Luxury Adventures is a family-run tour
operator specializing in ATV/Quad biking
by Litla Kaffistofan nearby Reykjavik.
We operate our own 30 Yamaha Grizzly
700 on super sized tires. Iceland has
endless locations to bike and therefore we
expertise in different areas by operating
both from our base at Litla Kaffistofan
and elsewhere depending on season and
weather conditions.
Luxury Adventures is your host, presenting
the ultimate biking to demanding clientele.
A family-run operation, Luxury Adventures
has a personal stake in making our clients
happy and save on our journeys by placing
emphasis on high standard safety rules and
flexibility.
About Luxury Adventures
The company is owned by one
family. The backbones of the company are
Thorgrimur Olafssson and his wife Solveig
Olafsdottir; their son and daughter–in-law
Olafur Thorgrimsson and Linda Palsdottir.
From Managing Director,
Olafur Thorgrimsson
In the following pages, Luxury Adventures
presents you with sample tours to make
your selection easier. Following that are
several samples of locations and itineraries
to choose from, according to your tastes:
enjoy.
Lava and rough scenery1 hour biking
Amazing scenery that will take your breath
away. Scary mountains, raw nature, dirt
and often wet weather, extreme off road
conditions like you have dreamed off. The raw
nature is our playing field. Tracks that
guarantees fun for everyone.
Going over the rough terrain doesn’t take
much effort for the super sized quads.
Guaranteed departures
All year daily at 10:00 from the ATV area; hotel pick-up from 09:30.
Private journeys up on request.
Details
Included: all gear on location. 1 hour biking. Distance from Reykjavík: 30km. Total duration
including pick-up: 2-3 hours. Minimum: no minimum. Age limit: driver’s license for ATV drivers,
no age limit for ATV passengers. No previous knowledge of the sport required. We are located
by the Litla Kaffistofan.
This is a family sport and no danger what
so ever if you take the time to listen
to your guide. Your guide will go over
every safety rule and teach you how to
operate the quad before you take on this
amazing journey.
Water all the way2 hours biking
In the land of raw nature we head
to the scary big mountains on our
quads. We drive on gravel road
until we hit the river that takes us to the
mountain. We drive in river for awhile
and go through canyons to reach our
destination. Along the way we drive
in the rough terrain around the river
and cross it many times since there are
Guaranteed departures
All year daily at 14:00 from the ATV area; hotel pick-up from 13:30.
Private journeys up on request.
Details
Included: all gear on location. 2 hours biking. Distance from Reykjavík: 30 km. Total duration
including pick-up: 3-4 hours. Minimum: 2 persons. Age limit: driver’s license for ATV drivers,
no age limit for ATV passengers. No previous knowledge of the sport required. We are located
by the Litla Kaffistofan.
places where the river gets too deep.
This track is our most fun journey and
people will talk about this trip with good
memories. Before your tour gets
underway, your top-notch guide
will make sure you are familiar with
your machine, as safety is of utmost
importance.
ATV Expeditionup to 8 hours biking
For the ultimate in off-the-beaten-
track travel experiences it’s difficult
to beat going on an ATV expedition. If
you embark on our extreme tour you
will travel through Iceland most hidden
places with extreme environments. ATV
expeditions aren’t easy going and they
are most definitely not for a traveler that
likes their creature comforts - but it’s
Guaranteed departures
All year daily at 10:00 from the ATV area; hotel pick-up from 09:30.
Private journeys up on request.
Details
Included: all gear on location. 4 – 8 hours biking. Distance from Reykjavík:
flexible. Total duration including pick-up: 5 -10 hours. Minimum: 4 persons.
Age limit: driver’s license for ATV drivers, no age limit for ATV passengers.
Previous knowledge is not required.
precisely this fact that makes going on
an ATV such an exciting prospect. This
experience gets you away from the usual
tourist trail and enables you to see some
incredible places few other people ever get
to see.
World of the wonderland
NoticeFollowing pages present various full-day biking which can also be mix/matched into longer tours. Addiionally is a 4 day sample itinerary.
Sample four days itineraryWild at heartDay 1
Leaving our ATV Base Camp we drive along the green hillsides of Fljotshlid into the brown
colored mountains of the south-western Fjallabak. Pretty soon our tires need to be deflated
to get a smoother ride on the rocky tracks ahead of us. After a stop at a magnificent
waterfall in the Markarfljot canyon we only have to cross a couple of lava fields before we
can enter the great wide open black sandy plains of the Maelifellssandur.
Imagine, south the ice of the Myrdalsjokull, north the multicolored mountains of the
Fjallabak and ahead of us the moss covered solely standing mountain Maelifell, a view not
very often to be found. Just before Maelifell we turn north towards our mountain cabin for
tonight Strutur. A 1,5 hour walk from there is Stutslaug, a natural hot pool which we of
course will pay a visit.
Sample four days itineraryWild at heartDay 2
On day 2 we continue on the Maelifellssandur, have some challenging rivers to cross, some
Tolkien like landscapes to enjoy and an enormous crack in the earth ahead of us. After a walk
in this volcanic fissure Eldgja we follow a track that starts in green moss and ends in barren
black sand and lava as we arrive at the Sveinstindur mountain cabin or Base Camp set up by
our guides.
A more remote place is hard to find.
During the first part of summer, some quicksand can be expected. A marked hiking trail lies
from the track to lake Langisjor and the hut, and from there another marked trail to the top
of Mt Sveinstindur. The hike from the hut, to the top, and back, takes about three hours.
The view from up there on a fine day is beyond words. An interesting day’s hike lies along
the foot of Mts Fogrufjoll.
Sample four days itineraryWild at heartDay 3
The third day we make a walk to the summit of the mountain that gave the huts its name;
from the 1090 meter high summit we might enjoy an impressive view over the surrounding
mountains and the third biggest icecap in the world, Vatnajokull. Over night at the hut or
Base Camp.
Vatnajökull (English: Glacier of lakes) is the largest glacier in Iceland. It is located in the
south-east of the island, covering more than 8% of the country. With a size of 8,100 km, it
is the largest glacier in Europe in volume (3,100 km) and the second largest (after Austfonna
on Nordaustlandet, Svalbard) in area (not counting the still larger ice cap of Severny Island
of Novaya Zemlya, Russia, which is located in the extreme northeast of Europe).
The average thickness of the ice is 400 m, with a maximum thickness of 1,000 m. Iceland’s
highest peak, Hvannadalshnúkur (2,110 m), is located in the southern periphery of
Vatnajökull, near Skaftafell National Park. It is classified as an ice cap glacier.
Sample four days itineraryWild at heartDay 4
This is the day we leave the interior and had back home to civilization. On this day we follow
the Faxasund trail over the Kattarhryggir towards Fjallabaks-Nydri and end up in the hot
river in front of the hut in Landmannalaugar. Here we take a bath in the thermal pools.
This pearl of the interior is situated in a valley between colorful mountains at the dark edge
of the rhyolite lava field Laugahraun. Many hot and cold springs create a bathing warm
brook, where people bathe.
SUPER SIZED ATV/QUAD BIKINGby Litla Kaffistofan
Where are we located?
We are located about 20 min from Reykjavik. Follow rout nr 1 and drive to the south east onwards to Selfoss. You will find an old gas station called Litla Kaffistofan in the middle of nowhere. We are on the other side of the road.
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