Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands

Property class: 2.5
Mountain guesthouse in Rangárþing eystra with restaurant and bar/lounge

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Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands is a great choice for a stay in Rangárþing eystra. For a bite to eat, guests can check out Lava Grill, which serves local cuisine and is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Other features include a bar/lounge, a snack bar/deli, and a terrace.

Reviews

8.0 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Free WiFi
  • Bar
  • Non-smoking
  • Child-friendly activities

Main amenities (12)

  • Housekeeping (on request)
  • Restaurant and bar/lounge
  • Breakfast available
  • Coffee shop/cafe
  • Bus station shuttle
  • Terrace
  • Coffee/tea in a common area
  • Garden
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Picnic area
  • Barbecue grills
  • Luggage storage

Feel at home (6)

  • Playground on site
  • Garden
  • Terrace
  • Barbecue grill(s)
  • Free parking nearby
  • Snack bar/deli
$115 nightly
The total price is $134
Oct 8 - Oct 9
Total with taxes and fees

Room options

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A rustic cabin with a metal roof, surrounded by trees and a paved path leading to a wooden picnic table.

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm, Shared Bathroom

  • Mountain view
  • 269 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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A wooden cabin with a metal roof, surrounded by a wooden deck, set against a backdrop of snow-capped mountains.

Double Room, Shared Bathroom

7.6 out of 10
Good
(5 reviews)
  • Mountain view
  • 97 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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A row of small, dark-colored cabins with a stone pathway leading to them, surrounded by greenery and under a cloudy sky.

Cottage, Shared Bathroom

  • Mountain view
  • 269 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 3 Twin Beds and 1 Double Bed

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A tent with a bed, a table, and a chair inside.

Glamping

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(2 reviews)
  • Mountain view
  • 172 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About the neighborhood

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Húsadalur, Highland, Rangárþing eystra, 861

Getting around

  • Heimaey (VEY-Vestmannaeyar) - 29 miles/46.6 km
  • Bus station shuttle (surcharge)

Restaurants

  • ‪Matarstopp - ‬89 min drive
  • Fjöruborðið

About this property

Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands

  • Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands is a great choice for a stay in Rangárþing eystra. For a bite to eat, guests can check out Lava Grill, which serves local cuisine and is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Other features include a bar/lounge, a snack bar/deli, and a terrace.

At a glance

Hotel size

    • 27 rooms

Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM
    • Late check-in subject to availability
    • Check-out time is 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

    • Guests must transfer via Shuttle to the property; guests must contact the property at least 72 hours before travel, using the contact information on the confirmation received after booking
    • This property offers transfers from the bus station (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 72 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
    • The front desk is open daily from 8:00 AM - 11:00 PM
    • Front desk staffed during limited hours
    • If you are planning to arrive after 11:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
    • For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
    • Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools
    • This property can only be reached by 4x4 vehicle or a scheduled bus with surcharge that runs daily from May 1 - September 30.

Required at check-in

    • Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
    • Government-issued photo ID may be required

Pets

    • No pets or service animals allowed

Internet

    • Free WiFi in public areas

Parking

    • Onsite RV/bus/truck parking (fees apply)
    • Free offsite parking within 75459 ft

Transfers

    • Bus station shuttle*

Other information

    • Smoke-free property

Property amenities

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast (surcharge) each morning 8:00 AM–10:00 AM
  • Restaurant
  • Bar/lounge
  • Coffee shop
  • Coffee/tea in a common area
  • Barbecue grills
  • Free daily reception
  • Snack bar/deli

Traveling with children

  • Playground

What to do

  • Yoga classes
  • Mountain biking
  • Horse riding nearby

Services

  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Tour/ticket assistance
  • Luggage storage

Facilities

  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair-accessible public washroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant
  • Well-lit path to entrance

Room amenities

Home comfort

  • Heating

Freshen up

  • Shower only
  • Free toiletries
  • Toilet paper

More

  • Housekeeping on request

Special features

Dining

Lava Grill - This restaurant specializes in local cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Open daily.

Fees & policies

Optional extras

  • Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of approximately ISK 3200 for adults and ISK 1600 for children

Children & extra beds

  • Rollaway beds are available for ISK 4900.0 per night

Parking

  • RV/bus/truck parking is available for an extra charge

Policies

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
This property does not have elevators.
Guests can rest easy knowing there's a fire extinguisher on site.
This property accepts credit cards. Cash is not accepted.
Credit cards accepted: Visa, Mastercard, American Express
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property. The policies listed are provided by the property.

Also known as

Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands Guesthouse
Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands Rangárþing eystra
Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands Guesthouse Rangárþing eystra

Frequently asked questions

Are pets allowed at Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands?

