For most of the year the Icelandic highlands are locked under snow, but in late summer a short window opens to explore this remote, otherworldly wilderness. ByDavid Nikel, Senior Contributor. Forbes ...

Kerlingarfjöll Highland Base, tucked deep in Iceland’s remote highlands, offers a rare kind of winter sports terrain, one ...

As I arrive at Highland Base by helicopter in August, the main hotel appears in the distance as a jagged sliver of blond wood dropped into a sprawling expanse of glacial mountainside. On approach, the ...

Friend In Iceland, a luxury Icelandic tour provider, is now including cabin accommodations with its popular Classic Stops & the Highlands tours. With a newly-renovated cabin in Myrkholt, Iceland ...

We were in the middle of nowhere, between the harsh volcanic desert of Kjölur and the rugged peaks of Kerlingarfjöll when the weather turned from bad to worse. It was impossible to see the track, so ...

Ravaged by extreme weather and volcanic activity, the highlands of Iceland are all but barren in parts. But the region has a "desolate beauty" that has long stirred imaginations and inspired myth and ...

My horse knows the land better than I, so I loosen the reins and let her lead our way across Iceland’s southern highlands. Single file, our small group from Íshestar trots toward the row of mossy ...