Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands

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Take advantage of a free daily manager's reception, a terrace, and a coffee shop/cafe at Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands. The on-site local cuisine restaurant, Lava Grill, offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Free WiFi in public areas is available to all guests, along with a garden and a playground.

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8.0 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast available
  • Parking available
  • Bar

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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
  • 25 sq m
  • 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
  • 9 sq m
  • 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
  • 25 sq m
  • 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
  • 16 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

About the neighborhood

Located in Rangárþing eystra, Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands is in a rural area and in the mountains. DC-3 Airplane Wreck and Skógar Museum are local landmarks, and the area's natural beauty can be seen at Thorsmork Reserve and Nauthúsagil Ravine. Take an opportunity to explore the area for outdoor excitement like horse riding. Visit our Rangárþing eystra travel guide
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Húsadalur, Highland, Rangárþing eystra, 861

Restaurants

  • Fjöruborðið
  • Matarstopp
    89 min drive

About this property

Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands

  • Guesthouse in the mountains
  • At Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands, you can look forward to a free daily manager's reception, a terrace, and a coffee shop/cafe. The on-site local cuisine restaurant, Lava Grill, offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner. In addition to a garden and a playground, guests can connect to free WiFi in public areas.
  • You'll also find perks like:
    • Buffet breakfast (surcharge), a bus station shuttle, and games
    • Luggage storage, books, and smoke-free premises
    • Tour/ticket assistance, barbecue grills, and coffee/tea in the lobby
  • More amenities include:
    • Showers and free toiletries
    • Heating and housekeeping

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Frequently asked questions

Is Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking?

There is free parking nearby.

What time is check-in at Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM. Late check-in is available during limited hours.

What time is check-out at Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands?

Check-out is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands located?

Situated in the mountains, this guesthouse is 3.6 mi (5.8 km) from Thorsmork Reserve and within 12 mi (20 km) of Nauthúsagil Ravine and Gljúfrafoss Waterfall. DC-3 Airplane Wreck and Seljalandsfoss are also within 20 mi (32 km).

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Volcano Huts Þórsmörk - Highlands Reviews

8.0

Very Good

7.8

Cleanliness

8.2

Amenities

8.4

Staff & service

7.8

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 35 out of 63 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 11 out of 63 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 63 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 63 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 11 out of 63 reviews

Reviews

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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed in a private room. Exactly as described- very bare bones twin bunk beds but that is what we signed up for! The shared mess hall was great, dinner buffet was surprisingly very very good, and staff was very helpful
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2026
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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Staff & service
We booked this location last minute and didn't see the check-in email about needing a mountain bus ticket, or an atv to get to the property, until the last bus had already left. The staff, office, and Expedia were very helpful and gave us a refund for our room. We would like to come back some day and experience the volcano huts properly.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2026
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8/10 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.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2026
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8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025
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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

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!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025
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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

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.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024
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8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
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.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024
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6/10 Okay

Liked: Cleanliness
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!!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025
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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was a lovely place to stay! We came in from the Laugavegur trail and for similar money it was a nice upgrade compared the huts we had stayed in prior (though those were quite good as well). The staff was very helpful, the facilities were great, and the location was lovely. If you’re not hiking in you definitely need to take a bus here! It’s not cheap but it’s really necessary unless you’ve got a serious off-road vehicle.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2026
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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We honeymooner here! They gave us some bubbly in our tent, great hiking recommendations, the sauna was wonderful, the swimming spring was wonderful and warm!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2026
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10/10 Excellent

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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.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2026
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10/10 Excellent

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Excellent glamping service and best staff. Ideal location for Thorsmork! Highly recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2026
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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I stayed in one of the glamping tents with my partner. We arrived here after a strenuous hike and the welcoming stuff, great facilities and beautiful surroundings were exactly what we needed to rest! Highly recommended! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2026
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2/10 Terrible

You can’t use a rental car to go to the hotel. You need to buy bus tickets to go to the hotel as it needs rivers crossing. Only Icelandic customized buses can go only there. The bus tickets are very expensive. Before you book your hotel please take into these considerations if you are traveling with a family as the bus tickets can become very expensive. You will know this two days before check your n and you can’t cancel your reservation.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2026
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8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very helpful staff at main hut, good buffet with great lamb soup, pesto and hummus. Area around is beautiful!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024
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2/10 Terrible

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
They will let you know last minute that you need a bus pass in order to get to the stay
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025
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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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. :)
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024
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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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*
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
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2/10 Terrible

Disliked: Staff & service
My complaint is with with the lack of clarity in the listing for this stay. They do not clearly state how difficult it is to access this property. THE ONLY OPTIONS FOR ACCESSING THIS PROPERTY: 1. Park 7+ kilometers away and hike with your luggage 2. Take a bus that runs a few times a day and costs 10,000 ISK per person per direction (Price as of time of posting) (totaling roughly $165 USD per person to access this property) YOU CANNOT ACCESS THIS PROPERTY VIA CAR, even 4x4 The only mention of this in the listing is in the "Parking and Transportation" fine print: "Free offsite parking within 14 miles Bus station shuttle (surcharge) RV/bus/truck parking (surcharge) on site" They did send me more info via a direct message after the booking, but I had missed the notification. Since I had booked the stay a few months out, I did end up finding out about this a few days before our stay due to browsing the back pages of their actual website, and didn't think to look up bus prices, not thinking it would possibly be that expensive. Since the hike wasn't an option with my elderly parents, and the cost of the bus ride was more than booking another hotel, we were not able to stay here, so no comments as to the quality of the property itself. Since it was so close to our stay that I realized the cost of the bus, they were not willing to refund my stay even though we were not able to reasonably access the property. PLEASE UPDATE THE LISTING TO CLEARLY EXPRESS THE OPTIONS TO ACCESS THE STAY!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2026
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2/10 Terrible

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

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.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025
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2/10 Terrible

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not accessible by car, very frustrated. Very disappointed
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024
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2/10 Terrible

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
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.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Staff & service
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.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
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
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Staff & service
Tolle Lage mitten in der Natur und gute Wandermöglichkeiten. HAKEN: für Unterkunft ist nur mit teurem Shuttlebus anfahrbar. Es müssen sechs Flussüberquerungen gemacht werden. Das Erlebnis kostet pro Person 180€!!!! Küche ist sehr bescheiden ausgestattet.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2026