Sorry, pets and service animals aren't allowed.

Is parking offered on site at Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands?

No, unfortunately, but there's free parking nearby.

What are the check-in and check-out times at Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM. Check-out time is 10:00 AM.

What is there to do at Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands and nearby?

Have fun with onsite activities like mountain biking and hiking. Additional recreation onsite includes yoga. Enjoy amenities like a picnic area and a garden.

Are there restaurants at or near Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands?

Yes, Lava Grill offers local cuisine.

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Reviews

Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands Reviews

8.0

Very Good

7.8

Cleanliness

8.4

Amenities

8.6

Staff & service

8.0

Property conditions & facilities

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  • The restaurant offered a nice place to hang out and serve surprisingly good dinner. (3 reviews)
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10/10 Exceptional

Good place for hiking. Great landscape on the top of the viewpoint.
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10/10 Exceptional

Clean room, very nice facilities, friendly staff. No kitchenette in room except Cabins. Breakfast available for 30,000ISK.
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8/10 Very good

You have to understand the plan to get to this place! Meaning do your homework. Not accessible by regular car. But worth every part taking the high bus to get to this remote location.
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8/10 Very good

Stunning location, clean ,warm and simple room.Friendly staff happy to give advise on hikes. Would definitely return and recommend staying at Volcano Huts. Camp kitchen is well equipped.
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10/10 Exceptional

Wonderful place!

We loved our stay in a glamping tent here. It was the perfect chill out between hiking the laugavegur and fimmvorduhals trails. The little sauna is great after hiking, the staff were so helpful and the trails in the area are fantastic. Walk the orange trail, the glacier views are amazing!
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10/10 Exceptional

Perfect stay for a hiking getaway

Excellent stay at the volcano huts from beginning to end. Love the quiet, remote location. We had a glamping tent, which was set up wonderfully, with everything we could need. The beds were very comfortable, and the space heater, chairs and blankets were a great extra touch. It was so convenient to have the showers and washroom nearby, and we enjoyed dinner and the takeout lunch available. Perfect location for great hiking nearby. And loved the exciting bus ride to get there! Would definitely stay here again.
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8/10 Very good

Everything was clean and good. Only down side was that the private room we booked did not keep the noise out of other rooms or the hallway. This is to be considered as you are paying 100$ for bus tickets on top of the stay to get there and back if you dont have a super jeep to get across the river. Views there are really good tho.
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6/10 Good

On plus side, Volcano Huts has beautiful and unique views of mountains/glaciers in Porsmork Valley, including through bedroom window. Guest kitchen also a nice amenity. On down side, two things. The “shared bathroom” did NOT include any showers. The showers are located a five minute walk away in a corrugated shed. Showers did NOT have reliable hot water on two separate occasions (two different times of day). Seems like you should have access to hot shower paying this much…. Second, hiking the red post trail (out to the point after the green post trail) became dangerous at the point of descent back into the valley. Wildflowers cover the trail down completely, it’s easy to lose it, not well signed at that point. They need to do more trail maintenance!!
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10/10 Exceptional

Great way to end a long hiking trip. Comfortable rooms with amazing views. Staff was friendly and helpful. Restaurant was a nice place to hang out and have dinner.
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8/10 Very good

Would have been helpful to know at the time of booking that needed separate bus ticket to go to the location. Fortunately the property reached out so we knew this ahead of our trip. Unfortunately, we didn’t know the accommodation also required you to bring your own sleeping bag. Luckily the facility had linen to “rent” but of course with everything in Iceland it came with a hefty price.
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8/10 Very good

Very helpful staff at main hut, good buffet with great lamb soup, pesto and hummus. Area around is beautiful!
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2/10 Poor

They will let you know last minute that you need a bus pass in order to get to the stay
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10/10 Exceptional

Easiest way to get closer to the majestic nature of Iceland, without packing a tent, sleeping bags or pad. Sure it's glamping (if you don't opt for a tent they have cute little cabins too)... but hey, you're on vacation, right? Great staff, great food, cold showers. :)
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10/10 Exceptional

Glamping was amazing! Beautiful tent, super comfortable bed, and incredible scenery. *Be aware: you cannot drive to this property. You must take the bus. It’s an hour bus ride and they are only scheduled a few times a day*
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2/10 Poor

Have the right vehicle - roads are rough.

