Safetravel in Iceland – wind alert – drive carefully
Wind alert: Interior highlands June 25 all 24 hours. Strong wind 18-25 m/sec (72-90 km/h) and wind gusts 35 m/sec (126 km/h). Sandstorms likely. Travelers seek for shelter. Wind alert: South East Iceland June 25 all 24 hours. Kirkjubæjarklaustur to...
The most beautiful valley of Iceland?
Visit Iceland now, while the tourist numbers are still lower than in the 80ies… Green, deep and with waterfalls falling down steep slopes. Is it possible to ask for a more spectacular gorge to explore? If the answer is no, on your way around Southeast...
Brand new Camper on the way to Iceland
Dear friends of Camper Iceland We are waiting for the shipment of our new campers called Thor. This brand-new camper will be mounted on mid-size trucks such as Mitsubishi L200 and similar. Camper Iceland travelled to Germany to look at the campers and to test it...
Volcano continues to be active
Þorvaldur Þórðarson, professor of volcanology at the University of Iceland, says there is no indication that the eruption in Geldingadalur is coming to an end, even though the visible lava flow is changing. The lava has now become rock lava, which insulates much...
4×4 CAMPER THOR – NEW CATEGORY
BOOK NOW BOOK NOW Dear Friends of Camper Iceland We have had the craziest two years since we started! As many of you know our fleet reached over 180 vehicles during the “boom”. Would you believe that we sold 150 vehicles since COVID-19? Not to worry, we...
Things are getting better – campsites open 100% and the easiest rules since last summer apply
Relaxation of epidemic rules took effect domestically at midnight. These are the weakest rules that have applied domestically since last summer. The regulation is valid for just over three weeks or until 16 June. This is in line with the government’s otherwise...
The sunniest beginning of May since the beginning
From the beginning of measurements, there have never been as many hours of sunshine in Reykjavík in the first nine days of May as now. This is what meteorologist Trausti Jónsson informs. Sunshine hours in Reykjavík were 210.6 in May last year, which was 18.6 hours...
Volcano is now twice as powerful
The total flow of lava from all the craters of the eruption sites in and around Geldingadalur was about eight cubic meters per second in the past 24 hours. This is shown by the results of geoscientists based on data obtained by flight at noon today. Aerial photographs...
Third Volcano in Iceland
Technically it’s still the same Volcano. However, the third crack opened at midnight between the two “Volcanoes” in Reykjanes, according to Einar Hjörleifsson, a nature conservation expert at the Icelandic Meteorological Office. The new fissure...
Second Volcano Erupted
While tourists and locals are visiting the Volcano another volcano erupts. Local authorities have closed down the site and are trying to get people away from the scene. A helicopter from the special forces is on the way to assist. The new volcano erupted just minutes...
Volcano – Fagrahraun in Iceland
Camper Iceland @ the Volcano March, 2020 BOOK NOW PROMOTION CODE & MORE NEWS Yes! It's a tourist attraction and experts say it will stay for a long time First earthquake: 24th of February Total earthquakes before eruption: ca. 40.000 5,7 m3/sec so far over...
40 people that visited the volcano needed assistance!
Almost 40 people in different conditions received help from a first aid center that the Red Cross opened at the local School in Grindavik (Hópsskóli Grindavík) last night. One was transported by ambulance from the station due to injury. No one was in danger, according...
What kind of LAVA is it?
“This is a relatively primitive basalt and different from what occurred in fissure eruptions on the Reykjanes peninsula on 9-13. Century. It looks a bit like a mound of eruptions in older mounds on the peninsula, “says dr. Guðmundur Heiðar Guðfinnsson,...
German tourist was asleep while the rescue team was searching for him
A German tourist parked his car outside the blue lagoon and walked to the volcano. Instead of walking back to the car he decided to walk to Grindavik and spend the night there. Allegedly the way to Grindavik is shorter than walking all the way back to the blue lagoon....
Visit the Volcano – like Icelanders do
Perhaps you read about our 15% discount a week ago. All you have to do is enter the promo code VOLCANO into our booking engine. get the latest news, live cameras and discounts on our VOLCANO PAGE. News from Iceland: “The eruption is a great spectacle and...
Drone movie of the volcano
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VOLCANO HAS ERUPTED
Experts from the Institute of Earth Sciences flew Isavia’s plane over the earthquakes at Fagradalsfjall tonight in order to locate the eruption sites. An announcement from the institute states that the eruption fissure is 0.5-1 kilometers long. It has previously...
Earthquake continue
Yesterday we wrote that the earthquakes have almost stopped. Today it’s back on! The earthquake specialist predicted in our last post, that the earthquakes could continue. It seems he was right because today at 04:30 AM Icelandic time the earth shook (3.4...