Hotel Kria

Hotel Kria is a beautiful new hotel in Vík on the south coast of Iceland. With a homely, yet sophisticated decor, the hotel offers stunning rooms, a mouth-watering cuisine at the in-house restaurant and a stunning remote location perfect for seeing the northern lights.

The hotel has 72 rooms and 1 suite. All Rooms have a modern interior design and are fully equipped with complimentary Wi-fi, LCD, Satellite TV, hairdryer, clothing rack, extra pillows, phone, soap and a kettle with tea and coffee. The rooms are fitted with a desk and a private bathroom. Every stay at Hotel Kria comes with breakfast with a choice of a cold and hot buffet. The Hotel offers continental and vegetarian breakfast options and a selection of local products.

Drangar Restaurant opened during the Summer of 2018 along with the Hotel. Putting emphasis on the constantly changing conditions while living here in Iceland, where nothing much grows outside, but the waves, they pride themselves on carefully selecting only the highest quality seasonal ingredients. Drangar restaurant is open daily from 18:00 – 21:00.

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Things to do near Vik

Snorkelling in Silfra Lake

The Silfra lava fissure is one of Iceland’s best-kept secrets. Silfra, which is situated in the heart of Þingvellir, the site of the world’s oldest parliament, is an otherworldly scene. The crystal clear water in the deep fissure gives you a feeling of being weightless as you float along with the lazy current. Frequently rated as one of the worlds top ten dive sites. Silfra offers up to 100 meters of underwater visibility and is located on top of the separation between Europe and America! After an hour of snorkeling you climb out and head back to the van. Into the Blue is a relaxing but exotic trip in an environment most will only encounter in their dreams.

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South Coast & Plane Wreck Black Beach ATV Adventure

Get in touch with the raw power of black lava sand in Iceland's south shore with this fun ATV adventure. From Reykjavík, we drive towards Mýrdalsjökull glacier, where the volcano Katla is. There we get our ATVs (all-terrain vehicles/quads) and start the adventure. We will cross rivers, go to the promontory Dyrhólaey, and Sólheimasandur beach where the famous DC-3 aircraft wreck is. On this fun adventurous tour, we will experience different landscapes and magnificent Icelandic flatland.

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Golden Circle & Glacier Lake

Join us on an exciting journey which will take you to the source of the glacial river Hvítá. The tour starts by visiting Þingvellir National Park where the Icelandic parliament Alþingi was established in the year 930 AD. You will have the opportunity to walk into the dramatic structure of Almannagjá‘s fault, with its towering walls. We proceed through fertile agricultural areas and visit the canyon of Hvítá river and its unique two tiered waterfall Gullfoss, with each tier dropping at right angles to each other. From Gullfoss we continue along mountain road Kjölur on our way to the Glacier Lake. There we will take a boat tour and navigate around the lake in the proximity of Iceland‘s second largest glacier, Langjökull. During the tour you will be taken on dry land and given the chance to take a short stroll beside the edge of the glacier. The duration of the boat tour is about 1 hour. After an enjoyable tour on the Glacier Lake we visit the geothermal area of Geysir and the spouting hot spring Strokkur, which ejects water columns up in the air every few minutes.

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The Lava Tunnel

On this adventure, we visit the lava tunnel Raufarhólshellir located only 30 minutes from Reykjavík. We will witness the inner workings of a volcanic eruption while we walk in the path of a lava that flowed thousands of years ago. The lava tunnel is one of the biggest in Iceland and gets up to 30 metres wide and 10 metres high. The lava tube ceiling has caved in near the entrance, which creates beautiful columns of light. The fantastic range of colours of the tunnel wall is caused by the different mineral types of the rock. This is a tour for the senses. Experience a new world, hear the talk of the cave and sense the forces of nature like you have never done before. Learn new things and step out of your comfort zone. Scenes from the Hollywood movie Noah, with Anthony Hopkins, were shot in this lava cave.

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Horse Riding Among Lava Fields

This tour gives you a great opportunity to get to know the Icelandic horse and to experience horse riding in Iceland across incredible lava fields. On a 2 hour ride you will go through the lava fields surrounding Mt. Helgafell volcano to the old Kaldársel sheep corral or to Lake Hvaleyrarvatn. View rough lava fields and look for different formation in the lava. The beautiful Bláfjöll Mountains tower above on the horizon.

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