After the good reception of my post, South Iceland off the beaten paths – 10 destinations you should not miss !, I’ve decided to compile 10 awesome ideas about the North of the island 🙂 I hope you will enjoy as well ! The South of Iceland is easier to visit, both during summer and winter,...
Icelandic Road Trip – Seal-watching in Illugastaðir
We took road 711 to go along the coast and reached Vatnsnes Peninsula. Our first stop was at Hvítserkur rock, a monster rock in the Huna Bay that has been sculpted by the waves over time. It was very windy and rainy, so we didn’t dare going down to the beach to see it...
Icelandic Road Trip – A beautiful waterfall plunging into a deep gorge
The sky was really grey when we got up that morning. We drove towards Blönduós, taking road 744 then 74. There was a church that looked like a volcanic crater and we briefly stopped over there (If I can see the crater, I’m sure you can see it too ! :p). From the car,...
Icelandic Road Trip – Horse-riding, aka the most traumatizing experience of my whole life
We continued our journey towards Akureyri and stopped in the town for lunch before heading towards our Horse-riding tour. We went to the meeting point, driving North on the Ring Road from Akureyri, then turning right after 4 km onto road 816 for about 500 meters, then turning right again at Skjaldarvik Guesthouse. To be honest,...
Icelandic Road Trip – The Beauty vs The Beast
From the guesthouse, we went back on road 85 and joined road 1 to go to Goðafoss waterfall, the waterfall of the Gods, also nicknamed by some locals as “The Beauty” in comparison to “The Beast” (which is Dettifoss). I completely agree ! This waterfall was wonderful ! From the car park, there was a short path...
Icelandic Road Trip – The echoing cliffs and some nice mushrooms
After taking some pictures at the breathtaking Selfoss waterfall, we continued down the road and a whole valley of extraordinary rock formations opened up (Vesturdalur Valley). We stopped at Hljóðaklettar (also known as the “The echoing cliffs”) car park. It was raining a bit. From the car park, one trail was going to the right towards “Karl...
Icelandic Road Trip – Dettifoss, Europe’s most powerful waterfall
After having enjoyed the surroundings of lake Myvatn and the beautiful ice cave, we were ready to see what the diamond circle route had to offer 🙂 We left the guesthouse after a good breakfast, made one last stop at the lake and took road 1 then road 862 towards the famous Jökulsárgljúfur National Park....
Icelandic Road Trip – Exploring Lofthellir Lava cave
We booked an organized tour for Lofthellir Lava cave that is known to have the greatest natural ice sculptures. It was a 45-minute drive South-East from Lake Mývatn on a regular road then 1 hour on a very bumpy road through the lava fields (the last part was pretty rough, especially if you suffer from...
Icelandic Road Trip – Mývatn, also known as the lake of flies… and for a reason !
A bit further away than Grjótagjá, we visited Dimmuborgir, a park full of lava towers, arches, caves. We spotted our first mushrooms of this trip ! There was also a path leading to the Hverfell volcanic crater that rises 1,500 feet on the Eastern shore of Lake Mývatn…. unfortunately, we didn’t have time to...
Icelandic Road Trip – Walking around Viti crater
We explored the surroundings of lake Mývatn in the morning and went on a tour to explore Lofthellir Cave in the afternoon. After a good breakfast, we took road 1 to the power station and headed towards Krafla and the iconic Víti crater. Víti is a huge explosion crater, about 300 metres in diameter. The crater...