Fagradalsfjall with a Geologist, an Hour and a Half Each Way

Fagradalsfjall is the newest volcano in Iceland, and the ground you walk on came out of it in 2021. The guide is a professional geologist or volcanologist, which changes what the rock means on the way up. The walk to the crater viewpoint takes one to one and a half hours each way, over lava fields that did not exist a few years ago. On the way the guide goes through how the composition of the lava decided the shape of everything around you, and what the Reykjanes peninsula was doing before the eruption began. One thing said plainly: glowing lava cannot be promised. What the eruption left is there whatever happens, but what the volcano is doing on the day is nobody's to arrange. The group is small. Pick-up is in Reykjavík at bus stop 8, by Hallgrímskirkja, and the drive back crosses the peninsula past geothermal springs, crater lakes and volcanic mountains.