Arctic Fox Centre

A small little place with a cafe attached. The place has a small exhibit about Arctic Foxes. It’s nothing wow but for the price (1500 ISK/ £10 pp) it’s not the most expensive thing to do, especially as Iceland is generally expensive.

The folks running the centre were very friendly, the shop and cakes were super cozy, and the foxes outside looked pretty content (once the crowd moved away!). The scenery is absolutely gorgeous as well. I only wish I hadn't been on a timed tour so I could spend a bit more time here.

Unfortunately this museum was not what I hoped for. The lady that works the desk was very unfriendly, but that was not my reason to only give this place three stars. I did want to see an arctic fox and they do have two caged in the back that you can see once you go through the museum. The museum was a short walk with taxidermy arctic foxes with information and a short informative Video at the end. I was hoping for a rescue place to have someone that is passionate about their rescues but there was no one there to talk to. Sadly the rescue foxes just went from corner to corner in the cage, but I guess it is nice that they are rescued and cared for.

This was a cool place to visit and see the foxes up very close. Seeing them in the wild in Iceland requires a guided paid excursion and there's no guarantee you'll see them. So this is a nice option. The staff were very nice and the museum is informative.

Stop in and see the 2 foxes on-site. Will find a shop with various items, historical items from the area, and a movie upstairs. Be sure and make a donation to the awesome work they perform in rehabilitation of foxes.

This place is a tourist trap. It cost $24 USD for two people and paying is the ONLY interaction we had with anyone. You walk yourself through a little area with some models of the foxes (taxidermy) which was cool and then go upstairs where you play yourself a video. We didn’t play the video because why? Why is there absolutely zero effort put into showing what this place is about or what they supposedly do? What is my insane ticket price going toward? From there you’re told to walk outside and around the back. There was one sad little fox in this cage. We were more excited to see a little black and white cat hanging around the corner than the entirety of our time in this “center”. We spent maybe 15 minutes here, maybe. There were things for sale, some of which I would have gotten had the ticket price not been so astronomically absurd for what this is with no explanation as to why. The lady at the counter seemed to be interested in your money rather than excitement about helping foxes. She does stare at you A LOT and it did make us uncomfortable. We’ve been to four other conservation centers in four different countries, one of which was in South Africa. The level of effort put into showing you what they do and how you’re helping them do it was incredible. Maybe the arctic fox center truly does amazing things, but in my opinion, they know tourists want to see an arctic fox and that’s all they need to say to get you in the door.

I stopped here as part of a small group tour of the Westfjords. We watched the video and then saw the 2 artic foxes in the enclosure. If you have young children be warned that the video includes scenes that they may find distressing. The enclosure is very small for 2 foxes. From what we were told, my understanding is that once captured artic foxes in Iceland cannot legally be released back into the wild. Of the 2 foxes at the center one had been there several years and the other for a shorter time. If the enclosure was a temporary home for injured foxes I would maybe think that it's okay, but as a permanent home for these foxes it seems woefully inadequate.

As much as I do not like to see wild animals in captivity, this was our only chance to see Arctic foxes. Informative displays and lots of history too. Abrupt, unfriendly staff could do with a lesson in customer service, however. 3.5 stars.