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About Keldunes
The original Keldunes farm is only in short distance south from Keldunes which is one of 6 farms in
the district of Kelduhverfi. Our house is
fascinating two storey stone built house (180m2)
originally from 1920 but was enlarged in the 1950.
Facilities
The house has recently been renewed. We offer
accommodation in 6 double rooms with hand basin in
each room and 2 small cottages that accommodate 2
persons each. The cottages are
fully
furnished with private bathroom.
Other facilities in the guesthouse is large lounge
that can also be used as salon, cooking facilities,
laundry room
with washing machine, bathroom with showers
and an
outside hot
tub available for all guests. On the
second floor of the guesthouse you can walk out to a
big balcony with
barbeque
grill and a
panoramic view over Skjálftavatn (lake)
famous for
its birdlife. Attached to the house is an old hay
barn that has been turned into hot tub area with
showers.
Nature and bird
watching
Skjláftavatn (lake) is close by to Keldunes. The
lake dominates all the surrounding areas where you
can discover amazing
bird life as
well as beautiful panoramic views over the lake,
which was formed in earth tremors in the
early 1970s. The river Jkulsá
flows from
Skjálftavatn and the lake is the perfect place to
see seals. Tjörnes on the other hand is ideal place
to see cliff birds.
Fishing, hunting and shooting.
At Keldunes there is the possibility of going both
hunting (shooting) and angling fishing. Consider
that Keldunes is the perfect location for anglers of
all skill levels, fishing in Litlaá, since our lodge
is located within a stone's throw from the best
fishing spots of the river.
Meals and refreshments
We offer upon
request, meals, refreshments, and to prepare
tasty backpacking
food for hikers, fisherman's and other
guests.
Location
Keldunes is
located in northeast of Iceland in district called
Kelduhverfa. We are located by road nr. 85 that goes
between Húsavk and Kópasker.
Keldunes guesthouse is an ideal place to
base yourself while you
discover northern part of
Iceland.
There are only 12 km. to the National Park
Jkulsárgljfur where you can visit
Ásbyrgi,
Hljakletta, Hólmatungu and Dettifoss. You find a
small supermarket in
Ásbyrgi and only 3 km from
there is the swimming pool Lundur with natural hot
seawater.
Keldunes is a small farm community in Kelduhverfi county
and is a world apart. The district is demarcated by
natural boundaries, by the majestic Jkulsá
á
Fjöllum to the east, the Mývatn wilderness to the
south, a mountain range to the west and the ocean to
the north. In its proximity are the so-called
Keldunesbrunnar, a large cold spring area at the
edge of the edge of a lava field to the south.
In Keldunes district there can be seen evidence of
recent volcanic activity. Subsidence is common, with
one outstanding example being the
Skjálftavatn
lake (e. Quake Lake), which was formed
subsequent to the series of earthquakes that
occurred in the winter of 1975 -
1976. Before the soil
surface was characterized by sand and gravel.
History
Keldunes was the official judicial assembly place of
the county and the birthplace of the country's first
Icelandic governor, Skúli Magnusson (1811-94.
He was the pioneer and founder of the first woolen
processing factories (Innrettingar) in the Reykjavik
Area, the fighter for trading rights for his people
agains the Danish Trade Monopoly. His whole
life he was constantly involved in disputes and
litigations. He was a reliable friend and a
good writer, who left behind various documentations.
The farmer at Keldunes shortly after the turn of the
17th century had a child with his sister
in law and came to an agreement with an other man to
father the child. This arrangement did not
prevent his death sentence at the Parliamentary
Plains in 1705. He refused the offer of a
petition to the king for his pardon and expressed
three wishes, which were granted before he was led
to the chopping block. He was permitted to
walk unchained to his executioner, his clothes were
given to the poor instead to the executioner and he
was buried in consecrated ground. Shortly
afterwards his mother of the illegimate child was
drowned in the Keldunes Area.
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