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Category Archives: South Iceland

South IcelandTravelling Tips & Guides

South Iceland off the beaten paths – 10 destinations you should not miss !

April 27, 2015 134 Comments

Iceland is becoming a more and more popular travel destination, and I think it’s a good thing, as long as tourists respect the fragile and sensitive environment you can find over there, especially in the Highlands. People deserve to experience this magical place and enjoy raw nature at its best. It’s a unique experience...

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Memories from Iceland – Black & White photo challenge, Day 5

April 7, 2015 49 Comments

I was invited by Diana and Jim from exploRVistas, full-time RVers, to take part in a five days black and white photo challenge. At the beginning, I was a bit skeptic, because I’m not used to do black and white pictures but all in all, that was a great experience, I’m glad I did it...

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Icelandic Road Trip – More glaciers, more icebergs

September 17, 2014 32 Comments

After a very long day, we were glad to arrive at our guesthouse. We were exhausted ! Our accommodation was in a horse farm near Höfn. The surroundings were wonderful, with the mountains and the ocean nearby. The horses were interesting to look at even if they were a bit noisy at night 🙂 The...

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Icelandic Road Trip – The first time I laid my eyes on icebergs

September 15, 2014 42 Comments

After the hike to the black waterfall, we took our little car and hit the road again towards the famous Jökulsárlón. On our way, we spotted a small sign marked Svínafellsjökull, pointing towards an ice tongue and we decided to give it a go. After a bumpy ride, we came right next to a wonderful glacier....

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Icelandic Road Trip – Hiking to Svartifoss, the black waterfall

September 14, 2014 31 Comments

After driving through the world’s largest plain of lava gravel, we arrived at the visitor centre of Skaftafell National Park. Regarding the time, we decided to do only a short hike to the Svartifoss Waterfall (4km round-trip), also called the black waterfall. The waterfall is surrounded by dark lava columns, which gave its name....

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Icelandic Road Trip – Columnar basalt formations and more waterfalls !

September 12, 2014 14 Comments

After visiting Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon, we went back on the ring road heading towards Höfn. We stopped at an interesting rock formation on our way : Kirkjugólf.  These flat basalt columns are situated at the east of Kirkjubæjarklaustur. Once at the Kirkjubaejarklaustur round-about, we took the direction to Geirland. 600 m ahead, there was a small parking lot and a...

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Icelandic Road Trip – Searching for the Enchanted Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon

September 10, 2014 40 Comments

After a good night of sleep in a little cabin situated near Reynisfjara Beach, we left quite early again, took the ring road and the first stop was Hjörleifshöfði, a 221 meters turf rock promontory at 12 km from Vik. It was raining so much that we couldn’t really leave the car… at that time,...

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Icelandic Road trip – Exploring Dyrhólaey Peninsula and Reynisfjara Beach

September 8, 2014 25 Comments

After seeing the iconic waterfalls of the South coast, we headed towards Vik and Reynisfjara Beach, a black sand beach with incredible basalt columns that looks like a giant staircase. A bit further away, there was a basalt sea cave, Hálsanefshellir. It’s inaccessible at high tide, but we were lucky to be there at...

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Icelandic Road trip – Beautiful waterfalls in South Iceland

September 5, 2014 29 Comments

After a good lunch at Urriðafoss waterfall, we continued further away on the ring road 1 to finally reached Seljalandsfoss waterfall (roughly one hour later). There is a little path to go behind the waterfall, but you will end up wet if you do it, believe me, we saw so many people completely soaked !! It...

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Icelandic Road trip – Bird spotting at Krýsuvíkurberg Cliffs

September 3, 2014 22 Comments

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...

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