Guesthouse Dyngja

Name: Guesthouse Dyngja
Address: Höfn

Six rooms with private bathrooms and kitchen corners on Hafnarbraut, Höfn

Best forRing Road travellers sleeping after JökulsárlónFamilies who want a private bathroom and kitchen cornerPhotographers heading to Vestrahorn at first light

Höfn, Höfn

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About this stay

This guesthouse provides a welcoming base for families and couples exploring Höfn and its surroundings. Each room is designed for comfort and convenience, featuring a private bathroom and a well-equipped kitchen, perfect for preparing your own meals. The outdoor spaces are a real highlight, with a charming garden and a terrace where you can relax. There are also dedicated outdoor dining and picnic areas, making it easy to enjoy the fresh air. The shared kitchen and barbecue facilities add to the communal feel, while free private parking ensures a hassle-free stay.

Six rooms, each with a private bathroom
Fridge and microwave in every room
About 80 km, roughly an hour, from Jökulsárlón
Vestrahorn and Stokksnes about 15 km east
Garden, terrace and free parking
Check-in 16:00 to 21:00, no front desk

Our take

Guesthouse Dyngja has just six rooms at Hafnarbraut 1 in Höfn, each with a private bathroom and its own kitchen equipment, so you can cook langoustine bought in town without queuing for a shared stove. I would book it as the night after Jökulsárlón, which is about 80 km west, roughly an hour on Route 1, with Vestrahorn and Stokksnes some 15 km east for the next morning. The Huldusteinn stone museum is a couple of minutes on foot. The catch is timing: there is no front desk, check-in runs from 16:00 to 21:00 and checkout is at 10:00, so it does not suit a late arrival after a long glacier day or a slow morning. It holds 9.1 across 815 reviews in our data.

✓Watch the 21:00 check-in cut-off: if you linger at Jökulsárlón and Diamond Beach at sunset, the hour's drive east can put you past it, so tell the hosts your arrival time.
✓Höfn is known for its humar, the local langoustine, landed fresh from about May to August; the town celebrates it with the Humarhátíð festival each summer, when rooms are scarcer.
✓Vestrahorn and the Stokksnes peninsula, about 15 km east, are on private land with an entrance fee paid at the café by the access road; go at low tide for reflections on the black sand.
✓With a kitchen in your room, stock up in Höfn: heading east, the next large supermarkets are in Egilsstaðir or Reyðarfjörður, a long drive through the Eastfjords.
✓Hornafjörður airport is about 12 minutes by car, useful if you fly back to Reykjavík instead of driving the south coast a second time.

Why we love it

Private kitchens in every room
Charming garden and terrace for relaxation
Family-friendly atmosphere
Easy access to hiking trails

Why guests love it
Dyngja is a small, self-run guesthouse rather than a hotel, and its six rooms are its whole offer: private bathrooms, a fridge and microwave in each, Wi-Fi, a garden and a terrace for long summer evenings. Families who book the larger rooms get a degree of independence that is rare on the Höfn stretch, where many guesthouses share bathrooms and a single kitchen. It sits within walking distance of the harbour restaurants, the stone museum and the Hornafjörður art museum, and walking trails along the shore start nearby. The trade-offs come from its size and model: no reception, a fixed evening check-in window and an early checkout. Reviews are consistently positive about cleanliness and the hosts' instructions; the hosts list English, Polish and Russian among their languages.

Guest reviews

4.6

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Guest score

4.6

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