MYVATN TOURS
2024
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Specialized on the discovery of Askja. 11 hours of excursion which will allow to reach one of the most beautiful and remote sites.
This company is specialized on the discovery of Askja and the interior. 11 hour tours that will take you to one of the most beautiful and remote places in the country. Day trips that take people to the highlands of Iceland where the Askja caldera and the Víti crater are located. You will pass through the Vatnajökulþjóðgarður National Park and Askja, a UNESCO heritage site. This tour offers unforgettable scenes of Icelandic nature and geology. The Askja caldera is a real diamond in the rough.
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Expect to pay between 32,000 and 39,000 Kr.
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Askja is a huge caldera and central volcano in the Dyngjufjöll Mountains, north of the Vatnajökull glacier. The caldera is a subsidence of bedrock above a massive magma chamber, and is still forming. Askja was not explored until the 19th century, but a series of eruptions in 1874-1875, including a very powerful explosive eruption in March 1875, attracted the attention of the local population as well as scientists. During the massive eruption of 1875, the volcano spewed out about 2 billion cubic metres of ash and pumice, and a new caldera formed within the old one. Over the following decades, the new caldera filled with water and now contains the 11 km² lake Öskjuvatn, which is also one of the deepest lakes in Iceland (220 m). Askja volcano erupted a few times in the 1920s, but the last eruption took place in the autumn of 1961.
