Beaches of the West

 We start the third part of our Dream Tour from the Farm Heggsstaðir in Borgarfjörður. We ride some country roads to river Hvítá and cross the river on an old bridge near Ferjubakki and then along river Langá to Grímsstaðir farm close to the western coastline. We levae the horses at Grímsstaðir and tak our bus to Snorrastaðir holday farm wnere  spend the first night. 

We ride from Grímsstaðir farm following old riding trails along lavafields and riverbanks to the seaside where the beaches of Löngufjörur await us !

We ride along the beach towards Hítarnes where we take solid ground again. We have to organise or schedule this day according to higtides to get the most out of the gret experience of riding full force tolt on endless sandy beaches of Löngufjörur ( Long Beaches) We end our ride at Snorrastaðir faram where we spend another night.

 We spend this day riding along the beaches again . this time with a single horse as we will leave the herd  resting at Snorrastaðir where we spend one more night. This day we simplu enjoy  the time with our selected horses for a day like this. Tölting along white beaches , taking long good breaks inbetween and enjoying the beutiful nature  of the   Snæfellsnes peninsula.  Just before closing the circle of our dayride on the beaches we ride across small lavafield where Eagles are sometimes nesting. 

The west coast and Westfjords are the only areas in Iceland where the great  White tailed Eagle is nesting and living. The White tailed Eagle is the largest bird living in Iceland with 2-5 m wing to Wing diameter. IT will be a nice bonus to this wonderful day if we see one or two of those kings of the sky at the westlands. 

We  say good bye to the great beaches and head to the Snæfellsnes peninsula  aside mountain Fagraskógarfjall across the river Hítará along the valley Hítardalur to the lake Hítarvatn !

Great trails across the peninsula  coming to places well known from "Sturlunga saga" some of the legendary persons from the saga age lived in the area and ww will for sure tell some stories to bring the back to life !

Horse will be left in a field by the lake Hítarvatn and we Stay another night at Snorrastaðir. 

We ride an old trail called "Svínbjúgur" in to the valleys of the west crossing Burstadalur and the passing of Hólsskarð to Blönduhlíð  

The last day of our journey of part III we we ride again down to the seaside and beaches of the west and ride to Spágilsstaðir farm where we end our trip 

Overnight at a nice Holiday farm near the little village Búðardalur.  

After breakfast we take our little bus and drive to Reykjavík . Estimated arrival at BSI Busstation 14.00