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Lake Kleifarvatn is the largest lake in Reykjanes and is located in the southern part of the peninsula. It’s about 10 km² and 97 m deep. What’s so beautiful about this lake is the volcanic surroundings of the lake are unique and the landscape is covered in a thick layer of lava. You can go […]

Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur directly translates to “The best hot dogs in town” and is a popular hot dog stand in central Reykjavík. This is the place people are talking about when they ask you if you’ve “been to that hot dog stand”. Sure, it’s just a hot dog stand, but its legendary status combined with […]

We at Happy Campers are excited to introduce the Happy Challenge, where travelers can get huge discounts on their rentals and earn a place on our Happy Wall of Fame. All you have to do is visit our favorite spots in Iceland. How does it work, you ask? The Challenge is simple: 1) Visit 20 […]

Studlagil is a gorgeous canyon with basalt columns and blue-green water. For many years, the beauty of this canyon was hidden underwater. The columns revealed themselves when the water level decreased after Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant was opened in 2009. Once a hard-to-access hidden gem, today Studlagil is a popular destination.  The Location: How to get […]

Thinking of an Iceland stopover? If you’re heading to Europe or North America, it’s the perfect way to get a taste of Iceland. For our family’s second trip to Iceland (my third), we wanted the freedom to explore South Iceland without a rigid itinerary. With the midnight sun on our side, we had plans to […]

Many people travel to Iceland to escape busy, polluted cities and stressful lives. There’s a common theme across every experience in Iceland: peace, quiet, clean, serenity. You can take a road trip to some of the most remote areas of the world you’ve probably ever been to. There are entire areas that have never been […]

My girlfriend, Anya, and I have been together for over 3 years. We just graduated college together in May. We both love to travel; throughout the course of our relationship, some of our best memories have taken place whilst traversing foreign lands. Traveling together during college, we saw cities in France, Germany, and Canada. Not […]

Last year my boyfriend and I wrote our own buckets and when we compared them we noticed that one of the things we had both written down was ‘to see the Northern Lights’. We started researching holiday destinations which could give us a sighting of the lights and Iceland blew us away. During our research […]

When I thought about Iceland before my first visit, a few random associations came up for me: trolls, cold, waterfalls and a strange feeling of “mythical magic” surrounding all of it. I don’t know if the first three associations are just because of my narrow-minded German view of the world but I had a feeling […]