Brekkulækur Team

regarding our Icelandic guides, among other qualities we value their professionalism and experience as well as their proficiency in English and German. And all of them are eager to show you „their“ Iceland. In addition to our guides up to four members of staff of different nationalities work at our guesthouse during the summer.

Arinbjörn Jóhannsson

called „Abbi“, was born and brought up in Brekkulækur. After studying ethnology in Germany for some time, he decided to devote his career to tourism. He started his first riding-tour in 1979 and never ran out of ideas since then. He is the boss, a „self-made man“ and still full of ideas for tourism. He can do anything from fitting horse-shoes to organizing ornithological observation excursions.

Claudia Hofmann

moved from Germany to Iceland in 2001 and has never looked back. Most of all she likes being outdoors and enjoys Icelandic nature and riding horses whenever her time allows. Her jobs include work at the office, guesthouse, stables, kitchen and as a mother. Together with Arinbjörn she lives and works at Brekkulaekur all year round.

Pálina Arinbjarnadóttir

Growing up at Brekkulækur, she is an important part of the horseback riding tours and is familiar with everything in the guest house. She has been riding since she could walk. Driving and keeping the herd of horses running free is her specialty. From August to May she studies at the Akureyri High school with the focus on art.

Sigrún Valbergsdóttir

is a multi-talented woman. She studied in Germany, is a stage manager at the theatre, works for Icelandic radio and teaches at the Icelandic Tourist Institute. However, she does spend every summer in the countryside and has worked with us as a guide, cook and consultant from the beginning.

Maríus Þór Jónasson

works as a construction architect but ever since his student days he is guiding some of our hiking-groups and he will do so again next year. He speaks four languages fluently and is a great cook. Moreover no fish will ever escape him.

Nina Güttner

Lives in the north of Germany, has Icelandic horses and her own hairdressing salon. She is a regular guest who caught our attention with her excellent handling of horses and riding skills and will continue to help with our riding tours and horse riding in 2023. Her sunny disposition delights our horses and guests alike.

Helgi Björnsson

our good neighbour – day or night, come rain or shine, if worst comes to worst, if anything needs repairing or something has to be built, Helgi is there. And he delights our guests with his wood craft and philosophical abilties.

Björn Sindri Arinbjarnarson

grew up bilingual at Brekkulaekur – he is a true child of nature, hiker and enthusiastic fisherman. He is an important man in the background who brings supplies to the highlands. He is living in Hveragerði, is a landscape gardener and lately also works at a tattoo-studio where he can make use of his artistic skills and is very successful. He is also a very committed family man.

Páll Guðjónsson

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He is an electrician by trade, also works as a bus driver and lives in Reykjavik. He did the Brekkulaekur-airport –transfer countless times and also drives the mini-bus with our guests through the West of Iceland. 2017 he guided a hiking tour for the first time and we are happy that he will do so again this year!

Martina Klocke

Is our most important conection to Germany. She is talented in many ways: photographer, fair hostess, a multiplicator in many ways – there is nothing she could not do – next to her job, family and her horses, of course. Thank you!

Brigitte Visbeck

Brigitte

after a one year stay on an icelandic farm, followed by countless more, during which she got to know many differnet aspects of life in Iceland, Brigitte finally decided to move to here. She studied geographics and enjoys the beautiful icelandic nature most of all. Her knowledge of Iceland and its people is almost boundless and she is eager to share it with our guests during the many tours she will guide for us next season!

Sunna Kjartansdóttir

Is the 2nd generation… Like her mother many years ago, she works with us seasonally and specializes in riding young horses. Fearless, sporty and highly committed, she trains and accompanies our young horses on riding tours.

Helga Medek

Grew up multiculturally as the daughter of an Icelandic mother and an Austrian father. She works as a doctor in the largest hospital in Iceland. Since 2021 she has been a state-certified hiking and travel guide. For her, there is nothing better than being out with a group in the highlands of Iceland and forgetting the everyday stress.

Valdimar Eggertssom

Is at home on peninsula Vatnsnes, he is a farmer, car mechanic, a real all-rounder and works hard to keep our fleet running.

Ingi Hjörtur Bjarnason

is our accountant after graduating from high school he worked in the bank until he took over his parents‘ farm. He has a German wife, 4 children and sings in a choir – his interest is in music.

Hjalti Jósefsson

he has been supporting us for years as a driver on short distances and picking up our guests from our trekking tour. As a farmer, he also owns horses and sheep and we also have 2 horses from one of his stallions.

Dalia

is mentioned here as representative for all the horses from Brekkulaekur. Most of our horses grew up on our farm, some were bought. Foals and young horses spend the summer running free in the highland, their varied training starts in a slow way when they are about four years old. They are fit right up until old age. During the riding tours in summer, they easily cover a distance of several hundred miles. They live in herds on the spacious grassland around Brekkulaekur. In winter the horses in training are stabled. Icelandic horses are known to be diligent, hard-running and sure-footed and of course they all have different characters and temperaments, so every rider will get a matching horse.

Leo and Þúla

Our dogs Leo and Þúla are the most important employees, they work hard and help to drive the herd of horses, they also welcome our guests in the guest house when they have time and hope for cuddles or activity games.