What to do in Myvatn

Activities, attractions and tours

Myvatn Nature Baths showing a hot spring and a luxury hotel or resort as well as a small group of people
Namafjall featuring mist or fog as well as a couple
Myvatn featuring mist or fog
Namafjall
Myvatn featuring general coastal views

Myvatn Tourist Attractions & Activities

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Top places to visit

1. Lake Myvatn

Discover a lunar-like landscape of craters, geothermal caves, bubbling mud pools, sulphur springs and twisted rock formations when you explore the area around Lake Myvatn. This large body of fresh water was formed more than 2,000 years ago by a massive eruption, and the surroundings are still volcanically active.
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Myvatn showing a sunset and a lake or waterhole

2. Myvatn Nature Baths

Mývatn Nature Baths consists of a lagoon fed by natural hot springs amid picturesque terrain. Feel rising jets of vapor engulf you in the steam room, before you relax in the warm waters of the vast pool. The baths draw hot water from a depth of 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) below the ground.
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Myvatn Nature Baths showing a hot spring and a luxury hotel or resort as well as a small group of people

3. Godafoss

One of Iceland’s most famous attractions, Godafoss is a glorious arch of falls with a width of 98 feet (30 meters). The roar of the line of water smashing through the river surface below is as loud as the waterfall is picturesque. Clamber over precarious rocks for a view from above the falls.
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Godafoss which includes a cascade and mist or fog

4. Dimmuborgir

The lava fields of Dimmuborgir are known for their otherworldly shapes and formations. Since its volcanic caves resemble collapsed human ruins, the site was given the Icelandic name for “Dark Forts.” It is a unique structure in the world, as the only known site with this type of landmass.
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Dimmuborgir showing caves

5. Namafjall

The steamy jets and barren hills of Námafjall are reminiscent of an apocalyptic scene from a movie. Some compare the experience to walking on a distant planet, due to its strong smell of sulfur and lack of any vegetation. Spot the many fumaroles and bubbling mud pits that give this region its otherworldly character.
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Get used to the overpowering odor of sulfur in this unearthly place, where steam hisses, mud bubbles and hot water accumulates.

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