The campsite at Bakkafjörður is located in the middle of the village. Electricity is available, as well as a bathing area at the nearby guesthouse. From Bakkafjörður, there are many walking trails such as to Digranes or to Viðvík. Bakkafjörður is also at the other end of the North Coast Road or the Artic Coast Way, see https://www.arcticcoastway.is/

At Bakkafjörður, a guesthouse is now operated next to the campsite and a small shop and café by the old harbor. There is also a petrol and diesel station. Playground for young children at the guesthouse. There is a fish processing plant and fishing in Bakkafjörður and the new harbor is one of the deepest small boat harbors in the country.

Near Bakkafjörður is the Þórshöfn swimming pool and a good facility there. It is also a short distance to the Selárdalur swimming pool. The oldest timber church in the country and the parish church of the Bakkafjörður people is at Skeggjastaðir, which was built in 1845.