Since we arrived in Iceland in late afternoon, we didn’t do much the first day, other than visiting Hafnaberg Cliffs and do some shopping, stocking up on food for the rest of our trip. The next day, we got up quite early because we had a lot of stuff to do and see !
First stop : Krýsuvíkurberg Cliffs.
From Grindavik, we took road 43 then the first road on the left going toward Þorlákshöfn (Rd. 427). We drove until we saw a small wooden sign on the right that says “Krýsuvíkurbjarg”. It is important to know that you have to take a dirt road and a regular car won’t be able to reach the cliffs without struggling. We experienced our first “river” crossing. I know, it wasn’t that deep, but for a first time, that was impressive, believe me (I’m glad we can’t zoom on my face, I think I was a bit stressed out haha :D)
The cliffs are very colourful and full of life ! Thousands of sea birds nest over there each summer and it is the largest bird cliff you can find in South Iceland. It is supposed to be packed with puffins, according to some sources, but we didn’t see any (maybe too late in the season ?). At that point, I was feeling a bit upset, not being able to see puffins : I wanted to see puffins, badly.
After a little hike on the top of the nearby hill, it was time for us to drive towards our next stop : Urriðafoss Waterfall, the waterfall of the Salmon, our first waterfall of this trip !
We took Road 427 towards Selfoss, then joined the iconic Road 1. We turned right on a gravel road just before the Þjórsá River. We continued for about 1 km on this gravel road, and we turned left on the access road just after passing a farm on the right. Urriðafoss was gorgeous. The water flew over a strong rock platform, formed during glacial times, and it is one of the most voluminous waterfalls in Iceland.
We had lunch there and we were ready to see more waterfalls, Seljalandsfoss and Skógafoss…
These cliffs look very interesting. We only visited the hot spring area at Krýsuvik and Kleifarvatn.
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We had to choose between visiting the cliff or the hot spring area… and we chose the cliffs, because we were going to visit a lot of hot spring further on in our trip :-) It’s difficult to do everything in one trip, I’m realizing that by reading your blog. We have been to the same places, but we didn’t explore the same things, most of them yes, but there are differences, it’s crazy ! Iceland is really a rich country, full of traveling opportunities :-)
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What a wonderful road trip…
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And it’s just the beginning of it ! ;-)
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Absolutely lovely! Cheers!
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Thank you for visiting my blog, I’m glad you enjoyed the pictures :-)
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Looks so peaceful and beautiful and how I imagine Iceland in my mind, haha. I look forward to all your Iceland pictures, I can’t wait to visit someday in the future.
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It is very peaceful most of the time, but the ring road can get quite busy especially in the South. After, in the rest of the country, you are all alone and it’s very nice.
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What an absolutely beautiful place. Puddles make me nervous because you never know how deep they are until it’s too late.
Blessings ~ Wendy ❀
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You are so right ! Especially from far away, difficult to see that ! Did you have bad experience with puddles ? :-)
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Reblogged this on Click And Color.
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Thanks again for the reblog :-)
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Your photos say it all. What a wonderful experience!
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The nice thing about that waterfall, is that it’s not really close to the main road and no one was there ! We had lunch peacefully over there, admiring the landscape. Wonderful indeed !
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Sublimes! C’est l’un de mes rêves d’aller en Islande!
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J’espère que ce rêve se concretisera :-) Mais l’Islande c’est addictif, il est fort possible que j’y retourne un jour ;-)
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Fine series!
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Thank you !
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superb pic ….
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Thanks !
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