Landmannalaugar is a region near the volcano Hekla in southern section of Iceland's highlands. The area displays a number of interesting geological elements, like the multicoloured rhyolite mountains, expansive lava fields and hot springs.
The Landmannalaugar area is a popular hiking destination from June to late September, after that the road closes. Landmannalaugar is the usual starting point for a four day long hiking trail which ends in Þórsmörk, but more days can be added, trekking to Skógar nearly at the coast between the two glaciers Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull. Eyjafjallajökull is well known from the 2010 eruptions with caused enormous disruption to air travel across western and northern Europe.
Three routes lead to Landmannalaugar and they are accessible only by AWD cars as the road could be rough or require crossing unbridged rivers! I was lucky enough to photograph the area in September just before the roads close for winter.
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