Tag: Iceland

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 …

Reykjavík — Ólafsvík Stops at: Borgarnes, Búðir, Arnarstapi, Hellnar & Djúpalónssandur Total driving time: 3 hours and 18 minutes . Our Ring Road road trip started in the Icelandic capital city of Reykjavík. After picking up our camper van from Go Campers, and stocking up on fuel and groceries from Bónus (a popular Icelandic grocery chain) we skipped exploring the capital in favor of getting immediately onto the Ring Road. Also known as Route 1, this is a national road that …