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Lava caving & earth cooking/
Hellir & Hveraeldun

  • In this tour we will explore with you one of many caves that the south part of Iceland has to offer. We will share with you and explore the geological history of the caves as we travel into the darkness with our lights shining the way. You will witness spectacular lava formations as we work our way into the cave. In the end of the cave we will stop for lunch and offer you a chance to taste some of the old Icelandic traditional food as well as telling you few stories about the trolls that are believed to use the caves as their habitats.
     
    After the lava cave we will travel to Hveragerdi, where we will go for an easy hike and explore hotsprings that came to life in a big earthquake in the year 2008. We will share with you our local knowledge and show you how we cook food in the ground/hotspring from the source of the volcano.
     
    Earth cooked traditional Icelandic food, cooked in a hot spring and enjoy a good dinner/ lunch with the open sky above you and amazing landscape all around you
    • As a main course you can choose between Steam cooked lambsoup or tomato soup for main course
    • & Chocolate fondue for desert

    Extra,

    • Upgrade the dinner/lunch by adding a relaxing hot bath in our local swimming pool in town that is heated up with steam, while we cook a leg of lamb or salmon in the ground for main course.
    Note, This is a great affternoon or evening tour with dinner cooked in a hotspring.

    PRICES & INFORMATION 

    Price for the tour, starting from Hveragerdi         
    1-3 pers.....       131.600 ISK total price
    4 pers or more..   32.900 ISK per pers
    • The tour is a private & tailor made to you, if you are traveling with a larger group, contact us and we can send you a price offer for your group   
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    Extra service/Prices
    Pick up
    1-3 pers.....       20.000 ISK total price
    4 pers or more..   5.000 ISK per pers
    • Free pick up from Hveragerdi & nearest surroundings 

    Lunch bag.....     3.500 ISK per pers

    Upgraded earth cooking
    1-3 pers.....       16.000 ISK total price
    4 pers or more..   4.000 ISK per pers
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    Includes
    • Local guide who knows the area and the best lava caves depending on the weather.
    • Light snacks (water and chocolate bar and a light blind tasting menu in the darkness of the cave)
    • Earth cooked lunch 
    • All cave equipment
    • Extra gear that might be needed depending on the weather, crampons & more.
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    Not included
    Lunch is not included, it is nice to have lunch for the tour but can be with out it as we include light refreshment in the cave and then light erth cooked lunch after. There is a bakery next door if you don´t bring with you, and want to have. Or You can request to have lunchbag included and waiting for you, when you arrive to our office for 2.500 ISK extra.
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    What to bring
    Lunch if you like, back pack, rain jacked/pants, hat & gloves (warm ones) and warm layers 
    • If you don´t think you have warm enough equipment, let us know and we most likely have it, and can lend you :) 
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    Difficulty level, 
    2 out of 5
    Good to have good balance as the surface of the cave can be quite uneven.   
    Cave time,
    Around 1,5 hours
    Duration,
    4-6 hours

  • Eitt af sérkennum Íslands eru hraunhellarnir sem hafa allir orðið til á síðustu 10.000 árum.
    Í þessari ferð munum við kanna einn af hellum suðurlands og hraunrás hans. Að stíga inn í þessa undraveröld sem hellarnir eru með höfuðljós og hjálm er eins og að stíga inn í annan heim.
    Við munum fræða gesti okkar um tilurð og jarðfræði hellisins sem og bragða eitthvað af Íslenskum mat meðan við segjum ykkur nokkrar valdar sögur af tröllum og mönnum sem höfðust við í hellunum til forna.

    Að hellaferðinni lokinni munum við kanna Hverasvæðið sem varð til í jarðskjálftanum 2008 rétt við Hveragerði og segja ykkur sögu þess og bjóða upp á létta máltíð sem samanstendur af:
    Aðalréttur- Hveraelduð tómatsúpa eða kjötsúpa
    Eftirréttur- Súkkulaði fondue eldað í hver

    Verð: 
    1-3 pers.............          131.600 kr. heildar verð
    4 pers eða flr. ........    32.900 kr. per pers
    Innifalið í ferðinni er létt nesti og hveraelduð máltíð, allur búnaður fyrir hellaferðina og að sjálfsögðu þrautreyndur leiðsögumaður með margra ára reynslu af svæðinu.
    Erfiðleikastig:
    2 af 5  í erfiðleika stuðlinum,
    Koma með:
    Bakboka, nesti, auka vatnsflösku og góð föt sem auðvelt er að ferðast um hellinn í, klæðnaður eftir veðri
    (getur orðið svalt í hellinum) 
    Ferðin tekur sirka 4-6 klst. og erum við sirka 1-2 klst í hellinum
     
    Ferðin hefst frá Mánamörk 3-5 Hveragerði eða þar sem fólk óskar að við náum í það.

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