EAST FJORDS - VIKNASLODIR - 5 DAYS/4 NIGHTS (from Stórurð to Seyðisfjörður)

Beautiful Hike from Storurd to Bakkagerði and Seyðisfjörður, going through Breiðuvíkurskáli and Loðmundarfjarðarskáli, in the beautiful region of East Fjords in Iceland.

Both the camping of Bakkagerdi and the huts have cooking facilities, so you do not even need to bring your cooking equipment as I did (but you need to bring food!). The huts were 9500 ISK per night and the camping 2500 ISK, and 800 ISK extra to use the hut and cooking facilities. You can book the huts in:
https://www-ferdaf-is.translate.goog/index.php/skalar?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en

DAY 1 - Storurd to Bakkagerdi 16.9 km +735 m -728 m

I flew to Egilsstadir, where I checked the Reindeer museum, and hitchhiked to the beginning of the hike. I walked to Storurd, where Giant Boulders are scattered in the middle of blue waters coming from the Glaciers around, in the beautiful peaks of Dyrfjoll.
From Storurd I took the long route that goes to Bakkagerdi around Tindfell, but you can do a faster and more efficient route hiking back a little bit and following this trail: https://ca.wikiloc.com/rutes-senderisme/storurd-fra-bakkagerdi-78370352

I camped along the way, because it was getting late, and the ground was quite wet (end of spring) and I was tired already.

DAY 2 - finishing trail to Bakkagerdi. 10 km +191m -732m

Next day I just kept going to Bakkagerdi, 10 more km, that is actually a more convenient place to sleep that the one I did. I saw torrent ducks in the river, and I just missed the raindeer for a moment, as some hikers saw them.

In Bakkagerdi I slept in ÁlftaBorg, the elfs palace camping. It´s a beautiful location, with the Álfta café, supermarket, a the KHB Brewery and Borgarfjordur, where I hitchiked to see the puffins very very close ;)

DAY 3 - Bakkagerdi to Bredavik - 17.26 km +832m -862m

Beautiful hike to Brúnavik, where there is a shelter hut. There were a lot of birds and a beautiful beach. Then I hiked to the Breidavik and I spend there the night having the hut for myself, just a luxury. I camped and used the hut as it was way cheaper. The beach is close (20 min) and wild, good to take a look at it.

DAY 4 - Bredavik to Lodmunfjordur - 26.61 km +1133m -1112m

Very beautiful day, pretty hard and long. If you have the time, I recommend you to sleep in Húsavik Hut.

I decided to take the unmarked trail that goes close to the Shark Mountain (Háukarlshaus). It was quite wet and was difficult to find a good trail. After crossing the first flat area, I think that the best trail is the one following the right side of the river, I discovered that a bit later on my hike.

This hike was very beautiful, with the fog, the surrounding mountains and the views of the sea. It's also hard and difficult in case it's bad weather or fog. From the pass there are beautiful views to Hvítserkur and all the surrounding valleys.

Then I descended to find the road to Húsavik hut and kept going up through a dirt road. From the top you descend to the valley in a long hike with amazing views of the Lodmundarfjordur fjord.

DAY 5 - Lodmundarfjordur hut to Eysafjordur - 21.24 km +706m -709m

It was a crew in the hut that were filming a documentary about the Eider ducks. It seems that in the bay they have the biggest colony of Eider ducks in Iceland. You will see this while hiking, and you will take the last ascent that is quite long, to descend to Seydisfjordur. If you are lucky you can hitchike the last 7km to town, but it´s not so many cars to be honest. Seydisfjordur is a beautiful town with cafés, and bars, and the camping is just next to the famous Seydisfjarkirkja.

I slept in the camping and next day I took the bus to the airport to fly back to Reykjavik.