The Kjölur area lies between the Langjökull glacier in the west and the Hofsjökull glacier in the east, the glacial river Hvita in the south and river Seydisa in the north. In the east and the south are barren remnants from the Ice age, gray moraines, and low mountains decorate the otherwise plateau like landscape.
The distance between the Golden Waterfalls in the south and the first farm in the north is about 200 km.
We just about made a start on the route before the day was over. We decided to head for the mountain hut in Kerlingafjöll. We had just manage our first proper water crossing and it was raining pretty hard when we came across 3 cyclists that was a bit unsure of the way and had turned around at the second water crossing. They would have had a very long way to go to find other accommodation. We offered to give them a lift across the last river crossing and we all made it safe to the mountain hut.