Laugavegur Trail | Best Hiking Trail of All Time?

Hiking Iceland's Laugavegur Trail - a 54 km long distance hiking trail in Iceland. The trail is located in the southern Icelandic highlands and is accessible from June to September. We hiked the trail in late August - early September 2022 in about three days. For me, the Laugavegur Trail is the best long distance hiking trail I've ever done, simply because the variety in the scenery you get in only 54 km is unmatched, with everything from volcanic ash deserts to snowy glaciers to waterfalls to mountaintops. The weather can be brutal and some river crossings are difficult, but otherwise this trail can be done with proper preparation and normal fitness.
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00:00 Intro to the Laugavegur Trail
00:49 Landmannalaugar to Álftavatn
06:22 Álftavatn to Emstrur
11:26 Emstrur to Thórsmörk
14:36 Volcano Huts
15:16 Climbing Valahnúkur
More photography and videography from various hiking trails on Instagram: ‪@ElielHerleviPhotography‬ / elielherleviphotography
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[@ervinslens]

This is insanely beautiful, what a stunning work my friend. Shots are mind blowing here. 🔥🔥 Respect for this work!!!

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it 🙏🏻

[@Alex10Adventures]

Absolutely stunning video mate! The drone shots are incredible and every frame highlights the rugged nature of the landscape. Well done!

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

Thank you so much! 🙏🏻 Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DavidIrthum]

Ooooooo, what a beautiful rainbow 🌈!

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

Scotland always delivers! 🌈 edit: woops! Meant Iceland of course. Have seen too many rainbows on my Scotland hikes so got them mixed up 🤪

[@ryanmattei7029]

Did the trail back in July my first trek and by far worth every second of it.

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

That's an impressive start! I would have to agree - I've done numerous trails but this one tops them all. Thanks for watching!

[@cvzphotography]

I'm so excited to be doing this trek in 2024. thank you for sharing.

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

Thanks for watching and hope you enjoy it!

[@DeltadronesBr]

Wonderful video! Great edition and grading! I love this Trail! Returning to Laugavegur next summer!

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@KeithDuhaime]

Very, very nice! Brought back good memories of when my wife and I hiked this trail in August of 2019.

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

Thank you! 🙏🏻 Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bipedal_shenanigans]

Truly ethereal. This trail has been on our wish list for a few months now and your film has pushed it towards the top. Thank you for sharing

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

Thank you for watching! 🙏🏻 Agree 100%, it very quickly became my favourite trail as well!

[@t9310]

Iceland is by far one of the most beautiful countries I have ever visited. Missed this trail in our last 3 visits. We will hit this for sure this year. Beautiful shots and music.

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

Thank you so much! 🙏🏻 Definitely give it a shot next time... I surely will return!

[@alexisazria1169]

Wow, what an amazing place! Thanks for posting.

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

Thank you so much for watching! 🙏🏻

[@effexxtwin]

What a stunning andscape and a marvelous edit! I'm so glad I came across your video and even more to hike along the Laugevegur and Fimvorduhals trail in end of June.

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed and good luck for your hike, should be a stunner! Let me know how it went 🙂

[@HikingThru]

Loved your video! I’m gearing up to hike the Laugavegur and Fimmvorduhals August 2023 and your video is very motivating! I’ll be hiking with my 7yo son and also carrying my 6 month old daughter, so it should be interesting! Keep up the fantastic videos and happy hiking 🥾

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

Thank you, glad you found it motivating! Wow, hiking this trail with kids sounds quite ambitious with the weather changes and river crossings.. Stay safe!

[@HikingThru]

@@ElielHerleviPhotography Safety is always #1. My son who is 7 is a very adventurous soul and is up for the challenge. I’ll be the human bus at the river crossings as well. Adventures are where growth happens 🙌🏼 Happy Hiking 🥾

[@MaxVenous]

4:21 Pressure Cooker

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

Yeah, they're crazy!

[@victoresteves]

Amazing hike and beautiful imagery 👏🏻

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

[@DeniseHofs]

Absolutely loved this! Gorgeous footage and very nicely edited as well! ✨

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

Thank you Denise! Glad you enjoyed it ☺️

[@MaylesTrails]

Great shots! Brought back good memories of my trip. I'd recommend going back and doing the Fimmvörðuháls, if you haven't already done it.

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! I was planning to extend and do that trail too but there was a storm coming so we decided to play it safe. But next time for sure. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@blogpackinglight]

Wonderful video. Thanks for sharing

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

Thank you for watching! 🙏🏻

[@rueshenaksoy4535]

Beautiful! What kind of camera did you use? I’m going in a few weeks and hope my iPhone 13 mini will suffice 😂

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

Thanks! I used Lumix S5 for the most part, but many of the shots here were done with iPhone 12. It's absolutely fine most of the time 🙂 Enjoy your trip!!

[@AkhileshSharmaVlogs]

Woww... amazing... thank you for sharing

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

Thank you for watching!

[@aleathtuthranduriel]

Finally 😎

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

Thanks for watching ☺️

[@JoseAngelexplora]

Saludos desde Caracas Venezuela 🇻🇪☺️

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

¡muchas gracias!

[@riverunner9978]

Strange land!

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

It is!!

[@johnpark7990]

Wonderful video I would like to hiking Iceland Where can I get the information

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

Thanks! You could check Reykjavik Excursions at re.is they've got plenty of options

[@user-rw5rj8ll4n]

Which month you did the hiking ? We will go to this September, what we need to do , thanks

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

We did the trail at the very end of August. The summer is very short in the Landmannalaugar area of the Highlands, so September might be too late. I think the highland bus only runs until mid-September or so because the weather gets worse pretty quickly after that. Make sure to plan properly, the area will be dangerous in bad weather!

[@fercavazos3981]

I will visit this place with my family in July, we have all day to spend it at this place. Is it possible to hije without guide. Where can we have info for the best scenery trails ( round hike startibg and ending same point) . Thank you.

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

You definitely can go to Landmannalaugar, which is the starting point of this trail that you can see in the beginning of the video from 00:50 to 03:00. Check out Reykjavik Excursions to get a bus pass there. Lots of people hike there for a day, no guide needed. Another alternative is the Volcano Huts at the other end of the trail, which you can see in the last few minutes of the film. Hope this helps, good luck and thanks for watching! 🙏🏻

[@verlorenerjunge5921]

costs?

[@ElielHerleviPhotography]

That's a very broad question but I can say that to get to the trailhead from Reykjavik you'll probably need a highland bus pass which costs about £100 for a return ticket, and pitching a tent on a campsite on this trail typically costs £15 a night per person. Huts are more. So yeah, Iceland is expensive.