Voladalstorfa
Voladalstorfa is a landscape in North Iceland, Iceland — about 484 km from Reykjavik and reached by a straightforward drive from the nearest highway turnoff. Shoot it during the summer window, when light, road status, and crowd levels line up for photography, then use the GPS coordinates, parking notes, and nearby waypoints below to fold this stop into a longer photography route.
Overview
A bird viewpoint in Tjörneshreppur Iceland. "Voladalstorfa" is about 12 kilometers (8 miles) from Husavik.
As a photography stop, Voladalstorfa is a landscape in North Iceland, roughly 484 km from Reykjavik, reached by a straightforward drive from the nearest highway turnoff. Plan the shoot during the summer window, when light, road status, and crowd levels line up for photography. The downloadable Landscape map pins exact GPS coordinates, parking, and nearby waypoints so you can fold it into a wider route instead of hunting for the pull-off on arrival.
Voladalstorfa is one waypoint of many — you can load the Iceland landscape photo map before you leave signal.
Notes on this location
Compiled from published sources rather than a visit. Sources are listed below.
The outermost tip of Tjörnes, north of Húsavík, about fifteen minutes on foot, giving close views of a nesting puffin colony.
- The walk
- A 15 minute hike to the outermost tip of Tjörnes
- Puffins
- The birding trail describes close, good views of puffins at a nesting colony
- Also here
- Black guillemot is relatively common beneath the cliffs
- From the second source only
- A travel account describes the walk ending at a bright orange lighthouse with a small unfenced viewing area, above cliffs of about 60 m. The official birding page mentions none of this — treat the drop as unprotected
- Not in the sources
- Neither page gives a best season or describes trail conditions
An unfenced edge above a 60 m drop with birds coming in below it is the whole risk and the whole appeal in one sentence. Puffins here are approached on foot in a quarter of an hour rather than by boat, which makes this one of the cheaper colonies to reach — and one where where you put your feet matters more than where you put the camera.
SourcesTjörnes and Kelduhverfi — Birding Trail Iceland, Where to search for puffins in Iceland — Meandering Wild
Light & aurora at this spot
Calculated from this location’s coordinates (66.190, -17.171). Iceland stays on UTC year-round, so these are local times.
- Summer
- Midnight sun in June — the sun does not set, so golden light runs for hours either side of midnight.
- Winter
- December: only 2.8 h of daylight (11:41–14:26), but the sun never climbs above 0.5° — the entire day is golden hour. Sunrise bears SSE, sunset SSW.
- Aurora
- Aurora-grade darkness Sep–Mar, peaking at 13.1 h a night in December. Not possible Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug — the sky never gets dark enough.
Bar height is daylight hours. Months marked • have enough astronomical darkness for aurora; the rest do not.
Questions & answers
Voladalstorfa is a landscape in North Iceland, Iceland, approximately 484 km from Reykjavik. Exact GPS coordinates are included in the downloadable Landscape map.
The recommended season for Voladalstorfa is Summer. For light, plan around blue hour and the first hour after sunrise; Iceland's long shoulder-season twilight extends usable conditions on either side.
Drive access. A standard rental car works in most seasons; check road status in winter before committing. The downloadable GPS map puts the waypoint on your phone; your own app routes you to it from wherever you are.
Voladalstorfa is best visited during Summer. Outside that window, expect limited access, weather closures, or significantly different photographic conditions.