Went to Núpshestar with my 7year old wich dreams of horses and she or I where not dissapointed.
Very nice welcome and the ride was great.
Along the river and great landscape had my girl smiling all day.
The guide Andrea was great answearing every question a 7year old can dream up.
Ended up after 2 hours wich is in my opinium is minimum getting the horses clean and ready for rest..
Great ride and great service😁

Near the beginning of our trip around "Ring Road", my 10-year-old daughter and I went on a very nice Icelandic horse ride with another company, but we didn't get to "tolt" (a particular gait that is unique to Icelandic horses). Since my wife and son did a different activity at that same time, we decided we would try to go again, this time all together. We had an opening on the very last full day of our trip. I saw that Nupshestar had great ratings, and so we called. Elwira, the owner, was glad to set us set up for a 2-hour ride in the late afternoon. She was so helpful on the phone, and also when we arrived, and so I was a bit disappointed when she turned us over to another person for the ride. But that didn't last long, because the person she turned us over to - Jenna - was absolutely delightful. She made sure we were taken care of the entire time. She looked back all the time to make sure we were doing good, and smiled and talked with us a lot. She led us in "tolting" many times during the trip, which was amazing. I loved the geography of the area, too, with a great view of the Hekla volcano (with Eyjafjallajökull in the distance). We even saw some beautiful swans as we rode near the Olfusa River. At the end of our trip, another person, Andrea - equally kind and helpful as the other two people - got us some refreshments and took our very reasonably-priced payment.
This was a super way to end our vacation.

We came to Iceland on a family once in a lifetime trip. We have a full itinerary of activities and one that was planned was this horseback riding excursion. There are 9 of us in our group, 4 adults and 5 teenagers. We had a reservation for 11:00am, and when we arrived everything was ready for us. All the horses were saddled up, and with a great tutorial from Elvira, which included very interesting information about Icelandic horses, we were ready to meet our horses and get riding. The ride lasted over an hour and took us along the river with swans in the background. All of this with mountains and volcanoes as a backdrop, it couldn’t have been better! Our group had a lead rider and a rider in the back to keep us all together. At a few points during the ride we were able to trot the horses which was exciting! All of the horses were so friendly, apparently we were told that these horses in Iceland like to be with other horses, so they all kept together. The lead rider told us when she goes riding by herself, she has to bring 2 other horses along so she can go farther. Otherwise her horse won’t leave the barn without the company of the other horses! There are also no natural predators to these horses, so they have amazing trust. They have strict rules that protect these horses, which include exporting them too, so if you want to get one, it is nearly impossible to do.

If you are ever in Iceland near Selfoss, and love horses, you won’t be disappointed booking here