Dancing in the tölt on Snæfellsnes (West Iceland)

Arrival: July 20, 2025

Departure: July 27, 2025 (earliest in the evening, or on 28.7)

On the endless beach Snæfellsnes and on beautiful bridle paths in Borgarfjörður

This year we are riding with our colleagues Oddur and Gugga on the farm Oddsstaðir in Lundareykjadalur. We all have decades of experience with highland riding and have worked together several times, riding from place to place with a free-range herd. Almost all the horses in the herd are bred by Oddur and Gugga and they have also broken in and trained them themselves. This means that they know each horse very well and this is very important to them in this work when they invite participants with different levels of riding experience to ride. Many of the horses have also achieved good results in the breeding test. Their breeding goal for several decades has been to breed good riding horses with a lot of loose tölt and good character. The horses should be able to be ridden by any rider without any problems. Oddur is also a breeding judge and it is fun to talk to him about breeding and the current focus in Iceland.sWe stay at Oddsstaðir's farm all week. There we are guests of the family. The rooms have shared bathrooms / WC. There is a warm pool in the garden where we can relax after riding. In the evening after riding we come back to the farm, but the horses stay where the day's stage ends and the next morning we return there with the farm's own bus and the ride continues. In the evening Gugga cooks for us - there is traditional, delicious Icelandic food made from fresh ingredients directly from the area and from their own farm.

Oddstaðir is close to the highlands. There are many beautiful possibilities to ride in this area. Our tour is characterised by very soft and good riding horses and very beautiful nature.

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Day 1: Travel by bus from Reykjavík to Oddsstaðir farm in Lundarreykjadalur.

Day 2: We set off from the farm and soon ride along the river Grímsá, which we cross several times. Our destination is Heggsstaðir where the horses stay in the pasture. 

Day 3: Today we ride through the Borgarfjörður area. We cross the river Hvítá and ride along the river Lange. We ride higher into the landscape, our destination is Grímsstaðir at the foot of the mountain Grímsstaðamúli.

Day 4: We ride along Mount Svarfhólsmúli, through a beautiful birch forest and slowly pass a lava field. We cross the river Hítará. We ride higher into the landscape again, along Mount Fagraskógarfjall. From there we have a great view over the plains and the sea. At the end we ride past the opening of the Hitardalur valley and down to the sea, to the farm Snorrastaðir, by the volcanic crater Eldborg.

Day 5: Today we ride on the famous Löngufjörur beach. We have to adapt to the low tide, so sometimes we ride early, sometimes late. Among other things, we cross the Saltnesáll river. Our destination is Laugagerði on Snæfellsnes.

Day 6: Today we enjoy the beach without the herd. We ride on the beach in the Laugagerði area. The horses stay a second night in Laugagerði. 

Day 7: Our final ride starts from Laugagerði on Snæfellsnes. We ride along the beach in an easterly direction to Skógarnes. This afternoon we can enjoy our favorite horses on the beach from Skógarnes.

Day 8: After a communal breakfast we return to Reykajvík by the farm's own bus.