Significant improvements underway in the Hveravellir geothermal area in the Central Highlands. An estimated 40-50,000 travellers visit Hveravellir each year.
Walking paths have been improved in recent years and current significant investments are being made in the tourist lodge, improving its capacity. After the renovation the lodge canteen will be able to receive up to 70 visitors at a time. The dining hall is being expanded, while a new kitchen is being added to the lodge. Gunnar Guðjónsson, the manager of the lodge tells The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV that he will be able to offer visitors a “real menu” this fall.
Hopes to serve winter travellers on Northern Lights excursions
According to Gunnar the area and the lodge could not handle the growing numbers of travellers, and that necessary improvements had not been made due to lack of money. Now, however, a tourism company which plans tours to the area has committed the necessary funds. Gunnar tells RÚV that the improvements which are now underway will allow him to keep the lodge open all winter: “Once we receive the necessary capital we can start to get things done.”
Gunnar hopes to be able to keep the lodge open all winter, offering accommodation to groups taking Northern Lights trips in the highlands.
Significant improvements underway in the Hveravellir geothermal area in the Central Highlands. An estimated 40-50,000 travellers visit Hveravellir each year.
Walking paths have been improved in recent years and current significant investments are being made in the tourist lodge, improving its capacity. After the renovation the lodge canteen will be able to receive up to 70 visitors at a time. The dining hall is being expanded, while a new kitchen is being added to the lodge. Gunnar Guðjónsson, the manager of the lodge tells The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV that he will be able to offer visitors a “real menu” this fall.
Hopes to serve winter travellers on Northern Lights excursions
According to Gunnar the area and the lodge could not handle the growing numbers of travellers, and that necessary improvements had not been made due to lack of money. Now, however, a tourism company which plans tours to the area has committed the necessary funds. Gunnar tells RÚV that the improvements which are now underway will allow him to keep the lodge open all winter: “Once we receive the necessary capital we can start to get things done.”
Gunnar hopes to be able to keep the lodge open all winter, offering accommodation to groups taking Northern Lights trips in the highlands.
