VOLCANO ERUPTION ICELAND 2022: How to visit the Meradalir eruption site!

Everything you need to know for your visit to the new Meradalir eruption site of the Fagradalsfjall volcanic system on the Reykjanes peninsula of Iceland.
Join a trip to the first hours of a volcanic eruption - watch how new earth is being formed, and find out everything you need to know for your own visit to the erupting volcano

Helicopter flight to the eruption site:
We flew with Nordurflug. Price for a 45 minutes flight to the eruption site: 350 Euro per person. We just called upfront and made our reservation for the same day over phone. Helicopter flights offered by travelagencies are mostly about 500 Euros - book direct over the helicopter company.
https://helicopter.is/

Parking for the Volcano Hike:
Meanwhile there are two trails to the Meradalir eruption site.
Trail 1 is the trail we did - the trailhead starts right at Parking 1 ( coordinates: 63.866265, -22.316776 // link to parking position on google maps: https://goo.gl/maps/RyGTzxSPZXLKPEt67 )
Trail 2 starts at parking 2 and was not accessible at our time of visiting (coordinates 63.859576, -22.280164 // link to parking position on google maps: https://goo.gl/maps/114RzFDNBRQujnrs9 )
Once at the parking the trail is obvious, you can't miss it.
Meanhwile it seems like the parking is not for free anymore like at our time for traveling.

00:00 Intro to the volcano eruption
00:50 Finding out that a volcano erupted
02:50 Helicopter flight to the eruption site
05:58 Hiking to the eruption site - everything you need to know
09:36 Seeing the erupting volcano up close!
11:43 The volcano trail after dark

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