.
The volcanic side of Iceland
Mývatn sits in one of the most geologically active areas in the country. Hverir is a field of boiling mud pots and sulphur vents; Leirhnjúkur is a lava field still warm from eruptions in the 1980s; Dettifoss, an hour east, is among the most powerful waterfalls in Europe.
Akureyri, Iceland’s northern town, gives the region a base with real restaurants and a domestic airport. The Mývatn Nature Baths and GeoSea at Húsavík offer geothermal bathing with a fraction of the traffic the southwest sees.
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Stay, experience, dine, arrive
Lakeside and town
Countryside hotels around the lake and a small number of design properties in Akureyri.
Volcanic ground and bathing
Guided walks across the geothermal fields and lava, Dettifoss, and evening geothermal bathing.
Northern kitchens
Arctic char from the lake, north-coast seafood and geothermal-baked rye.
Fly north
Domestic flights into Akureyri from Reykjavík, or the northern arc of the ring road by private transfer.
What clients come here for
Aurora over the Lake
Horse Riding
Mývatn & the North by season
Midnight Sun
Every road open, the highland tracks accessible and midge season at the lake — which is where the name comes from.
Autumn
Aurora over the geothermal fields, no insects and the quietest good-weather weeks.
Winter
Steam against snow, aurora and near-empty bathing. Some roads close in bad weather.
Ways to shape this journey
Starting points, not packages. Every programme is rebuilt around the client in front of you.
Volcanic North
A lakeside base with a geothermal walking day, Dettifoss and an evening in the nature baths.
Design this journey →North and South
Akureyri and Mývatn combined with the south coast glaciers, linked by domestic flight.
Design this journey →Regions that combine well
Húsavík
A whaling town turned whale-watching capital, on a bay where humpbacks feed all summer.
Golden Circle & the West
Continental plates pulling apart, a geyser on a seven-minute cycle, and the waterfall that stopped a dam.
Reykjavík & the South Coast
Glacier lagoons, black-sand coast and geothermal country — the most concentrated landscape drive in the North Atlantic.
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