Sept 7 - Arrival

Guests arrive at Keflavík Airport, Iceland and take the Flybus from Keflavík to Reykjavík (BSÍ Bus terminal). You will be greeted by our representatives between 5:30pm and 6:00pm, who will transport you to the farm Vellir in the neighborhood of Hveragerði. After check-in, dinner will be served at Hotel Eldhestar.(d)

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Sept 8 - Get to know the horses!
This first day will be used to check out the participants riding skill and also o get to know our horses. In the morning we will make a short riding tour in the neighborhood of our farm.  After lunch, we will make 2.5-3 hours riding tour. We ride over meadows and then follow the old route towards Mt. Ingólfsfjall, named after the first Norwegian Viking who settled in Iceland and finish the tour along Mt. Reykjafjall.  After we stop off at the swimming pool in Hveragerði we’ll return to the hotel.

(b, l, d)

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Sept 9 - Riding and bringing the sheep down to Þjórsárdalur
On this day, farmers in the community of Gnúpverjahreppur bring their sheep from Hólaskógur and down to the valley Þjórsársdalur, We will join them from the waterfall Hjálparfoss and help the farmers to bring the sheep down to the Fossnes, where they will be kept over the night.  This is an adventure which requires a lot of hard work though gives the participants a possibility to experience both Icelandic nature and spirit of the Icelandic soul.

(b, l, d)

Sept 10 - Riding from Skaftholtsrétt to Skeiðarétt
We start the day by watching and helping the farmer to separate their sheep at the pasture of Skaftholtsrétt, before we bring the sheep belonging to the farmers from the community Skeiðahreppur further down the valley Þjórsárdalur to the pasture of Reykjaréttir, which is one of the biggest "réttir“ in Iceland.

(b, l, d)

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Sept 11 - Reykjaréttir – Separating the sheep
The separating of the sheep starts at 9.00 in the morning and is finished around lunchtime. After the farmers have collected  their sheeps  they drive them back to their farms. We on the other hand are going back to Eldhestar for lunch and will be enjoying  a half day tour in the stable of Hveragerði and along the mountain Reykjafjall.

(b, l, d)

Sept 12 - A day ride – Surprise! 
After, transfer back to Reykjavik after your ride in the afternoon to your hotel. Enjoy your evening to yourself.

(b, l)

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Sept 13 - Home

After breakfast, check out of the hotel, enjoy a bit of Reyjkavik, then grab your Fly Bus back to Keflavík (BSÍ Bus terminal) to the airport for your journey back home.

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