Hallormsstaðarskógur Forest

Tall trees in a forest where you would not expect one to be.

In my opinion, this is one of the prettiest places in Iceland and one of the least visited. The forest is beautiful. There is a crystal clear creek that runs into the lake and when we were there, it was bright blue skies and warm (around 70 degrees). I actually got a sun burn while hiking in the forest. To me, it was one of the highlights of visiting Iceland.

Yeah I guess this is one of the places where the general advice ”If you get lost in an Icelandic forest, stand up” doesn’t apply :)
(Icelanders are notorious for calling any grouping of a couple of bushes a forest)

This is a nice place and well worth visiting. It’s Icelands biggest forest and has the countries highest trees. It has quite some natural birch and mountain ash but a lot of the forest has been planted. Planting started in 1903. The forest is watched over and kept. The keepers also keep an arboretum of around 70 tree species.

Services:
There is a camping spot and a hotel in the area along with some basic services. More services can be reached in the town of Egilsstaðir some 27 km away.

Watch out for the local dragon – Lagarfljótsormurinn.