Skálatjörn guesthouse
Welcome to Skalatjörn Guesthouse
Experience the real Icelandic countryside with Skálatjörn, a little family hotel located on a serene and quiet goat farm in
Skálatjörn, Iceland. This farm stay offers comfortable accommodations complete with free Wi-Fi, views of the most famous volcanoes in Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull and Hekla, and close to attractions. Skálatjörn is perfect for travelers who love nature, animals, and the calming countryside. Your lovely and welcoming hosts, Helena and Stefan, will make you feel at home and will tend to your needs to make your stay the best possible. Meet their friendly goats and furry friends that live on the farm, it is truly a great place to stay for your Icelandic vacation.
Helena and Stefan have amazing hospitality and uniqueness. Staying on this farm you will have the pleasure of meeting their friendly goats, dogs, and cats. Nature lovers will love this accommodation as the surroundings are picturesque and full of serene ambiance. You will feel a bit isolated but still close enough to attractions, activities, and grocery stores. Helena and Stefan´s excellent online reviews with nothing less than 5 stars show how happy past guests have been with their stay. The guest´s rating on booking.com is 9.4.
Accommodation
Helena and Stefan’s comfortable house was built in 2006 and is fully modern. They enjoy having people at their own house and offer two bedrooms equipped with two single beds and free Wi-Fi is also available. If you want to stay in a
cozy apartment they also offer one apartment above the stable with stunning views of Hekla volcano and Eyjafjallajökull volcano, equipped with 2 double beds, 1 sofa bed. This apartment is good for a small family with kids. They also have six studio apartments equipped with a private bathroom, kitchenette with microwave, stovetop, and beautiful views of the mountains.
Your hosts, Helena and Stefan, are proud goats farmers that moved from Reykjavik city in 2014 after living there for the past 30 years before deciding to move to the countryside. Helena worked as a teacher and hairdresser with her own salon. Stefán worked as a carpenter and bricklayer. They look forward to welcoming their guests and give them a touch of what it is like to live in the countryside. Your hosts will make you feel at home, comfortable, and safe. We’d love to have you visit us.
Skalatjorn works towards protecting the population of goats in Iceland and has the ambition to maintain the goat as a farm animal in Iceland
Helena likes to receive guests. We will go into the area of goats inside if there is a bad weather and I’ll tell you about the history of Icelandic goats how they were transported to Iceland and how they were used. Also, I will allow you to touch them give them food, and help with the work. If people also want to take selfies with the baby goats if the goat is ready. Goat inspection can take from 30 min to 60 min.
Come and visit the goat
The Icelandic goat is an endangered species and Helena and Stefan are one of the farmers working towards protecting and maintaining the goat stock in Iceland.
The Icelandic goat, also known as the ‘settlement goat’, is an ancient breed of domestic goat believed to be of Norwegian origin and dating back to the settlement of Iceland over 1100 years ago. This breed of goat was on the verge of extinction during the late 19th century, but recovered prior to World War II, only to precipitously decline again. As of 2003, there were 348 goats in 48 flocks distributed throughout most parts of Iceland At the end of 2012, the herd had increased to 849. Since this breed has been isolated for centuries, the Icelandic populations are highly inbred. The Icelandic goat is very rare outside its native land. Under its coarse, long guard hair, the Icelandic goat has a coat of high-quality cashmere fiber. Icelandic goats are kept mainly as pets and their economic potential for meat, milk, cashmere, and skin production remains to be explored. The Icelandic goat is currently of little economic value.
The Icelandic goat is the only farm animal sponsored by the Icelandic government for the purpose of ensuring its survival.
What is available
Skálatjörn | Heimsækja íslensku geitina
Við höfum tekið á móti gestum að skoða Geiturnar okkar núna í 3 ár og erum með mikla reynslu með hæstu einkunn inn á airbnb sem er 5, hægt er að lesa usagnir þar.
Best er að panta í gegnum airbnb undir vist icelandic goat. Ath Geitaskoðun er alla dag á sumrin kl 17.30 og eftir þörfum á veturnar.
