19.12.2011
On 19 December we welcome the Yule Lad called Skyr Gobbler. His favourite is an Icelandic dairy product called skyr, which is similar to yogurt.
18.12.2011
Door Slammer comes to town on 18 December. He always made a lot of noise when he walked around, slamming doors and such, so people could hardly get any rest.
17.12.2011
Askasleikir (Bowl Licker) comes to town on 17 December. In the past, Icelanders ate from lidded wooden bowls that they sometimes kept under the bed or on the floor.
15.12.2011
Spoon Licker comes down from the mountains on 15 December. In the past he would sneak into the houses and lick the wooden spoon used to scrape the pots
14.12.2011
The third Yule Lad to come to town is Stúfur (Shorty). He is the smallest of the 13 brothers - a rare case of a lilliputian troll. (If there ever was a case to be made for troll therapy)
13.12.2011
The second was Gully Gawk, gray his head and mien. He snuck into the cow barn from his graggy ravine.
12.12.2011
The 13 Yule Lads were originally portrayed as being mischievous, or even criminal, pranksters that would steal from, or in other way harass the population (at the time mostly rural farmers). They all had descriptive names that conveyed their modus operandi.
28.9.2011
We are currently updating our website and working on adding our new tours.
22.9.2011
We still have available seats on our tour IH15 Horse Round Up - Víðidalstungurétt 27 Sept - 3 Oct
24.8.2011
We have published our departure for 2012.
19.7.2011
Looking for a last minute discount? Check out our Special Offers in the right upper corner.
21.6.2011
Although the Kjölur road has not been opened yet for public driving (as you can see on
this road map from today) Íshestar´s Kjölur group got a special permission from the authorities and made it to Hveravellir today.
20.6.2011
Íshestar offer a special discount, 10% off for last seats on IH-4 Diamond Cirlce Tour on August 13 departure.
9.6.2011
Special 10% discount for last seats on our 2011 departure. Contact us for more details.
27.4.2011
Did you dream of living of the land or becoming a farmer at some point in your life? Here is your chance to come to Iceland and live and work with an Icelandic farmer’s family. Join them in their daily chores and visit some interesting sights of the area.
19.4.2011
Íshestar offers a special discount for all June departures of IH-5 Snæfellsnes Tour and IH-7 Kjölur Tour.
12.4.2011
Marín Rún, a 13 years old daughter of Bryndís Einarsdóttir (finance) and Einar Þór Jóhannsson (stable manager), is in the latest issue of National Geographic for kids!
7.4.2011
The environmental awareness campaign Green April has been formally launched in Iceland and will last the whole of April. The aim of the campaign is to wake Icelanders up to environmental issues and introduce people to greener goods and services.
28.3.2011
NEW WINTER TOUR!
A DIFFERENT WEEKEND BREAK IN ICELAND
Riding Tour - Blue Lagoon - Gullfoss - Geysir - Northern Lights
To ride an Icelandic horse in the Icelandic nature is something you have
to do at least once in your life. It is the most authentic Icelandic
travel experience.
21.3.2011
We are very proud of our people who are on the verge of fame as actors!
Íshestar ´has´4 persons in the play 'Gaukur á Stöng' that is shown at Árnes in Gnúpverjahreppi.
17.3.2011
Í tilefni af Hestadögum í Reykjavík sem verða 28. Mars – 2.apríl verðum
við hjá Íshestum með kynningu á starfseminni og Hestadögum í Reykjavík ,
laugardaginn 19. mars á Ingólfstorgi milli 14:00 og 15:00.
16.3.2011
The Horse Breeders Association has opened a new web
www.icehorse-experience.is where
you can enjoy digital riding tours in Iceland, find information on the
Icelandic Horse, horse sellers and tour companies in Iceland.
7.3.2011
Today is a "Bun Day". It's the first day of three days running of celebration.
10.2.2011
Íshestar is now on Twitter - follow us @ishestarriding.
8.7.2010
Faboulus last minute offer on the last seats available on Countryside Riding Adventure, departure 19. July.
9.6.2010
Between June - October 2010 we are running a photo competition.
Please send your best Íshestar Riding Tour photos to steinunn@ishestar.is - subject: photo competition 2010.
3.6.2010
From our powerful nature to the streets of Reykjavík, Iceland is
literally bursting with energy like never before. That’s why now isn’t
a time to stay away, this is a time to get closer.
25.5.2010
It appears as though the eruption has finally ceased. No more ash in the air, just white clouds of steam and lovely weather with blue sky and 20°C in many parts of Iceland!
7.5.2010
We would just like to assure you again that all our summer tours are on
schedule. Although the eruption is still active at Eyjafjallajökull
glacier, the glacier around the eruption has melted so the risk of
floods from the eruption is over and the ash fall is limited to a small
area around the eruption.
19.4.2010
According to scientists the eruption in Eyjafjallajökull glacier is
slowing down and hopefully it will be over soon. The behaviour of the
eruption has changed and one of the crater is not active anymore. The
amount of ash has reduced substantially.
5.3.2010
We have a selection of self drive tours available.
For example short pre and post tours in
connection with all our riding tours from 2-4 days.
11.2.2010
Íshestar bjóða aftur upp á hina vinsælu ferð Drottning um stund, frábær dekurferð fyrir hressar og kátar hestakonur
17.12.2009
We are still working on our website. Therefore some information might
be missing momentarily, or a tour might be marked as sold out the
moment you wish to book.
9.11.2009
Have you always wanted to discover this magical, mysterious country?
To explore ice caps and volcanoes, and wallow in hot springs?
9.9.2008
We have now reached 1.000 fans on Facebook!! Thank you to all our
existing fans and to you who have not joined us yet, please do so :)
