Trekking in Iceland - The Laugavegur Trail

Hostels (2 nts, multi-share), participation camping (4 nts)

Camping in Iceland is truly an adventure, taking you off the beaten track to get a first-hand experience of the beautiful wilderness and nature. While camping, we stay at designated campsites along the trek route. The campsites have basic facilities such as toilets, showers, and drinking water. For the group, there is a big dining tent and sometimes an extra cooking tent. On the first day, you will be guided through setting up your personal tents, which should be easy to manage for the rest of the nights. As part of the experience, you may be required to help with cooking dinner/washing up. If you intend to use the showers or charge your electronics you will need to bring some coins with you. There are showers at all the campsites, however they cost 500 ISK for 5 minutes, payable only in coins. Bear in mind that early and late season tours may not have the luxury of showers or flush-toilets due to ground frost. The wardens can often charge some of your electronics for a fee of 500 ISK (The electrical current is 220V AC 50Hz. Most plugs are of the European two-pin type). Each campsite visited on this tour will include a tent (twin-share) and a sleeping mat for every traveller (travellers are responsible for their own sleeping bags). All of the campsites we use are equipped with western flush-toilets. Along the trail, we pass through two other campsites with similar toilet facilities, on the first and second days. During the early and late season trips, these plumbing facilities may be out of order due to ground frost, in which case, the replacement will be to use outhouses. Between campsites, the “call of nature” can be answered according to the leave-no-trace rules of wilderness travel. Toilet paper must be buried, burned, or carried out. For passengers travelling as couples, we use multi-share hostels, and couples will likely be split into separate rooms.