Krauma baths at Deildartunguhver
Five hot pools and a cold one filled from a boiling spring, daily 11:00–21:00, 7,900 ISK adult, children under 13 for 500 ISK; 33 minutes from Borgarnes.
By supjourney editorial team · published 1 November 2026 · facts checked 1 November 2026 · 2 min read
Krauma is the bath to pair with a day in the Borgarfjörður valleys: six small pools beside the Deildartunguhver hot spring on road 50, five warm and one cold, filled with spring water that the operator says is cooled through heat exchangers rather than mixed with chemicals. It suits a family (children under 13 pay 500 ISK), a Ring Road traveller sleeping in Borgarnes, and anyone coming back cold from the Langjökull ice tunnel. It is small: six pools and a relaxation room, not a lagoon.
The figures, read today on krauma.is: open daily 11:00 to 21:00, with 11:00 to 16:00 on 24 and 31 December and closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Adults 17 and over 7,900 ISK, teens 13 to 16 4,160 ISK, children 0 to 12 500 ISK, seniors 67+ and disabled guests 5,790 ISK. Towels and swimwear rent for 1,400 ISK each, bathrobes for 1,800 ISK. There is a winter pass valid from 1 October to 31 March for 42,000 ISK. The operator gives the distance from Reykjavík as 97 km.
The arithmetic
The nearest sleep town on the ledgers is Borgarnes, on the seven-day and ten-day Ring Road journeys. Borgarnes to Krauma is 36 km and about 33 minutes each way by OSRM on OpenStreetMap. Krauma publishes no suggested stay; this page allows 90 minutes. With 66 minutes of driving and a 15-minute buffer, it costs a Borgarnes evening about 170 minutes. On a day that goes on to Húsafell for Into the Glacier or Víðgelmir, Krauma is on road 50 between them and the detour shrinks to the stop itself.
What goes wrong
Not much beyond crowding and the hours: 21:00 closing means a winter evening soak ends before the late aurora window. The spring next door is boiling; stay on the boardwalk and keep children's hands on the rail. The cancellation terms for bookings are in the booking system rather than on the pages read today, so check them before paying.
Alternatives on the same road
Hraunfossar and Barnafoss are further up the same valley on road 518 and free. In Borgarnes itself the municipal pool is cheaper still. For a lagoon on the Snæfellsnes side, there is none comparable; the next large bath going north is Forest Lagoon by Akureyri.
Sources
Krauma's English home page (prices, location, description) and opening-hours page, read 1 November 2026; drive by OSRM on OpenStreetMap.
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The arithmetic
- Time needed
- 1.5–2 h
- Adds to a driving day
- 2 h 50 min, door to door
- Price
- Mid cost — Adults 17+ 7,900 ISK, teens 13–16 4,160 ISK, children 0–12 500 ISK, seniors 67+ and disabled 5,790 ISK; towel or swimwear rental 1,400 ISK, bathrobe 1,800 ISK (krauma.is, read 2026-11-01).
- Season
- All year, daily 11:00–21:00; 24 and 31 December 11:00–16:00; closed 25 December and 1 January
- Book ahead
- Online booking offered; same day is usually fine outside summer
- Best time
- Late afternoon on the way back from Húsafell or Hraunfossar
- From
- Deildartunguhver
- Checked
- 1 November 2026
What this page adds
A 170-minute ledger cost from Borgarnes, the nearest Ring Road sleep town (a 90-minute planning allowance, a 36 km, 33-minute drive each way by OSRM on OpenStreetMap, a 15-minute buffer) — and a family-of-four price computed from today's list: 2 × 7,900 + 2 × 500 = 16,800 ISK with two under-13s.
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