Vestmannaeyjar ATV Tour: Volcanoes and Puffins

Explore Vestmannaeyjar’s volcanic landscapes and puffin colonies on an exhilarating ATV tour. Discover breathtaking views and fascinating history with our expert guides.

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Elephant Rock - Hop on an ATV with us to discover the highlights of Vestmannaeyjar, including volcanic landscapes and puffins. Our journey begins by heading south along the island, where we’ll visit one of its most unique landmarks, the elephant-shaped rock known as “Elephant Rock”.
  • Storhofdi (Great Cape) - From Elephant Rock, we drive…
What's Included
  • Gloves
  • Helmets
  • Overalls
Additional Information

Explore Vestmannaeyjar’s famous duo: volcanoes and puffins. Known for its 1973 eruption and the world’s largest puffin colony, this island offers a unique adventure.
Join us on an ATV tour starting southward, where you’ll see the famous “elephant rock.” We’ll then head to Stórhöfði for stunning views of the island cluster. On clear days, you can even…

Location
Strandvegur 65
Strandvegur
Please be at our location about 20 - 30 minutes before scheduled departure time. We are just 2-3 min walk from the ferry Herjólfur. Just walk straight up from Herjólfur, we are at the corner at Strandvegur 65.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Jennifer_s
Sep 13, 2025
Outstanding! - Our guide, Victoria, was so kind and helpful. She explained everything clearly. When we stopped she gave us interesting information and even offered to take photos. The ride was exhilarating and the views were amazing!
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R9778utcindys
Sep 7, 2025
Super fun ATV tour of the island with Puffins!!! Yay! - WOW!!! This was one of the most FUN activities we did while in Iceland. Our small group tour ended up only being our family of 5 adults with our lively tour guide Victoria who was from Greece. We were fortunate that when we got to the Puffin nesting green cliffs on the south side of the island that there were 100s of adult puffins there. (Be sure to also stop in the Visitor Center/Puffin Rescue while in town!) Riding the ATVs off road and through the volcanic area was exhilarating with lots of twists and turns! ZOOOOOOOM! ;-) The views were of the volcanic area were surreal.
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Joeec1301ke
Aug 22, 2025
Excellent Tour - We saw hundreds of Puffins and even saw some Pufflings. The ATV ride was a blast through the volcanic area. Our guide Victoria was great.
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Amyww20dc
Aug 21, 2025
Awesome Excellent Amazing - What an awesome way to experience the island! The stop to view puffins was amazing. I could have watched them for hours! Riding the ATV to view the volcano was very fun as it was off road. The guides were excellent!
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Passenger52956195221
Aug 18, 2025
Memorable kindness - While ultimately we did not choose to use the Volcano ATV service, because of age and other limitations, we want to commend the owner for his graciousness and help. His kindness was a capstone to a wonderful visit to Iceland. Through his thoughtfulness we were treated to a memorable display of Puffins.
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3burch3
Aug 17, 2025
Amazing ATV tour - Our guide, Mar, was amazing! She is very knowledgeable about all the different aspects on this tour. Our tour took us to all the spots we wouldn’t be able to see on foot. The Elephant rock, the puffin colony, lava field, middle of a crater and the Stave church. Mar provided great information on each location. Highly recommend if you only have a day and want to see some of the highlights of the Westman Islands and learn a bit of their history. Thank you Mar for making our day (and Bill’s 60th birthday) a memorable one!!
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Maryey3370gc
Aug 15, 2025
You have to experience the Puffins! - This was a wonderful experience !! Our guild was wonderful as well. She is very knowledgeable of the island, puffins, and volcano areas. She explained how to drive the ATV while focusing on safety and environmental protocols. The Puffin encounter was amazing. They were right below us feeding their pufflings, going in and out of their burrows. Photos came out great! The volcano experience was great too.. testing our ATV skills and enjoying the amazing views! Highly recommend the Volcano ATV company!
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Carolyn_m
Aug 14, 2025
Best and most fun tour EVER!! - Most fun tour I’ve taken in a long time! Our guide (cute girl w glasses- sorry can’t remember her name)was OUTSTANDING. Professional and friendly, she made us feel comfortable riding our ATV’s (actually very easy!) and was extremely knowledgeable about the island and its wildlife . Definitely do the two hour tour and see the puffins as well as the volcano. Amazing scenery along the way!! Highly recommend this tour!!
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William_v
Aug 9, 2025
Really fun atv adventure - This company is great. The guide was really good and when our ship switched gears on departure time this company was able to accommodate us early. And we saw lots and lots of puffins!!!
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Oooitsja
Aug 5, 2025
Awesome Tour of the Island - The ATV tour was awesome. Our tour guide was really great and provided information about the sites and the island. People did get stuck sometimes on the ATV and she was quick to help out when that happened. I had my 6 year old ride with me with no issues. I will say that the tour is a little over 2 hours and there is no opportunity to use the restroom. So if you have kids be prepared.
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