Trekking

Trek Black Raven Reefs

Beautiful assisted 9-day walking adventure hut to hut. After climbing and crossing the vast and strange Hrafntinnusker Caldeira, our trail continues through lush green spines and laughing valleys to the entrance of the long narrow black desert of Mællifellssandur which stretches between the caldera and the enormous mass of the Myrdalsjökull ice cap and leads to Lake Holmsarlon and the Eldgja fault in the south-east of the Caldera

This concentrated itinerary is part of our collection of trips that speak to purist hikers with a spirit of adventure. This year, we are offering several departures for a maximum number of 12 participants.

The metaphor “Black raven reefs” is a perfect example of the natural poetry of the old Icelandic language. (Hrafntinnusker: Hrafn for raven, Tinna for black and Sker for reefs)
This describes a chaos of obsidian, an intense black razor sharp vitrified lava, which spreads among soft colored hills in the center of a vast caldera of the same name: Hrafntinnusker. large loops to explore the incredible caldera. More obvious are the amazing rhyolite mountains, formed in incredible bands of pink, brown, green, yellow, blue, purple, black, white, orange and red and glittering with innumerable black, glass-like obsidian lava… Walking among countless bubbling, steaming hot springs, we cross this pearl of the interior, famous for its incredible natural beauty.
We will see preliminarily the innumerable solfatares with pools of mud, bubbles of powerful and noisy steam. On the edge of the caldera we advance on a platitude of black slag that leads to Mount Hekla which dominates the horizon close to its imposing and legendary mass.

With the exception of a lightweight day pack, all equipment and luggage is transported by a 4x4 support vehicle.