If you are a hiker, nature lover, landscape photographer, adventure seeker, or mountain bike cyclist, this travel guide will help you to plan and realize your dream - visiting the wonderfully unearthly beautiful and rugged Iceland, with its heart and soul: the volcanic Landmannalaugar rainbow mountains in the Highlands. The book, as a collection of professional hiking maps, literally shows you the most popular and off-the-beaten-path half-day and full-day hikes in the Landmannalaugar region (9 hiking trails in total, simple and more advanced), plus very famous and adventurous multiday Laugavegur (Landmannalaugar-Þórsmörk, 56 km / 35 mi) and Fimmvörðuháls (Þórsmörk-Skógafoss, 26 km / 16 mi) trekking routes. Each trail is meticulously depicted on a topo hiking map, with key technical details for hikers such as distance (km and miles), hiking time, altitude gain and loss, visual altitude profiles, itinerary landmarks, complexity, GPS coordinates for major trailheads, camping sites, and mountain huts, along with their up-to-date prices and conditions. There is also a chapter on the Fjallabak Nature Reserve, its geology, history, and volcanic nature. If you are planning to travel in Iceland as a backpacker on a budget, or even as a cyclist, commuting by bus is an enjoyable experience in Iceland (you can take your bicycle in many Icelandic buses with you as a luggage). The book includes public and tour bus schedules, their prices, and route maps. At the end of the book, you will find many local web links which can be useful for any traveler. The book is printed in color on high-quality paper in a compact 6x9 in (15.2x22.8 cm) format. It's lightweight, robustly made, and designed to fit easily into any backpack, making it perfect for use while hiking or for planning and researching your hikes.
S U M M A R Y
1) 30+ topo hiking maps, designed for professional hikers
2) 9 main trails in Landmannalaugar rainbow mountains
3) Laugavegur and Fimmvörðuháls multiday treks
4) Detailed technical information for each trail
5) How to get to the region by bus
6) Public and tour bus network maps, schedules and fares
7) 90+ web links related to the hiking and travel in Iceland
8) GPS coordinates for the main trailheads, campsites and mountain huts
9) Color printed inside on high quality paper, with a glance cover, compact 6x9 in (15.2x22.8 cm), lightweight, robustly made book format, which can fit into any backpack