Getting there. Be aware that you have the right vehicle and arrangements to get here. We had a AWD vehicle rented from the airport. The first river crossing was precarious. The road got even tougher and some rental cars are not allowed in those roads. The GPS gave 4 more river crossings and we decided it was safer to turn back. Never made it. I wish the accessibility issue was made more obvious.
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2/10 Poor

Not accessible by car, very frustrated. Very disappointed
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2/10 Poor

Be warned: you CANNOT get to this hotel with your own vehicle! You're required to buy a separate bus ticket in order to get to the hotel. We weren't told until a couple weeks before our stay that a bus was required to reach the property. We were stunned to find that bus tickets for our family of four were almost TWICE as expensive as the $285 room we booked for a single night. The property's website told us we would be reimbursed only 80% of the cost. We were a little disappointed, but were content that we were able to cancel the reservation. We contacted the property via email. To our surprise, they told us we would lose the entire cost of the booking. Ultimately, we booked elsewhere and disputed the charge with our credit card company. They ruled in our favor and we received a credit for the full cost of the hotel room.
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8/10 Very good

We booked this accommodation due to limited alternatives. It’s extremely expensive, even by Icelandic standards. The biggest surprise came via email after booking, advising us to take a bus. The listing mentioned a shuttle and that the place was only accessible by 4x4 or a scheduled bus with a surcharge—but it never stated the actual cost: €64 per person, one way. For four people, that would have added €512 on top of the €360 already paid—completely out of proportion. Had this been clearly stated upfront, we wouldn’t have booked. We ended up driving ourselves along a 25 km gravel road in a Dacia Duster, crossed five rivers, then called the hotel. Mikko—friendly and helpful—picked us up in a Defender to cross three more deep rivers, for which we paid an extra fee. The location is stunning, but the accommodation is very basic. Dinner was OK. Breakfast was good. I’m surprised more reviewers don’t mention this. Most guests seemed to arrive by bus—likely unaware of the full cost until after booking.
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6/10 Good

We stayed 3 nights at Volcano Huts in a "Shepard's cabin." The cabins are small, heated, and have a sink, kettle, hot plate, a few pots, and some plates and cups. You must provide your own linens (there is a fee/night for renting linens which is not reasonable for multiple nights -- we rented hiking poles, sleeping bags, and an extra blanket for a week from another vendor for what it would have cost to rent linen here). The cabins are not just rustic but also a bit over used/in need of repair. Our door did not seal, with a 5cm gap in the frame at the bottom which let in cold and flies (we stuffed it with socks). There was mold forming in the corners of the cabin. The mattresses on the beds were worn out maybe years ago and you could feel the framing under the mattress. These are possibly reasonable compromises for a location like this. Less understandable was the noise -- there are no quiet hours and people are out drinking and singing until quite late. Additionally, is not clear how knowledgeable the staff really are about the area. We happened to be there during three straight days of overhanging clouds. We asked repeatly for valley hikes. Only one staff ever really helped us with low-cloud hiking plans. Mostly, staff rec'd upper hikes with the vague idea that maybe the clouds would clear (vedur.is made it clear that was unlikely). Finally, Husadalur is not really in Thorsmork! You will spend 20m walking to Langidalur (or 30-40 to Basar) each time you set out
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8/10 Very good

Uovertruffen placering, hytterne er små men hyggelige. Man skal ikke forvente luksus men naturoplevelse
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4/10 Fair

Non mi piace il bagno condiviso. Serve un forte senso di adattamento. Mi aspettavo una zona più particolare ma sono rimasta un po' delusa. Terribile il viaggio per raggiungerla
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10/10 Exceptional

This place was freaking amazing and it was so unexpected! You take an insane 4x4 trip (you need an extremely specialized vehicle to get here you can't just take any car or jeep) to get out here and you're right in the middle of everything all the mountains the braided rivers and the glaciers. The trails are very good all difficulties exist and there are very dangerous trails. We went to a waterfall and took a bath and changed in a dry cave we had it all to ourselves. The rooms that we stayed in are dorm style (a set of small drawers , a heater, and a bunk bed that's it) and everyone was quiet and polite thankful. The ONLY THING that sucked was one night there was a group outside singing kumbaya for a couple hours and the guitarist plugged into a large speaker and amp and that SUCKED. This place is supposed to be quiet not a Christian rock concert I was never notified of any music. Anyways there are good campgrounds, extremely hot water (nice outdoor shed showers) and super good food! It's not super gourmet food but it definitely gets the job done! Overall 9/10 the loud music sucked for one night it was from 9-12pm so that sucked but everything else was absolutely wonderful!
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8/10 Very good

Eit svært godt utgangspunkt for turar i flott terreng
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10/10 Exceptional

Hôtel Très sympa, le personnel nous a donné de très bons conseils pour le trek, en plus ils parlaient français
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8/10 Very good

Bon séjour, le confort des chalets est très sommaire!