Did you know? For centuries Europeans believed Hekla volcano was one of the entrances to Hell. During eruptions, people thought they could hear souls escaping from inside the mountain.
Icelandic Highlands
The Icelandic Highlands are a vast, uninhabited wilderness at the heart of Iceland, shaped by volcanic forces and extreme weather. This remote interior is dominated by black sand deserts, rugged mountains, glaciers, and powerful rivers that carve through the landscape.
Places like Landmannalaugar and Askja showcase the region’s raw beauty—colorful rhyolite peaks, steaming geothermal fields, and massive volcanic craters. With almost no infrastructure and no permanent settlements, the Highlands feel isolated and untouched.
Accessible mainly during summer via rough mountain roads, the area offers a true sense of adventure. The silence, scale, and ever-changing conditions create a powerful atmosphere—both awe-inspiring and slightly intimidating—making it one of Iceland’s most unique and unforgettable regions.
高地旅行要求
所有高地F级公路需要四驱越野车，仅在夏季（约6月下旬至9月）开放。河流穿越可能非常危险。出发前务必在road.is查看路况，切勿尝试用普通两驱车行驶F级公路。导游超级吉普游览是游览高地最安全的方式。
高地热门景点
偏远荒野、彩色流纹岩山脉与火山奇景
Nýidalur
Nestled in the heart of Iceland's rugged highlands, Nýidalur serves as a crucial base camp along the Sprengisandur route. The dark wooden cabins with their distinctive red roofs, as seen in the image, provide a welcoming haven for trekkers exploring the vast wilderness around Tungnafellsjökull. It's an ideal stopover for those venturing across the challenging Sprengisandur.
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Álftavatn Camsite (Laugavegur)
Álftavatn is the second rest stop on the Laugavegur — Europe's most famous long-distance hiking trail. The campsite sits beside the blue waters of Lake Álftavatn in the heart of the southern highlands, surrounded by volcanoes and glaciers. Accessible only on foot or via F-roads.
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Dreki Campsite (Askja)
Dreki is the base camp for excursions to Askja — one of Iceland's most dramatic volcanic calderas. Here you will find Víti — a warm crater lake you can swim in — and Öskjuvatn — Iceland's deepest lake. The campsite is in the middle of the highlands and is accessible only by 4x4 vehicles on F-roads.
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Emstrur – Botnar Tjaldsvæði (Laugavegur)
Emstrur (Botnar) is the third rest stop on the Laugavegur hiking trail, between Álftavatn and Þórsmörk. This is one of the most remote and wild campsites on the route, deep in the highlands between Mýrdalsjökull and Entujökull glaciers. Distant views of Katla volcano and unforgettable glacier scenery.
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Fjallabak Nature Reserve Trail
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Hveravellir Campsite
A remote Highland campsite beside geothermal hot springs between Langjökull and Hofsjökull glaciers.
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Hvítárvatn Campsite
A remote Highland campsite beside Hvítárvatn lake with views toward Langjökull glacier along the Kjölur Route.
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Kerlingarfjöll Tjaldsvæði
A remote Highland campsite surrounded by colorful rhyolite mountains and geothermal valleys along the Kjölur Route.
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Landmannalaugar Campsite
A remote Highland campsite in Landmannalaugar surrounded by colorful rhyolite mountains and natural geothermal hot springs.
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Nýidalur Campsite
A remote Highland campsite in Nýidalur along the Sprengisandur Route surrounded by glaciers, rivers, and central Iceland wilderness.
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Trail across volcanic terrain near Askja caldera.
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Brennisteinsalda Trail
Sulfur-colored mountain trail through geothermal valleys.
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Short lava field hike near Landmannalaugar hot spring area.
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Viti Crater Askja Trail
Walk around the turquoise Viti crater lake.
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Blahnukur Summit Trail
Colorful rhyolite mountain hike with sweeping highland views.
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Grettislaug Hot Pots (Hveravellir)
Natural hot spring pools at Hveravellir in the Icelandic Highlands. Located in the remote interior between Langjökull and Hofsjökull glaciers. Only accessible in summer by 4x4 vehicle.
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Strutslaug Hot Spring
One of Iceland's most remote and spectacular hot springs, located on the Strutur hiking route in the southern highlands near the Torfajökull geothermal area. A true wilderness bathing experience for serious hikers.
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Hveradalir Kerlingarfjoll Trail
Trail through colorful geothermal valleys in Kerlingarfjoll.