Það sem er gert í geitaskoðun, við förum inn á tún til þeirra og inn í geitahús ef slæmt er veður fræðumst um sögu íslenskra geita hvernig þær voru fluttar til Íslands og hvernig þær voru notaðar. Einnig er gaman að klappa þeim gefa hey og hjálpa mér við vinnuna ef fólk vill. Gaman er líka að taka selfie með geit eða kiðling. Skoðun getur tekið frá 45 mín til 60 mín. Þessi upplifun er kjörin fyrir börn þar sem geiturnar eru allar góðar og hægt er að treysta þeim.
Íslenska geitin er tegund í útrýmingarhættu og við erum ein af bændunum sem vinna að því að vernda og viðhalda geitastofninum á Íslandi.
Talið er að geitfé hafi fyrst borist til Íslands með landnámsmönnum og hafi verið hér án innblöndunar í um 1100 ár. Ekki er mikið vitað um stöðu íslenska geitfjárstofnsins fyrstu árhundruð Íslandsbyggðar, enda lítið fjallað um geitfé í rituðum heimildum. Þó er minnst á geitfé í fornbókmenntum til dæmis í Snorra-Eddu, Ljósvetningasögu og Landnámu. Í Snorra-Eddu er sagt frá því að þrumuguðinn Þór átti tvo hafra þá Tanngrisnir og Tanngnjóstur sem drógu vagninn hans. Þar segir einnig frá geitinni Heiðrúnu en úr spenum hennar rann mjöður mikill sem bardagamenn Valhallar drukku af góðri lyst. Örnefni dregin af geitum eru algeng um landið eins og til dæmis Geitafell, Geitasandur, Hafursá, Kiðafell og Kiðjaberg.
Fornleifafræðilegar greiningar á dýrabeinum sýna að á 9. og 10. öld voru geitur á flestum bæjum en þeim fór fækkandi eftir það. Við upphaf 13. aldar voru geitur orðnar sjaldgæfar en á móti fjölgaði sauðfé. Í dag finnast geitur í öllum landshlutum nema á Vestfjörðum og er geitfjáreign afar dreifð. Geitastofninn telst vera í útrýmingarhættu en í árslok 2016 taldi stofninn 1188 vetrarfóðraðar geitur í 104 hjörðum (tekið af vefsíðu geit.is).
Skálatjörn | Visit the Icelandic Goat
The Icelandic goat is an endangered species and Helena and Stefan is one of the farmers working towards protecting and maintaining the goat stock in Iceland. Visitors receive a warm welcome from the goats, which are very friendly.
We have been welcoming visitors to our Goats for 3 years now and we have a lot of experience with a high rating on Airbnb which is 5 you can read stories there.
It is best to order via Airbnb under visit Icelandic goat. Goat inspection is every day in the summer at 17.30 and as needed in the winter.
What is done in goat inspection, we go into their fields and into goat houses if the weather is bad, we learn about the history of Icelandic goats, how they were brought to Iceland and how they were used. It's also fun to pat them, give hay and help me with the work if people want. It's also fun to take a selfie with a goat or a kitten. Inspection can take from 45 minutes to 60 minutes. this experience is ideal for children as the goats are all good and can be trusted
The Icelandic goat, also known as the ‘settlement goat’, is an ancient breed of domestic goat believed to be of Norwegian origin and dating back to the settlement of Iceland over 1100 years ago.It is believed that goats were first brought to Iceland by settlers and have been here without interference for about 1100 years. Not much is known about the status of the Icelandic goat population in the first centuries of the Icelandic settlement, as little is said about goats in written sources. However, goats are mentioned in ancient literature, for example in Snorri-Edda, Ljósvetningasaga, and Landnáma. In Snorri-Edda it is said that the thunder god Þór had two goats, Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstur, who towed his chariot. It also tells about the goat Heiðrún, but from her teats flowed a lot of mead that the fighters of Valhalla drank with good appetite. Place-names derived from goats are common throughout the country, such as Geitafell, Geitasandur, Hafursá, Kiðafell and Kiðjaberg.
Archaeological analysis of animal bones shows that in the 9th and 10th centuries, goats were present on most farms, but their numbers declined thereafter. By the beginning of the 13th century, goats had become rare, but the number of sheep increased. Today, goats are found in all parts of the country except in the Westfjords and goat property is very scattered. The goat population is considered to be in danger of extinction, but at the end of 2016 the population counted 1188 winter-fed goats in 104 herds.
The Icelandic goat is the only farm animal sponsored by the Icelandic government for the purpose of ensuring its survival.