Profile information
Host rating
80 %
Last replied
3 Jul 2025
Feedback
21
Email verified
Badges (3)
Details
Description
We are a couple Steinunn Arndís and Jóhann.
We have a small farm near Sauðárkrókur.
We have 14 horses, 10 sheeps, 10 hens, 2 dogs and 1 cat.
We also have a small fishing boat.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We live in a very beautiful part of Iceland, called Hegranes, just 7 km from Sauðárkrókur.
The main attraction nearby is Grettislaug, Drangey, Glaumbær, Hólar í Hjaltadal, all these places are historical places in Iceland.
Here on the farm you can go horseback riding, take a trip on the fishing boat with us when we go fishing
Help
We have horses, sheeps, hens, dogs and cats.
The animals are all around us beside the sheeps that goes to the mountains in the summer and are shepherd in the fall.
What we are expecting from our workawayers is to be a helping hand in all the task you will find in our hobby farm.
That can be doing the laundry and the dishes, feeding the animals and riding the horses.
Just like being a part of the family and do things the family is doing.
Also we love it when they cook something from there country :)
We are looking for someone who loves horses and other animals.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Danish: Intermediate
Faroese: Intermediate
Swedish: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
Volunteers get their own room.
Sometime we have visitors so it an be crowded, and we may have to do some rotation for a couple of days
We provide all food and dinner is made for everyone. People have to make their own breakfast and lunch. We provide all food.
There is 7 km to the nearest public transport.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Feedback (10)
I stayed for a bit more then a month and felt right at home from the beginning. It’s amazingly beautiful there, I already miss all the animals and I really enjoyed the relaxed work attitude. I also learned… read more
Steinunn and Jóhann shared their gorgeous home with me for about three weeks this summer. I was mainly working with their horses - either alone or together with Jóhann and I sure learned a lot! I also took care of the house, the other… read more
Photos
Feedback
These are extra optional ratings when members leave feedback. The average rating left for each option is displayed.
Accuracy of profile:
(5.0)
Cultural exchange:
(5.0)
Communication:
(5.0)
I stayed for a bit more then a month and felt right at home from the beginning. It’s amazingly beautiful there, I already miss all the animals and I really enjoyed the relaxed work attitude. I also learned… read more
Steinunn and Jóhann shared their gorgeous home with me for about three weeks this summer. I was mainly working with their horses - either alone or together with Jóhann and I sure learned a lot! I also took care of the house, the other… read more
We could not be happier to have her in our home. Everything she did she did well and she knows a lot about training horses and was also a quick learner. She did everything with smile on her face :)
Highly recommend!
He was very willing to take part of everything we where doing and wanted to learn as much as he could. He was also very initiative.
Thank you for this short time with us :)
Andrei is really easy going and has a very positive attitude and all he was asked for he was willing to do, and did it 100% And always with a smile on his face :)
It was very nice to have him around, and we had a very good chat about many things, like what is the different between ocean and a… read more
I have so many good things to thank you for that I don't know where to begin with :)) The obvious one is that you are wonderful people, really easy going and not afraid of anything, right Arndis ?! Thank you for giving me the opportunity to work with wood, I've been missing… read more
He was always so positive about everything that we were doing and did all very well.
We are missing to have some rice n beans ;) I have not cooked it yet myself
Lucas thank your for staying with us it was nice to get to know you
Best… read more
Arndís, … read more
She was always a step before me, hanging out the laundry, getting it back in, fold it and most other things that needed to be done. So I was a bit spoiled over the time :)
She is very easy to have around, and always willing to do stuff for you.
Thanks for all that you did, and all the te cups you brought… read more
I have just returned in France. It makes very hot compared in Iceland :)
Thank you very much for your message, it really pleases me.
I am so happy to have been able to share a small moment of my life with you. You are an incredible family.
Andis, thank you for your kindness, your attention, your good dishes :)
Johann, thank… read more
All the things he was cooking for us was so incredible good, it was like a finest restaurant.
He was very willing to help us with all kinds of work.
And he was so good friend to all of the family!
Everybody here… read more
With the animals around and the beautiful view it never gets boring.
Thank you for the warm welcome, for being… read more
We could not wished for better person to be at our home. Every time he was finding out what he could do for us and everything he did he did so well.
And when we had to take a trip for one week it was more than easy to trust him with our home and animals.
And thank you for fixing my computer,… read more
Birte was our first workawayer experience.
We say the same, we could not wished for better person to be at our home, we felt it the moment we met her. Every time she was finding out what she could do for us and everything she did she did so well.
And when we had to take a trip for one week it was more than… read more
I could not have wished for better hosts...Thanks for topping off my Iceland-experience by feeding me Hákarl and Hardfiskur and bathing in Grettislaug and the icy ocean. I had loads of fun enjoying the time with your family, the animals and the gorgeous landscape.
Good luck with… read more
