The tour will set off from Reykjavík and it will take us alongside the hot
water ducts into the valley of Mosfellsdalur where we will go and inspect the
earliest installations of Hitaveita Reykjavíkur (the city's Geothermal Power
Company) at a place called Syðri-Reykir where over 70 holes have been drilled
in order to capture the area's geothermal energy.
Crossing over the Mosfellsheiði moor and catching a good view of the lake Þingvallavatn, we
will drive along it's shores until we reach Nesjavellir
geothermal area where we will find the company's most recent facility, the
Nesjavellir geothermal power plant. There you will be taken on a tour of the
facility and given a thorough explanation of it's functions.
After a short lunchbreak at the Nesbúð cafeteria, we will cross the mountain
pass Dyradalur above Nesjavellir and get a good view of the Hengillinn
central-volcano area then proceed over to a track in the Bláfjalla mountain
range, which can been seen to the east of Reykjavík, and where it's people go
skiing in the wintertime.
Crossing once again over this mountain range at Vatnsskarð, and along the
shores of the lake Kleifarvatn, we will go and inspect the the remains of the
first (unsuccessful) attempts to capture geothermal energy at Seltún.
Arriving at the Svartsengi power-plant near Grindavík in the afternoon,
we will again go on a tour of the facility at the end of which you will be
able to appreciate how similar technical problems have been tackled in a
different manner at each site and how techniques for harnessing this vital
source of energy for the people of Iceland have steadily improved over the
past decades.
We will round off this tour by taking a good swim in the Blue Lagoon (bring
along your swimsuit) and return to town in the late afternoon.
Duration: 5 hours,
Minimum number of passengers: 3 persons.
Departures:. 8:30 a.m, Daily by request.
Price pr.person:
(click inside box to select your currency)
Included services: Four-wheel drive transportation and guidance, entry to
Blue Lagoon
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