Tour Dates Summer 2016

Tour Dates Summer 2016 The dates for our riding tours in summer 2016 are already online! If you would like to start planning for next year you find the dates on the tour pages. Next summer’s tours are about to fill up, please check out our availability list on the website here.

Tour Dates Summer 2016

The dates for our riding tours in summer 2016 are already online! If you would like to start planning for next year you find the tour dates here and the price list in SEK here!  

Eldhestar received award “The strongest in Iceland 2014”

Eldhestar received award “The strongest in Iceland 2014” Eldhestar ehf. has been recognised as one of Iceland’s strongest companies in 2014 by Creditinfo. Of 34.000 registered companies in Iceland, only 577 fulfill the strict criteria. Eligibility for the award requires the fulfilment of Creditinfo’s strict quality standards, professional requirements and in depth analysis. Eldhestar ehf. is amongst the 1,7% […]

New Shape of Hotel Eldhestar

New Shape of Hotel Eldhestar Our Hotel Eldhestar has already taken a new shape with the outer part of the new extension getting finished. The new part really looks spacious with plenty of possibilities in the near future! With electricity being installed we are now thinking of the interior design, looking forward to furnishing the new dining area, office and […]

Winter Training for Horses and Riders

Winter Training for Horses and Riders January is an exciting time in horsemanship in Iceland. Riding horses traditionally get a few months break, usually during autumn, and now arrive back at the stables where they are kept for the winter riding season. Horse owners look forward to spending their leisure time with the horses and take part in riding […]

New Winter Special Program

New Winter Special Program How about a short winter riding vacation in Iceland? Eldhestar has previously offered winter packages combining riding tours, practical and theoretical education in our modern, bright riding hall and a comfortable stay with delicious Icelandic specialties at our cozy eco-certified Country Hotel Eldhestar. We now offer our winter tour RIDING COURSE & […]

Christmas Show

Christmas Show Around mid December, the Icelandic “Jólasveinar” come me out of nearby mount Ingólfsfjall. In Iceland, Christmas is not only celebrated with the usual Red one arriving with the reindeer on Christmas day but also with 13 yule lads, who are actually Christmas trolls. The The first one arrives 13 days before Christmas and […]

Eldhestar Brochure 2015

Eldhestar Brochure 2015 Eldhestars new brochure for 2015 can now be downloaded on the website! Please click here. When the summer had come to an end with the sheep round up as last highlight of the season and most of our horses started their long winter vacation in the freedom of vast fields we were […]

Progress of Construction

Progress of Construction The last weeks have been unusually warm and it has not been snowing yet in our area, so the construction work at Hotel Eldhestar is going very well. The huge, water-filled hole in has disappeared quickly and was replaced with a solid foundation, and now the concrete floor of our new dining […]

Hotel Eldhestar received award for outstanding perfomance

Hotel Eldhestar received award for outstanding perfomance Hotel Eldhestar has received the award for an outstanding performance during the year 2014. This award is given to farms within Icelandic Farm Holidays and is based on guest reviews and special qualities. We would like to thank our guests for your positive feedback!

New Booking System

New Booking System Now we are working together with the specialist to put up a booking system on our website. This will be for the tours 1A and up to tour 6 to start with. At this moment it looks as if there is now availability, but that is not the case. Until it is […]

Construction Time!

Construction Time! We like to build at Eldhestar! Hotel Eldhestar is only 12 years old, built in 2002 and enlarged in 2005. Our new stable was opened in 2009, the guesthouse 2010 and the riding hall 2012. Last year we added one staff house. Now it is construction time again. Next spring our guests will enjoy […]

Summer Riding School

Summer Riding School The local horse-club “Ljúfur” offers riding courses for children every summer, operating a riding school at our stable in the evening. For the past three weeks, children as young as 5 years from Hveragerði and the area Ölfus have been learning the basics of riding on our gentle horses. The riding instructor Hugrún […]

The summer season begins!

The summer season begins! Some days ago participants on our last winter riding tour “Riding Tours and Riding Course” enjoyed a morning ride in sunny spring weather before returning to Denmark, and tomorrow we will welcome our first guests in this year’s summer season! They will be riding for 3 days in the fascinating landscape […]

Open Day at Eldhestar

Open Day at Eldhestar On April 5th, we welcomed many guests on the Open Day at Eldhestar which was part of the event “Secrets of the South”. The program included special offers for riding tours and accommodation, a horse show and free riding for children, which was very popular. Of course visitors are always welcome to […]

Staff Competition

Staff Competition Last Friday, March 28th, the first „Eldhestar Local” tölt competition took place in our new riding hall. The idea to this event came up after wintertraining had started in January and we thought it would be fun to train together for a tournament and also get some valuable feedback from judges about our […]

New Riding Trail

New Riding Trail Just before winter arrived again with heavy snowfall and storm (which of course did not keep our guests from riding), our „Handyman”  together with some neighbours finished hard work, and we are extremely happy about the result! So we proudly introduce a brandnew, excellent riding trail through the lava field close to […]

New Riding Tours!

New Riding Tours! Eldhestar’s location in one of the best riding areas in the country makes it easy to improve our tours and add new ones. The beautiful scenery of the south-western countryside offers a surprising variety in nature, which we would like our guests to experience on our half-day tours and day tours. As […]

Wintertraining

Winter training January is the month when horsemanship in Iceland comes to life. It has been a long tradition in Iceland that most riding horses get a long vacation in autumn.  These regular periods of total freedom with the herd on large fields are considered to be important to maintain the horse’s  physical and mental […]

Horseshoeing days at Eldhestar

Horseshoeing days at Eldhestar On November 8th and 9th the annual Icelandic horseshoeing days took place at our farm for the second time. Our stable and riding hall where well prepared for farriers from all over the country. The program included a workshop with teaching demonstration about hot shoeing, form changing on horse shoes and […]

Autumn at Eldhestar

Autumn at Eldhestar It is hard to believe we already have mid October! After a first glimpse of snow it feels almost like summer is back. Today is another beautiful, warm day with a palette of soft autumn colors laying upon the mountains and meadows surrounding our farm. Autumn can be a very nice season […]

Autumn at Eldhestar

It is hard to believe we already have mid October! After a first glimpse of snow it feels almost like summer is back. Today is another beautiful, warm day with a palette of soft autumn colors laying upon the mountains and meadows surrounding our farm. Autumn can be a very nice season for riding in […]