We have visited Skaftafell – a hiker’s paradise with stunning glaciers and some of the highest peaks of Iceland. The national park is located at the South East Coast of Iceland at the roots of Vatnajökull, the biggest glacier in Europe. The geographical and natural diversity makes...
Late afternoon we got bad weather in the majestic Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon. The canyon is up to 100 meters deep and 2 kilometers long. The river Fjaðrá runs through it. The canyon was created by progressive erosion by flowing water from glaciers through the rocks over a long period of time...
We are surfing the south coast of Iceland and there are so many places to explore. Today we explored a small peninsula 174 kilometers away from Reykjavík. Dyrhólaey is a former island and the whole area is really interesting. From the top of the cliff, we got a breathtaking view in all...
Today we traveled around the most famous waterfalls in the South of Iceland. – Seljalandsfoss, Skógafoss, and Gljúfrabúi. Seljalandsfoss is one of the best-known waterfalls in Iceland. It is 65 meters tall and it is breathtakingly beautiful. Just a few hundred meters away is...
We have got two sunny days in the city of Reykjavík, but we were busy with rim reparations, and on top of that one stupid driver crashed our truck. Anyway, we found great parking just in Old Harbour and from there we made some sightseeing in the city. Reykjavik is the capital city of the...
We made shortstop in Garðskagi, where we found two lighthouses, the older one and also the smaller of the two was once mentioned as one of the best lighthouses in Iceland. A new bigger 28 meters high lighthouse was built in 1944. At the moment the lighthouse is a radar transponder and it...
We spent today some time with wheel changing after we broke our rim and tire over the stone hidden in the sand. So the only later afternoon refreshing stop was Reykjanesvíti. It is the oldest lighthouse in Iceland, located on the tip of the Reykjanes Peninsula. Reykjanesvíti lighthouse...
We have visited another colorful geothermal area is Seltún, which is located beneath Sveifluháls, on the Reykjanes peninsula in Southwest Iceland. Seltún is located some 40 km away from Reykjavík. At Seltún we saw both solfataras and fumaroles, bubbling mud pools and steaming hot springs...
We drove through the Þjórsárdalur Valley in the southern highlands of Iceland. Þjórsárdalur runs along the river Þjórsá, Iceland’s longest river. Where a tributary of this river, the Fossá, tumbles into the valley, it creates a nice waterfall Hjalparfoss. Búrfells woods are other natural...
We had another beautiful day in Iceland. Our first stop was ‘Golden Falls’ – Gullfoss is one of Iceland’s most iconic and beloved waterfalls, found in the Hvítá river canyon in south-west Iceland. The water in the Hvítá river travels from the glacier Langjökull, before cascading the first...