Great location with a fab view. Free parking but have to pay to walk around the crater. The path is not maintained so crampons were required to walk around and down the crater. Really recommend þrastalundur as a lunch or dinner stop afterwards! Friendly staff with AMAZING food at low prices!

Kerið Crater was one of our Golden Circle stops, and we had a really wonderful time visiting. The parking lot is quite busy and it's important to note that the 400 ISK entrance fee is per person, and not per car as I had originally thought. This was my only complaint as most natural attractions in Iceland are free and only charge a parking fee. Nevertheless, the trails are quite lovely and easy to follow. There is a trail around the rim at the top, and a staircase that leads you closer to the lake. Both are fairly undemanding and I would definitely recommend taking the staircase for better views of the lake. The crater is 6500 years old, which is absolutely incredible.

Kerið is 70 km from Rejkavik. It takes you a little over an hour to get there. The tour of the crater is done quickly, between 1 and 2 km. To do if it's on your route. Don't go there on purpose. Entrance costs 500 crowns per person.

2024-March We passed by here as part of our self-drive Golden Circle tour. There were lots of parking spaces on the gravel. There was a minor fee at the opening of the entrance. It is nice to be this close to an inactive volcano. The ground from the entrance to the top of the side of the crater is less than a minute's walk on a wooden & concrete path. You can go down the steps if you want a closer look. This is a good photo opportunity! Bring your selfie stick so you can get a photo high up and capture the inside of the crater. I didn't see a restroom. Hope this review helped you in any way. 👍 Have fun!!!

Inactive volcano , erupted about 6500 years ago and exhausted its volcanic magma reservoir. Located in southern Iceland, about 1.5 hours drive from capital city Reykjavik . You can walk around the crater via a path. Entrance fee at 500 krona (about usd3.6)

A beautiful crater to visit. Located directly along the main road with its own parking facility. You do have to pay for admission, by the way. You can walk around the entire crater and down to the water. The colors are beautiful and the place is impressive. Nice to stop for a while.

Must see stop! The view from up there is great for all around the area and the crater. You do pay an entry fee so consider that. It was a little busier than I expected but manageable. You can walk the perimeter of the top of the crater. Its is not too challenging or a very long walk. You can also take stairs down next to the water at the bottom of the crater. We didn’t do that as we were sore from other stairs earlier in the day. But it is possible. Water was a really pretty color in the crater.

Kerið is a volcanic crater lake located in the Grímsnes area in south Iceland, along the Golden Circle. It is one of several crater lakes in the area, known as Iceland's Western Volcanic Zone. It is now believed that Kerið was a cone volcano which erupted and emptied its magma reserve. Once the magma was depleted, the weight of the cone collapsed into the empty magma chamber. The current pool of water at the bottom of the crater is at the same level as the water table and is not caused by rainfall. It was the only site requiring paid admission: Land owners charge an entrance fee to see the crater of 600 ISK per person (as of June 2024). See pic. For scale and scope note the tiny little ant-like people walking on the rim and down the path to the left. It's huge!

Easy parking. It was necessary to pay 500kr per person to visit. It is possible to walk around the crater and come down to it. Another beautiful place in Iceland, which makes us imagine what the moment was when this place erupted; nevertheless, if there is a short time, it is not a stop that you consider mandatory. In our case, we passed there because we were doing the Golden Circle (Parque Thinvellir, Geysir and Gullfoss) and, as we were going to overnight in Selfoss, it was on the way. It doesn't take long to visit.

There is a small fee to enter this place, but it is worth checking out. This is a large volcanic crater filled with blue-green water. You can hike along the top, all the way around the crater. Then you can descend to the water's edge and do the loop again at the bottom. Great place for photo opps! But don't lose your footing because the walls are steep and the paths are pretty narrow in places.