Luxury Adventures ATV Brochure

SUPER SIZED ATV/QUAD BIKINGby Litla Kaffistofan

Luxury Adventures is a family-run tour

operator specializing in ATV/Quad biking

by Litla Kaffistofan nearby Reykjavik.

We operate our own 30 Yamaha Grizzly

700 on super sized tires. Iceland has

endless locations to bike and therefore we

expertise in different areas by operating

both from our base at Litla Kaffistofan

and elsewhere depending on season and

weather conditions.

Luxury Adventures is your host, presenting

the ultimate biking to demanding clientele.

A family-run operation, Luxury Adventures

has a personal stake in making our clients

happy and save on our journeys by placing

emphasis on high standard safety rules and

flexibility.

About Luxury Adventures

The company is owned by one

family. The backbones of the company are

Thorgrimur Olafssson and his wife Solveig

Olafsdottir; their son and daughter–in-law

Olafur Thorgrimsson and Linda Palsdottir.

From Managing Director,

Olafur Thorgrimsson

In the following pages, Luxury Adventures

presents you with sample tours to make

your selection easier. Following that are

several samples of locations and itineraries

to choose from, according to your tastes:

enjoy.

Lava and rough scenery1 hour biking

Amazing scenery that will take your breath

away. Scary mountains, raw nature, dirt

and often wet weather, extreme off road

conditions like you have dreamed off. The raw

nature is our playing field. Tracks that

guarantees fun for everyone.

Going over the rough terrain doesn’t take

much effort for the super sized quads.

Guaranteed departures

All year daily at 10:00 from the ATV area; hotel pick-up from 09:30.

Private journeys up on request.

Details

Included: all gear on location. 1 hour biking. Distance from Reykjavík: 30km. Total duration

including pick-up: 2-3 hours. Minimum: no minimum. Age limit: driver’s license for ATV drivers,

no age limit for ATV passengers. No previous knowledge of the sport required. We are located

by the Litla Kaffistofan.

This is a family sport and no danger what

so ever if you take the time to listen

to your guide. Your guide will go over

every safety rule and teach you how to

operate the quad before you take on this

amazing journey.

Water all the way2 hours biking

In the land of raw nature we head

to the scary big mountains on our

quads. We drive on gravel road

until we hit the river that takes us to the

mountain. We drive in river for awhile

and go through canyons to reach our

destination. Along the way we drive

in the rough terrain around the river

and cross it many times since there are




Details

Included: all gear on location. 2 hours biking. Distance from Reykjavík: 30 km. Total duration

including pick-up: 3-4 hours. Minimum: 2 persons. Age limit: driver’s license for ATV drivers,

no age limit for ATV passengers. No previous knowledge of the sport required. We are located

by the Litla Kaffistofan.

places where the river gets too deep.

This track is our most fun journey and

people will talk about this trip with good

memories. Before your tour gets

underway, your top-notch guide

will make sure you are familiar with

your machine, as safety is of utmost

importance.

ATV Expeditionup to 8 hours biking

For the ultimate in off-the-beaten-

track travel experiences it’s difficult

to beat going on an ATV expedition. If

you embark on our extreme tour you

will travel through Iceland most hidden

places with extreme environments. ATV

expeditions aren’t easy going and they

are most definitely not for a traveler that

likes their creature comforts - but it’s




Details

Included: all gear on location. 4 – 8 hours biking. Distance from Reykjavík:

flexible. Total duration including pick-up: 5 -10 hours. Minimum: 4 persons.

Age limit: driver’s license for ATV drivers, no age limit for ATV passengers.

Previous knowledge is not required.

precisely this fact that makes going on

an ATV such an exciting prospect. This

experience gets you away from the usual

tourist trail and enables you to see some

incredible places few other people ever get

to see.

World of the wonderland

NoticeFollowing pages present various full-day biking which can also be mix/matched into longer tours. Addiionally is a 4 day sample itinerary.

World of the wonderland

Sample four days itineraryWild at heartDay 1

Leaving our ATV Base Camp we drive along the green hillsides of Fljotshlid into the brown

colored mountains of the south-western Fjallabak. Pretty soon our tires need to be deflated

to get a smoother ride on the rocky tracks ahead of us. After a stop at a magnificent

waterfall in the Markarfljot canyon we only have to cross a couple of lava fields before we

can enter the great wide open black sandy plains of the Maelifellssandur.

Imagine, south the ice of the Myrdalsjokull, north the multicolored mountains of the

Fjallabak and ahead of us the moss covered solely standing mountain Maelifell, a view not

very often to be found. Just before Maelifell we turn north towards our mountain cabin for

tonight Strutur. A 1,5 hour walk from there is Stutslaug, a natural hot pool which we of

course will pay a visit.


On day 2 we continue on the Maelifellssandur, have some challenging rivers to cross, some

Tolkien like landscapes to enjoy and an enormous crack in the earth ahead of us. After a walk

in this volcanic fissure Eldgja we follow a track that starts in green moss and ends in barren

black sand and lava as we arrive at the Sveinstindur mountain cabin or Base Camp set up by

our guides.

A more remote place is hard to find.

During the first part of summer, some quicksand can be expected. A marked hiking trail lies

from the track to lake Langisjor and the hut, and from there another marked trail to the top

of Mt Sveinstindur. The hike from the hut, to the top, and back, takes about three hours.

The view from up there on a fine day is beyond words. An interesting day’s hike lies along

the foot of Mts Fogrufjoll.


The third day we make a walk to the summit of the mountain that gave the huts its name;

from the 1090 meter high summit we might enjoy an impressive view over the surrounding

mountains and the third biggest icecap in the world, Vatnajokull. Over night at the hut or

Base Camp.

Vatnajökull (English: Glacier of lakes) is the largest glacier in Iceland. It is located in the

south-east of the island, covering more than 8% of the country. With a size of 8,100 km, it

is the largest glacier in Europe in volume (3,100 km) and the second largest (after Austfonna

on Nordaustlandet, Svalbard) in area (not counting the still larger ice cap of Severny Island

of Novaya Zemlya, Russia, which is located in the extreme northeast of Europe).

The average thickness of the ice is 400 m, with a maximum thickness of 1,000 m. Iceland’s

highest peak, Hvannadalshnúkur (2,110 m), is located in the southern periphery of

Vatnajökull, near Skaftafell National Park. It is classified as an ice cap glacier.


This is the day we leave the interior and had back home to civilization. On this day we follow

the Faxasund trail over the Kattarhryggir towards Fjallabaks-Nydri and end up in the hot

river in front of the hut in Landmannalaugar. Here we take a bath in the thermal pools.

This pearl of the interior is situated in a valley between colorful mountains at the dark edge

of the rhyolite lava field Laugahraun. Many hot and cold springs create a bathing warm

brook, where people bathe.

SUPER SIZED ATV/QUAD BIKINGby Litla Kaffistofan

Where are we located?

We are located about 20 min from Reykjavik. Follow rout nr 1 and drive to the south east onwards to Selfoss. You will find an old gas station called Litla Kaffistofan in the middle of nowhere. We are on the other side of the road.

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