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Icelandic Road Trip – Seal watching and visiting the Arctic Fox center

October 27, 2014 46 Comments

We took road 633, then 61, and after half an hour of going in and out around the fjords, we stopped briefly in Litlibaer, a little historic farm house that was built in 1895. There was a sign outside explaining the history of the place. It was possible to buy coffee and home-made jam. I regret not to have bought some blue berries jam 🙁

“Litlibaer was built in 1895. The hayfield around the house is enclosed by stone wall and has an area of 3 hectares. The residents lived of fishing and farming. The house at Litlibaer has an area of only 3.9 X 7.4 meters. There were two kitchen outhouses nearby. As many as 20 people lived in the house at times, and it was occupied until 1969. Just south of the stone wall are the ruins of circular stone-built shelter, which is considered much older than other stone construction at Litlibaer.”

Westfjords
Westfjords
Litlibaer
Litlibaer
Westfjords

A few hundreds meters away, we stopped at Hvítanes, with the hope to spot some seals sunbathing on the rocks. We did some seal watching previously, but it was a lot more windy and rainy than here 🙂 The seals didn’t mind our presence, but we stay rather far away in order to not disturb them.

Seal watching at Hvítanes
Seal watching at Hvítanes
Seal watching at Hvítanes
Seal watching at Hvítanes

We passed in front of the The Arctic Fox Center, where the brother of our little fox was taken, located in an old farm in the fishing village of Súðavík, 1 hour from Hvitanes. We visited the museum and learned a lot of the Arctic foxes, that was really interesting ! We learned that Arctic foxes live in various habitats and climates, from freezing Canadian tundra to the relatively mild Iceland.

Along the road
The Arctic Fox Center
The Arctic Fox Center
The Arctic Fox Center

In Sudavik, we had lunch at Amma Habbýn, an American diner. It looked a bit old, but it was good and cheap.

Ísafjörður was our final destination of the day. Fishing has been the main industry in Ísafjörður, and the town has one of the largest fisheries in Iceland. We walked a bit in the town, take the car to go to a viewpoint, but all in all there wasn’t so much to do over there. We took this opportunity to do our laundry in a camping nearby 🙂

Ísafjörður
Ísafjörður
Ísafjörður
Ísafjörður
Ísafjörður
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46 Comments

  1. mytravelmonkey Reply
    July 23, 2015 at 12:08 pm

    Honestly Gin, I cannot tell you how stunning your photos are – the natural beauty is just breathtaking and the more i see the more I want to do an Icelandic road trip. You’d be the best person to come to when i do! Thanks for sharing on #MondayEscapes

    • darwinontherocks Reply
      July 24, 2015 at 2:18 pm

      If you have any questions about Iceland, I would be delighted to answer them ! I love Iceland so much.. when I can help people going there, it makes me very happy :p:p

  2. Ruth - Tanama Tales Reply
    July 22, 2015 at 1:02 am

    Amazing places! I would like to visit The Artic Fox Center. That sounds like a must experience.

    • darwinontherocks Reply
      July 22, 2015 at 5:29 pm

      Hmmm it’s quite interesting to learn more about the Arctic Fox, its distribution, its behavior, but it’s even nicer to be able to spot one in the wild 🙂

  3. Merlinda Little (@pixiedusk) Reply
    July 21, 2015 at 5:18 pm

    This is like a dreamland. Everything looks so perfect and stunning! #MondayEscapes

    • darwinontherocks Reply
      July 21, 2015 at 5:22 pm

      Iceland is one of the best country I’ve visited. The colours of the landscape can be incredible if it’s a sunny day like this one 🙂

  4. Shobha Reply
    July 20, 2015 at 3:03 pm

    Love the photos! We recently did a road trip around Iceland and stopped at Isafjordur as well. Stunning views everywhere!!

    • darwinontherocks Reply
      July 20, 2015 at 3:32 pm

      I agree with you, when you do a road trip you want to stop every five meters !! It’s just crazy 🙂

  5. North East Family Fun Reply
    July 20, 2015 at 1:32 pm

    Such stunning scenery! I really want to make it to Iceland in the next few years. Love the Arctic foxes too x

    • darwinontherocks Reply
      July 20, 2015 at 3:31 pm

      If you have the chance, I would encourage you to do so. Iceland is one of my best memories, I love this place so much ! It is incredible and amazing to see this raw nature, will all the contrast. It’s a bit expensive, but it’s worth it. And the arctic foxes are just so cute !

  6. California Globetrotter Reply
    July 20, 2015 at 11:26 am

    Wow! beautiful post! I want to make a long stop over in Iceland the next time I head back to the States!

    • darwinontherocks Reply
      July 20, 2015 at 3:23 pm

      It’s really convenient to stop there on your way to the US, since it’s free of charge 🙂 You can stay up to 7 days, so it’s worth it !! and you won’t regret it, it’s beautiful !!

      • California Globetrotter Reply
        July 20, 2015 at 3:23 pm

        Ah good to know! 🙂 Thanks! Now Im really going to have to do that!

  7. Alison and Don Reply
    November 4, 2014 at 12:59 am

    Wow! Iceland is stunning. Better put it on our list!
    Beautiful photos.
    Alison

    • darwinontherocks Reply
      November 4, 2014 at 7:49 am

      It is a beautiful but expensive country. Thanks for stoppping by, your blog is very inspirational !

      • Alison and Don Reply
        November 4, 2014 at 4:19 pm

        Thank you! And thanks for the follow <3

  8. Maria F. Reply
    October 29, 2014 at 9:54 pm

    Beautiful vistas!

