23-24 April Vik - Keflavik

23 April Day 5
the incredible sunshine finally left us, and it was a much more atmospheric drive with clouds, wind, rain and rainbows

 Road leading off road to the gannet colony - a Top Gear moment

road back to the valley

good soups were a feature of Iceland lunches

brown sugar meringue was a delicious one-off

more geothermal

The Blue Lagoon -a tourist trap, but still fun

nice blonde beer

I would go back to Iceland in a heartbeat, we enjoyed the sense of otherness very much - the landscapes were immense and alien, the air clean and fresh, the food especially the fish and lamb were excellent.

https://ijslandtours.nl/reis/ijsland-korte-fly-drive-7-dagen/

22 April - Strokkur Geyser - Gullfoss Waterfall

22 April Day 4
Another driving day - with breathtaking scenery and attractions

 

 

 Photogenic Icelandic ponies

We visited Strokkur, home to geothermal happenings, and regular geyser eruptions on an approx 10 minute schedule

 

 

Gullfoss waterfalls

 

 

Hekla

21 April Skaftafell - Vatnajökull National Park - Jökulsárlon

21 April Day 3

An incredible day - a lot of driving, but to and through some awesome (in the actual sense of the word) and at times other worldly scenery.

Skógafoss

 

Roadside waterfall - which we decided was a jumping spot

 

wool creators

expecting trolls to appear any minute

 

 

Jökulsárlon is a large glacial lake in southeast Iceland, on the edge of Vatnajökull National Park. Situated at the head of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier
we saw mini blue icebergs in the sea on a black volcanic beach
we watched seals playing in the lagoon
and found that ice is taste-free

 

 

 

 

reindeer

National Park Skaftafell

moonlight