See Mount Esja from the air \u2014 the long ridge that closes Reykjavik on the north, a summit pad when the wind allows, the city and the bay below once you step out. From the harbour Esja is a wall on the skyline. From the helicopter it is a short climb, then ground under your feet and the capital as a map: roofs, the harbour, islands scattered on the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Mountain Summit Landing is the Reykjavik<\/a> flight built around this stop. About 15\u201320 minutes in the air and about 15 minutes on a summit, 30\u201345 minutes all in \u2014 40\u201345 on the operator\u2019s own timing. The pad is Esja or another nearby summit; the pilot picks it from the weather that day. On the way you pass the city from the air: Harpa, Perlan, Hallgr\u00edmskirkja. The Geothermal Landscapes tour does not land here; it runs east to Hengill<\/a>. The Volcano Eruption Reykjanes tour goes south to the Reykjanes Peninsula<\/a>, not this ridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You do not hike Esja. You do not choose the pad. You land, take the look, and fly back to Reykjavik Domestic Airport. Hotel pickup is not part of this ticket. The landing ground is uneven; wear shoes that can take rock and wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The extra of this ticket is the landing, not a longer circuit of the same ridge. The geothermal hour is steam and mud in a different valley. The Reykjanes flight is lava and craters from recent eruptions. Stay on the Summit Landing if the city-and-ridge loop with a stop on top is the point. It is the shortest of the three, and the one that puts you on a mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From the pad you look back at Reykjavik from the air<\/a> \u2014 the same city pass you get on the way out. That overflight is on this short product and again on the geothermal return. It is not a second mountain stop. Hellishei\u00f0i<\/a> sits on the eastbound geothermal run, not on this flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Small group, shared seats. One passenger can book this listing. The operator flies when the weather allows; a summit can be swapped for another nearby peak the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Book the Mountain Summit Landing and see Mount Esja from the air.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"class_list":["post-7085","highlights","type-highlights","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"sub_title":"","location":6549},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyovertheworld.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/7085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyovertheworld.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyovertheworld.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/highlights"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyovertheworld.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyovertheworld.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}