    • darwinontherocks Reply
      October 30, 2014 at 7:10 am

      I really love the westfjords .. beautiful landscapes 🙂

  9. Deano Reply
    October 27, 2014 at 10:02 pm

    Fantastic scenery photos

    • darwinontherocks Reply
      October 28, 2014 at 8:26 am

      It was very nice to drive around these fjords.

  10. imagesbytdashfield Reply
    October 27, 2014 at 8:35 pm

    Love the blue reflections of the sky on the water shots!

    • darwinontherocks Reply
      October 28, 2014 at 8:26 am

      Me too !

  11. cattan2011 Reply
    October 27, 2014 at 6:11 pm

    Fantastic shots and post and we have miss this parts of Iceland due to bad weather and road block…

    • darwinontherocks Reply
      October 27, 2014 at 6:25 pm

      yeah, it could be tricky to get to the Westfjords … maybe next time ? It’s difficult to explore everything in one trip 🙂

  12. Saana from Live Now - Dream Later Reply
    October 27, 2014 at 2:49 pm

    So beautiful! I have never been to Iceland, even if I’ve always wanted to. I need to add it to my bucket list now…

    • darwinontherocks Reply
      October 27, 2014 at 6:23 pm

      I recommend this destination 🙂 How long is your bucket list ? :p

      • Saana from Live Now - Dream Later Reply
        October 28, 2014 at 5:19 am

        Haha, my bucket list has 10 things at the moment: http://livenowdreamlater.net/2014/09/25/my-bucket-list-list-of-things-i-want-to-do-before/
        But on the other hand, I have made a promise that every time I cross out one, I add one. So if I’m really going to do that, I will never finish my list! 😀 But I would have couple other things to add already, so maybe I will update my list a little bit.

        • darwinontherocks Reply
          October 28, 2014 at 8:30 am

          haha ! I’ve seen that you want to go to see the Loch Ness. I would not recommend you taking a tour there, it was a huge disappointment. But hiking there must be nice 🙂

          • Saana from Live Now - Dream Later
            October 28, 2014 at 8:53 am

            Thanks for the tip. We are planning to do a little round trip next time when we go to England, so visit Scotland and Ireland too, maybe drive around a little bit. Hopefully we could do that next summer at the latest.

          • darwinontherocks
            October 28, 2014 at 9:02 am

            It’s a good plan ! 🙂 You will have more flexibility with a rental car ! I would love to go back to Scotland and do a road trip in the Highlands. It was gorgeous !

          • Saana from Live Now - Dream Later
            October 28, 2014 at 9:05 am

            Thanks for another tip! 😉

  13. Crooked Tracks Reply
    October 27, 2014 at 1:49 pm

    Wow, the nature is gorgeous and it would be fun to visit the fox center.

    • darwinontherocks Reply
      October 27, 2014 at 1:53 pm

      It was a very tiny museum, only one room, but very informative.

  14. Helene Kwong Reply
    October 27, 2014 at 11:00 am

    So beautiful to be at one with nature!

    • darwinontherocks Reply
      October 27, 2014 at 1:46 pm

      It was very nice to be able to drive in the westfjords, the nature is amazing over there 🙂

  15. SandyW Reply
    October 27, 2014 at 8:27 am

    As always, stunning pictures.

    Thanks for sharing your experiences here.

    • darwinontherocks Reply
      October 27, 2014 at 9:58 am

      Thank you ! The Westfjords were lovely ! Almost no tourists over there and stunning landscape. I would love to go back there 🙂 It was so so peaceful.

  16. rosemaylily2014 Reply
    October 27, 2014 at 8:05 am

    More stunning photos Gin I’m enjoying my regular treat of reading about Iceland! I love the way you do short snippets of information at a time – you can imagine being there thanks so much for sharing your experiences! 🙂

    • darwinontherocks Reply
      October 27, 2014 at 10:00 am

      I’m really glad you are enjoying this virtual trip. I’m trying to give some information to help people if they want to plan a trip over there. Before going there, I read a lot of blogs about Iceland, and I’ve found a lot of useful information and it really helped me 🙂

      Have a nice week !

      • rosemaylily2014 Reply
        October 31, 2014 at 8:37 am

        Yes it’s a great idea Gin- it’s so good to share information like this as you get more of a feel for the places than by just reading guide books! Hope you’ve had a good week too 🙂

        • darwinontherocks Reply
          October 31, 2014 at 1:03 pm

          I had a good but tiring week ! I’m glad to be on Friday 🙂 Do you celebrate Halloween ?

          • rosemaylily2014
            October 31, 2014 at 3:11 pm

            We do celebrate it in Australia and “trick or treating” has become very popular here! In fact I’ve spent the evening looking after the pets – our poor dog was very agitated when the trick or treaters kept coming to the door! We don’t do anything particular in our family for it though we used to do more when our girls were younger (it’s actually my elder daughter’s birthday today she was born on Halloween!). How about you do you celebrate it? Hope you have a relaxing weekend 🙂

          • darwinontherocks
            October 31, 2014 at 6:00 pm

            Oh no, the poor dog ! It must have been disturbing for him to see so many (scary) people at the door, I can imagine.

            It must be nice to be born around Halloween, I can imagine great birthday parties 🙂

            We don’t really celebrate it here, but in some villages, children come for trick or treat if you place a pumpkin at your door. It means you don’t mind being disturbed and also that you have sweets for them.

  17. Lucy Reply
    October 27, 2014 at 8:00 am

    What a beautiful spot! Looks like a place definitely worth visiting. Love the pictures.

    • darwinontherocks Reply
      October 27, 2014 at 10:01 am

      Westfjords are amazing ! It’s a part of Iceland I recommend visiting. It is really peaceful and beautiful.

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