The Laugavegur hiking trail between Landmannalaugar and Þórsmörk was listed by National Geographic as one of the most beautiful trails in the world. The trail goes through incredibly colourful rhyolite mountains, black obsidian lava, wheezing hot springs, lakes, black sandy desert and ends in a lush forested area.
0:00 While we waited for the afternoon bus back to Reykjavik, we hiked up to Valahnúkur and did a loop back from volcano huts
0:18 Looking back at Langidalur Hut
0:48 The trail got steeper as we neared the top
0:59 It took 45 minutes to trek 1.5 km with 250 m elevation gain from Langidalur to Valahnúkur (465m)
1:05 Valahnúkur had spectacular views over the surrounding glaciers, mountains, valleys and rivers
1:32 There was a spectacular view of Mýrdalsjökull glacier from Valahnúkur
The volcano huts were visible below
2:20 We descended towards the volcano huts
2:44 But first we stopped at the Sönghellir (song) cave
It was a tight scramble to reach the cave
3:22 We reached the Volcano Huts and had a snack
3:34 We returned to the Langidalur Hut thru the birch woods of Húsadalur Valley
3:42 We passed by a cliff below Snorraríki Cave
And then returned to Langidalur Hut to wait for our afternoon bus back to Reykjavik
