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The Snæfellsnes Peninsula
We stayed two nights at a hotel close to the peninsula so had one full day to wander around. Some of the ideas of where to go came from the people who organized the tour and some from the hotel owner. Some ideas were great and some didn’t pan out that well. For example, the…
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Husavik to the West Fjords
During the next three days we travelled west along the north coast towards the West Fjords area. This included going through several long tunnels. The Vaðlaheiðargöng tunnel is a toll which you have to pay either before you go into the tunnel or within 3 hours of leaving it (you can pay via their web…
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Jökulsárgljúfur National Park
From the Lake Mývatn area we went north to stay two nights in Husavik, a fishing village on the north coast. From there we could return to the Lake Mývatn area (which we didn’t) or go whale watching (which we didn’t). Instead we travelled east along the north coast to a couple of places in…
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Lake Mývatn Area
Now heading west again our first stop was the most powerful waterfalls in Europe – Dettifoss. From there we went to the Lake Mývatn area where there has been a lot of volcanic activity. Below is the Viti crater (Krafla caldera). We also went into the Krafla power station (for a pit stop), wandered around…
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The East Fjords
After going as far east as we could go in the south part of the island, we then worked our way north along the east part of the island – called the East Fjords. It’s an isolated area, with only a smattering of fishing villages. Of course tourists like us pass through on our way…
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South Iceland
Highway 1 is the ring road that goes around Iceland. We more or less followed that going east of the Golden Circle. The first stop on our 4th day was the Lava Centre which is very worthwhile. It shows animations of all the different types of volcano eruptions. Amongst the most dangerous are those that…
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