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大多数游客错过的非主流景点
Ljótipollur Crater Lake
Ljótipollur — meaning 'ugly puddle' — is a vivid blood-red volcanic crater lake near Landmannalaugar. Despite its unglamorous name it is one of the most striking sights in the Highlands, with steep red and black crater walls plunging into deep blue water. The crater formed in a lava field eruption around 500 years ago. Few visitors make the short hike to the rim, making it a remarkably peaceful spot even during the peak summer season.
Hveravellir Hot Springs
Hveravellir is a geothermal oasis in the centre of the Kjölur highland route — a collection of boiling mud pools, blue hot springs and fumaroles set in a lava field between two glaciers. A natural bathing pool filled with warm geothermal water sits right beside the hot springs. According to legend, Hveravellir was a hideout for the 18th-century outlaw Fjalla-Eyvindur, who survived in the Highlands for years by bathing in the warm springs to endure the freezing winters.
Aldeyjarfoss Waterfall
Aldeyjarfoss is one of Iceland's most dramatic waterfalls — a thundering 20-meter cascade surrounded by perfectly symmetrical basalt columns rising from the riverbank like cathedral pillars. Located on the Sprengisandur route near the highland edge, it sees a fraction of the visitors that more accessible waterfalls receive. The contrast between the white churning water and the dark, geometric basalt formations creates one of the most striking compositions in Icelandic nature photography.
高地的传说
冰岛高地自古就是神话的家园。这些山岳、冰川和火山荒漠孕育了冰岛最久远的传说——歡崇、化石的巨人，以及希在人类愤怒中诞生的火山喷发。
荒野腹地的探险
冰岛高地提供了在地球上任何其他地方都找不到的原始探险体验。没有手机信号，没有设施，没有其他游客——只有您和地球上最壮观的火山地景之一。
洛格维古尔步道——从兰德曼纳劳加尔到托尔斯莫克55公里——一直被评为世界顶级徒步路线之一。它穿越彩色流纹岩山脉、冒蒸汽的温泉、黑曜石熔岩原野，以及看起来像属于另一个星球的冰川山谷景观。
超级越野车探险提供通往高地最偏远角落的途径——阿斯卡火山口、霍隆苔原熔岩原野和火山平顶山赫尔德布雷达。这些旅行由了解每一处河流穿越点和天气规律的当地体验向导带领。
洛格维古尔步道
55公里世界级徒步路线，从兰德曼纳劳加尔到托尔斯莫克，穿越流纹岩山脉和冰川山谷。
超级越野车探险
在当地专家向导的带领下，探访偏远火山地景、河流穿越点和阿斯卡火山口。
风景摄影
兰德曼纳劳加尔和菲亚拉巴克的彩色流纹岩是地球上独一无二的风景。
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Frequently Asked Questions
高地何时开放？▾
F级公路通常在6月下旬开放，9月或10月再次关闭。具体日期因年份和天气条件而异——出行前请在road.is查看当前道路状况。
高地需要四驱车吗？▾
是的——绝对必要。所有F级公路强制要求四驱车。河流穿越可能深及腰部，对普通轿车极其危险。切勿用两驱车尝试高地道路。
如何徒步洛格维古尔步道？▾
步道全长55公里，从兰德曼纳劳加尔到托尔斯莫克，需3-5天。提前数月预订山地小屋（旺季）。如果不想携带露营装备，也可以参加有导游的徒步旅行团。
从雷克雅未克到兰德曼纳劳加尔有多远？▾
约180公里——但最后30公里以上是崎岖的F级公路，使总驾车时间约3-4小时。需要四驱车或预定高地班车。
阿斯卡值得长途跋涉吗？▾
是的——阿斯卡是冰岛最壮观的火山口湖之一，维提火山口湖中充满深蓝绿色的水。从阿克雷里需要全天行程。大多数人参加超级越野车旅行团。
Haunted Places in the Icelandic Highlands
The Highlands are the most remote and mysterious region of Iceland. Many travelers historically believed spirits protected these landscapes — and medieval Europeans thought one volcano marked the entrance to Hell.
Landmannalaugar
Steam vents rising from the colorful rhyolite mountains were believed to be entrances to hidden underground worlds.
Kerlingarfjöll
The mountains are said to be petrified trolls caught by sunrise — Kerling herself led them across the highlands before dawn broke.
Askja Caldera
This remote volcanic caldera is often described as a gateway to underground fire worlds — formed in a catastrophic eruption in 1875.
Hekla Volcano
For centuries, Europeans believed Hekla was one of the entrances to Hell itself — a belief documented in medieval manuscripts across Europe.
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