Iceland’s Southern Highlands, August 2025
Geraldine Westrupp, 4. April 2026
Photographing during Iceland’s summer months can be a little daunting due to the crowds of tourists thronging at every honeypot site such as waterfalls, black beaches, and glacial tongues! To escape from the madding crowd, a journey into Iceland’s wild Highland areas seems to be the perfect answer and is only really possible for maybe three months in the summer when the roads are clear of snow and the places to stay are open. Iceland’s Highlands offer remarkable locations for landscape photography, the stark, raw beauty of Europe’s last true wilderness.
In August 2025, WPH owners Martin Sammtleben and Geraldine Westrupp joined James Rushforth to lead our group through the wild, uninhabited region known as the Southern Highlands, the Fjallabak Nature Reserve. The itinerary is on the WPH website Here is a gallery of new images taken during this expedition. For me, there were so many stand-out magical moments that we shared together, which I believe is reflected in the enclosed images taken by members of our group en route. Big thanks to Fjallasýn from Northeast Iceland and Ari, our Icelandic driver/good friend, who drove our group impeccably throughout, even stopping to rescue a campervan we encountered during one of our many wild river crossings!
For more images and details see our Iceland’s Southern Highlands – Landmannalaugar, Þórsmörk & Fjallabak Nature Reserve The next departure will be 17 August 2026 and led by James Rushforth.
Geraldine & Martin