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Here you book and pay for Askja tour and nature bath. You pick a day with Askja here on the website and then you contact us for date and time for the nature bath. You can either email us, myvatntours@gmail.com or phone us +354 464-1920. Or we will contact you.
We offer discount for the nature bath but you go on your own when you want. We recommend after the Askja tour to relax after amazing day.
Askja tour:
We are a day tour operation that takes people up to the highlands of Iceland where Askja caldera and crater Víti lies. We will go through the nature reserve area of Herðubreiðarlindir too. This tour provides scenes of unforgettable Icelandic nature and geology. We offer trips with 4×4 buses because we go through ruff lava field and rivers. In the highlands you will see lunar landscape, glacier rivers, deepest lake in Iceland, sand, lava, mountains, crater and lot more. You will go home with unforgettable memories of landscape and knowledge. In Víti you can take a bathe in the nature in middle of Iceland, that is 1100m above sea level.
Nature Bath is combo with Askja tour. You go when you can but we recommend to go there after the Askja tour. But you can also go day before or sooner or day after, on your own. Or when it is best for you. You can relax in the alkaline bathing lagoon and enjoy the scenery from the bath.
For the Askja tour:
The weather in Iceland can change fast so it is best to have more clothes then less because you can leave it in the bus while you hike to the Askja lake.
In beginning of summer in the highlands there can still be snow. You may have to walk in snow from the parking place to the lake Askja.
One way is 2,4 km long but flat with small hill in the beginning. It takes around 35 minutes to walk in good condition. It can be challenging in the snow.
Guided tour in 4×4 bus and ticket to the Nature Bath. You can go when you want for swim in the Nature Bath (Jarðböðin) on your own. We recommend to go after the tour to Askja to relax after long day.
For the Askja tour:
1) Warm clothes and good shoes, since the weather in the highlands is unpredictable and can change suddenly.
2) Food for the day. There are no supermarkets or restaurants on the way
3) Towels so you can take a bath in the crater Víti if the conditions are good.
For the Nature Bath:
Swimsuit and towel (you can also rent towel, swimsuit, bathrope in the nature bath)
Meeting point for the Nature Bath:
Is 4km east of the village Reykjahlíð in lake Mývatn. You can see sign on the way where it is.