Uploaded January 2018 | Updated September 2026, 21 hours ago
A Journey Along Many of the Most Unique Places in Iceland!
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Icelandic Mountain Guides in 2014 we took our staff on the classic 5-day backpacking tour from Núpsstaðarskógar to Skaftafell, one of Iceland´s most spectacular hiking trails.
Total Distance: 65 km (40 mi)
Max Ascent: 450 m (1475 ft.)
Duration: 5 days
Availability: July - August
This impressive backpacking tour is considered to be an Icelandic Mountain Guides’ great classic trek. The tour offers some of Iceland’s most unique landscapes on a trail not frequented by many travellers. The trail takes you on a remarkable journey starting in Núpsstaðaskógur and heading up into the highlands along the stunning canyons of Núpsá River with its majestic waterfalls and vertical cliffs. The trails lead up onto the grassy valley of Sléttur before crossing over to the next valley filled with a huge glacier outlet flowing down from the Vatnajökull icecap. Crossing the Skeiðarárjökull glacier is a challenge rewarded by a visit to the Norðurdalur valley which some consider to be one of the most unique places in Iceland, if not on Earth! The path then takes us across the beautiful rhyolite mountains of Skaftafellsfjöll and over to the Morsárdalur glacier valley. After crossing this immense flood plain we reach Skaftafell in Vatnajökull National Park.
See more about the tour here: https://www.mountainguides.is/tour/nupsstadarskogar-skaftafell
A Journey Along Many of the Most Unique Places in Iceland!
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Icelandic Mountain Guides in 2014 we took our staff on the classic 5-day backpacking tour from Núpsstaðarskógar to Skaftafell, one of Iceland´s most spectacular hiking trails.
Total Distance: 65 km (40 mi)
Max Ascent: 450 m (1475 ft.)
Duration: 5 days
Availability: July - August
This impressive backpacking tour is considered to be an Icelandic Mountain Guides’ great classic trek. The tour offers some of Iceland’s most unique landscapes on a trail not frequented by many travellers. The trail takes you on a remarkable journey starting in Núpsstaðaskógur and heading up into the highlands along the stunning canyons of Núpsá River with its majestic waterfalls and vertical cliffs. The trails lead up onto the grassy valley of Sléttur before crossing over to the next valley filled with a huge glacier outlet flowing down from the Vatnajökull icecap. Crossing the Skeiðarárjökull glacier is a challenge rewarded by a visit to the Norðurdalur valley which some consider to be one of the most unique places in Iceland, if not on Earth! The path then takes us across the beautiful rhyolite mountains of Skaftafellsfjöll and over to the Morsárdalur glacier valley. After crossing this immense flood plain we reach Skaftafell in Vatnajökull National Park.
See more about the tour here: https://www.mountainguides.is/tour/nupsstadarskogar-skaftafell
