Come to this small headland and private nature reserve on the south coast of Iceland. Its surrounding cliffs provide shelter for a wonderful puffin colony while the dunes in the northwest grant access to it.
To get to Ingólfshöfði we cross 6 km of waters, marshes and sands in a tractor-drawn hay cart. The drive takes about 25 minutes each way, and then we spend about 1.5 hours hiking and bird watching around the cape. The circle we hike around the nature reserve is 2-3 km long.
In the beginning we need to walk up a steep sand slope, but then it gets easier, mostly hiking on flat grass land and we make many stops along the way.
The trip is taken by a certified guide, and member of the family living on the farm Hofsnes. They take pride in transporting visitor across the waters and sands that cover most of their farm Hofsnes, and will walk a circle around the cape to show you the best sites, and make sure the birds nesting there are treated with respect.
Some of the birds, like the great skua is quite important bird, and farm Hofsnes and the Nature Reserve Ingolfshofdi is part of the largest breeding ground in the world of the north Atlantic family of Great Skua.
Sometimes we see thousands of puffins sitting quite close to us even in April or in August, but even during the peak of the puffin season in July we have days where the puffins have gone to the sea to fish, especially when the weather is nice. However, the sightseeing and history learning part of the trip never fails. Even in storms the trip means adventure for nature lovers.
The pickup time is stated on your voucher and therefore we recommend you to review your voucher carefully. We ask all participants to be ready from the start of the pickup time indicated as you may well be the first pick up of the day. Please be at your assigned location at the right pick up time that you chose when booking the tour.
Wait for your guide at your assigned pick up location.
Have your email and phone number listed with us so we can contact you if we run into any trouble finding you.
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Alcohol is prohibited on all of our tours before and during activities. If we find the participant to be intoxicated, we will prohibit them from taking part in the activity.
After the activities of the day are finished then you are more than welcome to have a drink and relax.
Yes, we do have a tour into Langjökull Ice Cave that has no minimum age and it is a fantastic option for the whole family. As a Whale Watching with our partner company Special Tours, enjoyable tour for a family traveling with young children, these guys have an enormous success rate in seeing whales (upwards of 98% in the summertime).
If you want to explore parts of Icelandic Highlands than we have our magnificent Landmannalaugar Safari tour that also offers you to bathe in natural hot springs. Almost all of our jeep tours are suitable for children over the age of 6 years old. Then we also have a relaxing experience that we highly recommend, our Golden Circle & Secret Lagoon tour.
We reserve the rights to adjust the itinerary and/or take different routes depending on conditions. Your safety is our number one priority.
Please read more information in our terms and conditions in regards to this matter.
Yes, we have specially trained and certified guide on all of our tours, expect on our self-drive tours.
All of our tours are English guided.
We have four different categories that help participants to get a better understanding of what to expect from the tour. The categories are Easy, Moderate, Challenging and Demanding. All of our tours are rated to make it easier for you to find a tour that suits you.
For further information about the difficulty ratings and descriptions.
Free cancellation up to 15 days before the tour departure.
25% cancellation fee if cancelled 14–8 days before tour departure.
50% cancellation fee if cancelled 7–2 days before tour departure.
100% cancellation fee if cancelled 2 days or less before the tour departure time.
