Aerial view of Göltur farm above Hestvatn lake

About the farm

A house with history.

The house was built in 1962 as a farmhouse. A family ran a working farm on the land here until the late nineties, raising sheep and horses on the same slopes our guests now look out over.

It has been newly renovated, but it is still an old Icelandic farmhouse in feel — not a new build dressed up as one. We ask our guests to keep that in mind: this is a rare property to be able to rent, and treating it as such is part of what keeps it open.

The farm is family-owned, renovated by the family over the past twenty-five years. Our family also keep Icelandic horses on the land. They live freely, and there are wild sheep fenced into another part of the property.

The owners reserve the right to enter the land to look after the horses, do maintenance, or fish in the lake — discreetly, without disturbing your stay. Otherwise, the 700 acres are yours.

Icelandic horses on the Göltur farmland

The land

700 acres of private farmland.

Mountains, lake, open pasture and the family's Icelandic horses — all yours during your stay. As private as it gets in a country already short on crowds.

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