North Iceland off the beaten paths – 10 destinations you should not miss
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 […]
Category Archives: North Iceland
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
