Cave
Vatnshellir Lava Cave
An eight-thousand-year-old lava tube you descend with a guide.
- Region
- West Region
- Time to allow
- 1 hour
- Entry
- Paid
- Season
- All year
Practical information
- Kind
- Cave
- Road
- Gravel
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Nearest town
- Ólafsvík · 6 km
- Reykjavík
- 118 km (as the crow flies)
- Coordinates
- 64.8500, -23.7900
- On the map
- Open location
Before you go
- Guided only; you go down 35 metres on a spiral staircase, and it’s 4–5 °C inside.