Eyjolfsstadir — Skaftafell Stokksnes, Jökulsárlón Iceberg Lagoon, Diamond Beach Total driving time: 3 hours and 16 minutes . We awakened to a cloudy, drizzly morning, but nothing could dampen our spirits still high from last night. 🙂 The guy was convinced that he saw “The Grim” last night. In the middle of uncontrollable laughter about an apparent Harry Potter joke, I realized the joke was on me, as I saw a huge black dog staring at us from just around the bend. Oops. …
Category: Wanderlust
Egilsstaðir — Eyjolfsstadir Seyðisfjörður, Vattarnes, Breiðdalsvík Total driving time: 3 hours and 25 minutes . Still awestruck by last nights epic viewing of the northern lights, we woke up excited for a brand new day. The Egilsstaðir campsite had great bathrooms, so we took our time freshening up for the drive ahead. We picked up coffee from the community center and refueled the van. Because eastern Iceland is mainly a long coastal drive with a smattering of coastal …
Heiðarbær — Egilsstaðir Stops at: Grjótagjá cave, Hverfjall, Námafjall, Viti Crater Krafla, Dettifoss Total driving time: 3 hours and 44 minutes . We woke up to a cold, grey and rainy morning – everything we did NOT want it to be. Pbbbt. 😐 A dense cloud cover loomed around the campsite, ruining any and all plans of hanging around in Húsavik, the whale watching capital of Iceland. I had been looking forward to seeing Orcas before I was even …
Hofsós — Heiðarbær Stops at: Akureyri, Ljósavatn, Góðafoss, Húsavík Total driving time: 2 hours and 51 minutes . We woke up to a brilliant blue sky and an empty campsite. We took our time – drying out some clothes in the sunshine, cooking breakfast and taking long hot showers. We watched a thick cloud cover roll in from the icy north and decided to hit the road. We started from Hofsós down Road 76 that meets the Ring Road, towards the second largest Icelandic …
Ólafsvík — Hofsós Kirkjufellsfoss, Stykkishólmur, Hvitserkur, Sauðárkrókur Total driving time: 5 hours and 26 minutes . Last night was a disaster. I woke up with a start in the middle of the night, and scrambled around in the darkness to grab my phone out of habit (by which I mean slapped my hands about because there was ZERO space to actually “scramble around”). It took a second to realize that the van was shaking – actually swaying from …