What to do and see in Westfjords Region, Iceland: The Best Nature & Wildlife Tours

Shore Excursions and Short Walks in small groups! My most popular Walk is Ísafjördur Walk (2 hr): Our guide, dressed as a woman from the 19th century, takes you on a walk through the city and up to the slopes above Ísafjörður. On the way you will visit interesting places and receive information on history and culture and hear a lot of stories about elves, trolls and other beings. Other Walks into the nature: Plants (3 hr), Geology (3 hr) and Nature Walk to a beautiful waterfall (5 hr). Culinary experiences as Please Taste (3,5 hr) and Culinary Explorations (2 hr). Private Tours in the environment.

Iceland BackCountry Travel offers tours in highly modified superjeeps driven by native Icelanders. Sightseeing tours, arctic fox and other wildlife photo safaris, northern lights tours, glacier tours, ice fishing for trout, hikes, backcountry skiing. Tours from 3-4 hours and up. Customized tours available. Price varies by tours available.

We offer horse riding tours in Isafjordur. We take pleasure in introducing people from all over the world to the wonders of the Icelandic horse and the beautiful area of Westfjords. Our tours have been designed so that everyone can join us for a ride they find suitable to their skills.

We operate various day tours in the Westfjords region. Most popular are our super jeep & hiking tours from Isafjordur. We offer both scheduled and private departures for individuals and groups. We are also experts at self drive, guided & customised holiday packages in the Westfjords and all around Iceland.

We are a small family buisness in the Westfjords that hopes to make your trip memorable. Come sea angling with us on one of the most beautiful fjords in Iceland. We will enjoy the salty sea breeze, watch the birdlife on the fjord, catch some fish and if we are lucky we might see some whales while we are on route. Our tours are from Bíldudalur harbour available all year, depending on weather.

There are three urban centres in Vest­ur­byggð Urban Area: Bíldu­dalur, Birki­melur and Patreks­fjörður. Vest­ur­byggð is in Barða­strönd County together with Tálkna­fjörður Rural District (see map). Approx­ima­tely 1.300 resi­dents live in the area. Chief occupation is comm­ercial fishing and fish processing.

Founded in 1993, West Tours is a well established travel and tour operator. Explore the beautiful Westfjords region with us on one of our many tours that include hiking, sailing, whale watching, kayaking, horse riding, biking and more. We are specialists in planing and operating tours to and in the Hornstrandir Nature Reserve. We offer tailor made tours for each group as well as scheduled tours for individual travelers.

Bed and breakfast and tour operator in the Westfjords of Iceland. We propose tours focusing on nature and animal themes and some hikes in the Hornstrandir.