Visiting Iceland can be an exhilarating experience – but it’s even more exciting when you get to travel around the country on the back of an Icelandic horse. With the help of my local tour ...

Visitors can experience this for themselves and ride Icelandic horses like a Viking. Mr. Iceland is located only 20 minutes from Reykjavik and offers horse-riding tours and horseback riding lessons.

And because Reykjadalur is relatively close to Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, travelers who want a quick tour can see the sights without planning for a multiple-day excursion.

On the upside, I was riding an Icelandic horse, ... Reykjavik, in the southwest to the northeast corner of Iceland 200 miles away, crossing ice cold rivers, lava fields and snow banks.

In Skagafjordur, family-run Horses and Tours offers trips to the Skrapatungurett horse roundup and Audkulurett sheep roundup, while Riding Iceland has a four-day trip to Laufskalarett, the largest ...