Hi, great video. As someone is asking for info on this kind of travelling. I am happy to oblige. I live in Iceland, this is the sort of travelling I do within Iceland. There are rentals available where you can get slightly smaller cars for this sort of driving, Arctic Trucks for example. But I highly recommend that those without experience for this kind of driving contact companies that offer tours with the driver included. Mountain-Taxi or similar companies. The roads are usually marked as "Impassable" "Ófært" during the winter time, meaning that regular vehicles are not suited for driving further on the road. NOTE; The only car I would trust to go further on the road, is a fully modified 4x4, 38" tires minimum, with lower diffs and lockers and such and such. No stock 4x4 car can handle this kind of terrain. When on frozen ground with snow, then you can start to drive truly off road. If the ground is thawing out or is not frozen, please stay on the road, the soil and foilage is very fragile and does not recover so easily this far north in the world. If the road is marked as "Closed", "Lokað", then it is usually in late spring or early summer. This is because the spring and summer thaw is happening and the roads are truly dangerous and if driven on, it could lead to damaging the soil for decades. The rivers can rise suddenly and become uncrossable for most cars, The rivers and creeks can also rise and flood the roads quite suddenly and without warning. The soil underneath the road is also sand and gravel, which means it can absorb only so much water until it becomes unstable. Driving on roads in that condition can be dangerous and ruin the path of the road, water can begin to flow on the road in the tire track that the car leaves behind and that water can act as a knife into the road creating a large gap there. This can also happen during early winter or late fall, when the season is changing. The vast majority of the cars we use for offroading are privately owned and a large group of motor enthusiasts inhabit my small island. Me and my father drive a 44" tire Toyota Tacoma which has been seriously and carefully modified to handle this kind of terrain. If you are intent on trying this out, take your first step within an experienced group. The weather in Iceland can change from great to bad in only a few minutes. During winter, it can change from "Great" to "Not knowing which way to lean into the wind because it is blowing from all directions".And "I'm too scared to go out to take a piss because my dick would fall off in the freezing cold". Pray those weathers never join into one blizzard. The weather is especially shifty during winter in the interior of Iceland. This being said, please come again to my beautiful country during winter, it can be breathtakingly beautiful or it can literally take your breath away forever. Just take all necessary precautions... Best regards, Andri Freyr
We rented a Mitsu Pajero camper, and they told us that the highland roads are closed now, are those highland roads? When did you go on the trip? Some infos greatly appreciated, very nice video btw!
This is actually specially modified, privatey owned superjeeps that are mostly driving on glaciers and a really thick sheet of snow (rarely less than 2 meters / 7 ft thick). The rules ahd ethics one has to follow are strict and complicated to explain in writing. One has to know what he/she is doing before venturing out in this matter, especially because of how delicate the nature and vegitation is in the highlands. Even though everything looks a bit "out and about anyplace" I can assure everyone it's absolutely not the case. The route chosen has been carefully selected by personell that has done this many times before and know all the do's and dont's there are.
Fantastic Toyota and AT cars. Nice pictures. Awful music (heavy and psychodelic - should be classic music as beautiful as cars itself) I had to turn sound off during watching the video...
Un lugar impresionante, un día me gustaría hacer un viaje así!!!
Hi, great video.
As someone is asking for info on this kind of travelling. I am happy to oblige.
I live in Iceland, this is the sort of travelling I do within Iceland. There are rentals available where you can get slightly smaller cars for this sort of driving, Arctic Trucks for example. But I highly recommend that those without experience for this kind of driving contact companies that offer tours with the driver included. Mountain-Taxi or similar companies.
The roads are usually marked as "Impassable" "Ófært" during the winter time, meaning that regular vehicles are not suited for driving further on the road. NOTE; The only car I would trust to go further on the road, is a fully modified 4x4, 38" tires minimum, with lower diffs and lockers and such and such. No stock 4x4 car can handle this kind of terrain. When on frozen ground with snow, then you can start to drive truly off road. If the ground is thawing out or is not frozen, please stay on the road, the soil and foilage is very fragile and does not recover so easily this far north in the world.
If the road is marked as "Closed", "Lokað", then it is usually in late spring or early summer. This is because the spring and summer thaw is happening and the roads are truly dangerous and if driven on, it could lead to damaging the soil for decades. The rivers can rise suddenly and become uncrossable for most cars, The rivers and creeks can also rise and flood the roads quite suddenly and without warning. The soil underneath the road is also sand and gravel, which means it can absorb only so much water until it becomes unstable. Driving on roads in that condition can be dangerous and ruin the path of the road, water can begin to flow on the road in the tire track that the car leaves behind and that water can act as a knife into the road creating a large gap there. This can also happen during early winter or late fall, when the season is changing.
The vast majority of the cars we use for offroading are privately owned and a large group of motor enthusiasts inhabit my small island. Me and my father drive a 44" tire Toyota Tacoma which has been seriously and carefully modified to handle this kind of terrain.
If you are intent on trying this out, take your first step within an experienced group. The weather in Iceland can change from great to bad in only a few minutes. During winter, it can change from "Great" to "Not knowing which way to lean into the wind because it is blowing from all directions".And "I'm too scared to go out to take a piss because my dick would fall off in the freezing cold". Pray those weathers never join into one blizzard. The weather is especially shifty during winter in the interior of Iceland.
This being said, please come again to my beautiful country during winter, it can be breathtakingly beautiful or it can literally take your breath away forever.
Just take all necessary precautions...
Best regards,
Andri Freyr
Fantastic! I want a trip like this one in Iceland!
Just stumbled onto this Video.
You have a totally AWESOME place !! 👍👍👍
Great video .. Very much enjoyed it ! 😊😊
Wow very cool.. i have a kdj 120
Great video!
Will my Ford Fiesta be able to do this?
awesome!
We rented a Mitsu Pajero camper, and they told us that the highland roads are closed now, are those highland roads?
When did you go on the trip?
Some infos greatly appreciated, very nice video btw!
This is actually specially modified, privatey owned superjeeps that are mostly driving on glaciers and a really thick sheet of snow (rarely less than 2 meters / 7 ft thick). The rules ahd ethics one has to follow are strict and complicated to explain in writing. One has to know what he/she is doing before venturing out in this matter, especially because of how delicate the nature and vegitation is in the highlands. Even though everything looks a bit "out and about anyplace" I can assure everyone it's absolutely not the case. The route chosen has been carefully selected by personell that has done this many times before and know all the do's and dont's there are.
+Unnar Már
Not "superjeeps", they are superlandcruisers...
After watching this video, I realized I had to go to Iceland in winter rather than in summer!!!!!!
Super trip!
how wide is the tires?
GOOD video！👍😊😃❤️
v.nice
Fantastic Toyota and AT cars. Nice pictures. Awful music (heavy and psychodelic - should be classic music as beautiful as cars itself) I had to turn sound off during watching the video...
awesome !