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19.12.2011
On 19 December we welcome the Yule Lad called Skyr Gobbler. His favourite is an Icelandic dairy product called skyr, which is similar to yogurt.
18.12.2011
Door Slammer comes to town on 18 December. He always made a lot of noise when he walked around, slamming doors and such, so people could hardly get any rest.
17.12.2011
Askasleikir (Bowl Licker) comes to town on 17 December. In the past, Icelanders ate from lidded wooden bowls that they sometimes kept under the bed or on the floor.
15.12.2011
Spoon Licker comes down from the mountains on 15 December. In the past he would sneak into the houses and lick the wooden spoon used to scrape the pots

14.12.2011
The third Yule Lad to come to town is Stúfur (Shorty). He is the smallest of the 13 brothers - a rare case of a lilliputian troll. (If there ever was a case to be made for troll therapy)

13.12.2011
The second was Gully Gawk, gray his head and mien. He snuck into the cow barn from his graggy ravine.

12.12.2011
The 13 Yule Lads were originally portrayed as being mischievous, or even criminal, pranksters that would steal from, or in other way harass the population (at the time mostly rural farmers). They all had descriptive names that conveyed their modus operandi.

28.9.2011
We are currently updating our website and working on adding our new tours.
22.9.2011
We still have available seats on our tour IH15 Horse Round Up - Víðidalstungurétt 27 Sept - 3 Oct
24.8.2011
We have published our departure for 2012.
19.7.2011
Looking for a last minute discount? Check out our Special Offers in the right upper corner.
21.6.2011
Although the Kjölur road has not been opened yet for public driving (as you can see on this road map from today) Íshestar´s Kjölur group got a special permission from the authorities and made it to Hveravellir today. 

20.6.2011
Íshestar offer a special discount, 10% off for last seats on IH-4 Diamond Cirlce Tour on August 13 departure.
9.6.2011
Special 10% discount for last seats on our 2011 departure. Contact us for more details.

27.4.2011
Did you dream of living of the land or becoming a farmer at some point in your life? Here is your chance to come to Iceland and live and work with an Icelandic farmer’s family.  Join them in their daily chores and visit some interesting sights of the area.

19.4.2011
Íshestar offers a special discount for all June departures of IH-5 Snæfellsnes Tour and IH-7 Kjölur Tour.
12.4.2011
Marín Rún, a 13 years old daughter of Bryndís Einarsdóttir (finance) and Einar Þór Jóhannsson (stable manager), is in the latest issue of National Geographic for kids!

7.4.2011
The environmental awareness campaign Green April has been formally launched in Iceland and will last the whole of April. The aim of the campaign is to wake Icelanders up to environmental issues and introduce people to greener goods and services.

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Udsagn

Yet another fantastic holiday with Íshestar. Again superb horses, guide , countryside, food etc! I just wish I could afford to return every year. 
Rider from UK - Northern Exposure Tour / June 19-26 2011