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Laki Craters Mountain Expedition - Super Jeep

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Laki Craters Mountain Expedition tour takes you through rough mountain terrain around Iceland’s most famous craters that erupted in 1783-4, resulting in the largest lava flow in a single eruption in recorded history .Lakagígar is a magnificent 25 km long row of craters in Síðumannaafréttur. It stretches from the tuff stone cliff Hnúta, to the northeast through the tuff stone cliff Laki, which rises 818 meters, and ends in Vatnajökull.

It will take about 2 hours to drive to Laki and we will stop there for about 2 hours. There you can hike up the mountain Laki and into the craters next to the mountain. Laki stands approximately in the middle of the row of craters and from there is a magnificent view of the row of craters and the surrounding landscape. It is safe to say that the view of the area is spectacular, due to both unique nature and the history of Lakagígar .

You will discover the area in close proximity by walking into the craters and through the lava field. Also we will stop at the beautiful large crater Tjarnargígur that has water inside. From Tjarnargígur you can hike the same path as the lava took from the crater (about 1 hour easy walk). Your guide will move the car to another parking lot and wait for you there.

The road to Laki is a rough mountain road and vehicles must cross unbridged rivers that swell in heavy rain.

Among other places, we will stop at the beautiful hidden waterfall Fagrifoss and the breathtaking Fjaðrárgljúfur gorge where passengers can get out and walk downhill by the gorge (about 20 min easy walk) The car will wait for you at the parking lot.

Lakagígar is an extremely sensitive area. The gravel is very loose and will crumble at the least disturbance. Moss is very delicate, and every footstep leaves a long-lasting mark. Please keep to marked trails – this is the best way you can help us conserve this magnificent area.

Tour highlights:Mountains, lava, craters, glacier view, un-bridged rivers, beautiful waterfalls, spectacular gorge and scenery.

Laki or Lakagígar(Craters of Laki) is a volcanic fissure situated in the south of Iceland, not far from the fissure Eldgjá and the small village Kirkjubæjarklaustur, in Skaftafell National Park.

Laki is a part of a volcanic system, centering on the Grímsvötn volcano and including the Eldgjá canyon and Katla volcano, and lies between the glaciers of Mýrdalsjökull and Vatnajökull, in an area of fissures which run in a south-west to north-east direction.

In the 1783-1784 the system eruptet again from the Laki fissure and the adjoining Grímsvötn volcano, pouring out an estimated 14 km3 (3,4 cu mi) of basalt lava and clouds of poisonuous hydrofluoric acid sulfur/dioxide compounds that killed over 50 % of the Icelands lifestock population, leading to famine which killed aproximately 25% of the population.