Iceland Travel - Vatnsnes

Welcome to Vatnsnes

A circular tour around Vatnsnes peninsula. Descriptive text is anti-clockwise around Vatnsnes. The road runs over undulating land, of the ridge enclosed Linakradalur, the name translates as "Flax-fields valley ', reminding that in early times flax for linen was grown in many places in the country.

On the right a short distance from the road, an isolated once fortified hillock, Borgarvirki, an outcrop of basalt rises high above the level plain. These fortifications, dating back a thousand years built of huge rocks on the summit, are the only surviving examples of fortifications in this country that has never known war. Vesturhopsvatn, a considerable, elongated lake with good trout fishing is passed.

To the right is lake Hop separated from the open sea by a narrow spit of sand, is almost landlocked brackish lake or lagoon, nearly divided in two by a narrow sand bar. The road runs on the low shore of Sigriðastaðavatn, a long and narrow lake on the low shores of Húnafjörður, a broad inlet of the Húnaflóibay. The road follows the eastern shore of the Vatnsnes peninsula with its rugged backdrop of mountains. The backbone of the peninsula is comprised of several westward sloping mountain ranges. A short distance from the highway, right on the edge of the sea.