Lava Centre Exhibition: Iceland's Volcanic Wonders

Experience the Lava Centre in Iceland, an interactive exhibition that explores the birth and growth of the country as a volcanic island. Interact with volcanoes, feel earthquakes, and witness the latest eruptions in a captivating movie.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Lava Centre - At LAVA Centre is a high-tech, interactive volcano and earthquake exhibition. It is the most awarded exhibition in Iceland. It tells the story of Iceland and explains why it is so active. It goes into details on the different volcanoes and types of volcanoes. A replica of the hot spot under Iceland (Magma plume) and a earthquake…
What's Included
  • Information on Iceland’s geology in the reception area
  • Exhibition access
  • Cinema access
  • Option to combine Exhibition and Cinema
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Transportation to/from attractions
Additional Information

Discover the formation and development of Iceland, one of the largest volcanic islands in the world, at the cutting-edge Lava Centre exhibit. Over the course of millions of years, volcanic eruptions along the North Atlantic Ridge submarine have contributed to its rise. The magma up-flow beneath these rifting segments has grown in volume due to the…

Location
Hvolsvöllur
Departure Point: The Lava Centre Address: Austurvegur 14, Hvolsvollur, Iceland 63.7546735, -20.2372402 Directions: • Only 1 hour and 20 minutes from Reykjavík along Route 1 • Take Bus 52: https://www.straeto.is Dates: Daily Return point: Returns to original departure point
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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2tropicstravelers
Nov 23, 2024
Excellent and worth the stop - Excellent museum, very informative and powerful. Worth a stop. We spent just under an hour to watch the film and go through the different rooms. Exhibits were very well done and we learned a lot about the geology and evolution of the island.
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Lorriep642
Nov 10, 2024
Excellent - Very interesting self-guided tour. Front desk staff very friendly and knowledgeable. Displays made it fun and we learned a lot
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Elton38
Oct 25, 2024
Nice experience - Family visit with my 7 year old son. Great interactive and fun experience. The tour lasts from 1h to 1:30 with the exhibition and the film. But flee the horribly expensive shop.
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Tanya
Sep 15, 2024
Well worth a visit - I was fortunate to visit during a quiet time. The centre had interactive activities and fascinating information about volcanoes and earthquakes in Iceland. The film was very interesting and showed the explosive nature of volcanoes. Cafe and gift shop on site. Looking at the surrounding volcanoes from the viewing platform really made you think about how restless the land in Iceland is.
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Reedmangreg
Aug 31, 2024
Great Activity on a Rainy Day! - We did a Lava Show in Vik a day prior to coming here so I didn't know what to expect and was for a moment concern that we may be repeating a similar experience - though it was a completely different one here - where Lava Show focused on the "lava melting experiment" this Lava Centre focuses on the natural phenomenon as it occurs all over the world, and of course Iceland in particular due to its uniqueness. As people said here, really cool interactive exhibitions - some work better than the others but still cool, and they are of a pretty big scale - my favorite was the sound of the earthquake, felt like I am watching the move Interstellar :) The tickets sale as a bit weird - there are 2 choices, 1 basic for just the moment and then 2 more expensive package for the access to the interactive area - funny enough you don't get any tickets, nor a bracelet or anything, nor does anyone check it when you enter the exhibitions area... basically felt like an honor system so do the right thing!
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Johan1994
Oct 22, 2024
Beautiful museum - Interesting experience with lots of explanations about the types of volcanoes. Fairly fun and easy to understand. The film is very beautiful. Price a bit high though.
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Williamsm29hu
Sep 24, 2024
Tour Activity - Unless you are on a tour or a bit lacking in things to do, it isn’t worth the drive to stop here. If you are on a tour and stop here, you’ll learn a bit about volcanoes including, in particular, those in Iceland. It’s a bit interesting though seeing volcanoes on video isn’t nearly as good as seeing actual steam vents, hot pots, geysers, etc. There’s some technical information but, overall, it wasn’t very interesting.
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Benedictew2019
Nov 5, 2024
Fair because no volcano erupting - I paid more than the price on trip advisor and I find it a lot compared to what there is to see and do. It is well done and interesting but excessive. Nice movie about volcanoes lying on fat boys
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Lisalockwood22
Oct 10, 2024
Ok - It was interesting. I don’t think you need to buy advanced tickets. I think we were there for about an hour. We stopped on our way back to Reykjavik. They have a gift shop and bathrooms.
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Am930
Sep 28, 2024
Really not worth a stop. - Usually bad reviews are not so bad afterwards, but here I unfortunately have to join most reviews; Way too expensive for a quite short-term experience. The explanation is interactive, but largely fairly difficult to follow. This museum in Hvolsvollur was the least of our experiences on Iceland. You can really spend your spare time on Iceland elsewhere.
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