Cape Ingolfshofdi is an isolated headland on the coast half way between Skaftafell in Vatnajokull National Park and Jökulsárlón ice lagoon. This historical nature reserve is home of thousands of nesting seabirds, like puffins and great skuas. The cape is named after the first settler of Iceland, Ingolfur Arnarson, who spent his first winter in Iceland there in the year 874 AD.

To get to Ingólfshöfði we cross 7 km of waters, marshes, and sands in a tractor-drawn hay cart. The drive takes about 30 minutes each way, so we spend about 1 1/2 hour hiking around the cape. The tractor driver from the nearby farm becomes the tour guide, tells stories and explains the birdlife, and leads the guests safely through the nesting grounds on the cape.

The circle we hike around the nature reserve is 2-3 km long. In the beginning we need to walk up a steep sand slope, and then through rocky terrain, but then it gets easier, mostly hiking on flat grassland and we make many stops along the way.

We don't recommend that people participate in the open departure Ingólfshöfði Puffin Tour unless they can do this hike without too much difficulty, but on the private tour we can often improvise more.

The timing would have to be chosen by us, since we do not want to have two parties hiking around the puffin colonies at the same time. So we would be the only people leaving on that departure time, although another group from us might be leaving the nature reserve when we get there, or arriving when we leave. We are happy that the land owner allows only our company to transport visitors across the Hofsnes Sand Flats to get to the nature reserve Ingólfshöfði so we can be sure we are the only tour out there at each time. So we can therefore be there with just one party at a time, although we might see some other people in the beginning or end of the visit. (Of course some of the local neighbours that have sheep there have some business there sometimes, and they can go as they please). We can go on unbooked departure times Mondays-Saturdays at 9:00, 11:45, 14:30 or 16:00, or even 19:45 in evening, or 7:30 in the morning.