Iceland Trip: Day 4 - Reykjavik, Iceland to Skaftafell, Iceland

Friday, July 3, 2015

Day 4 - Reykjavik, Iceland to Skaftafell, Iceland

Today we rode over 400 Kms to the East part of Iceland. We slept by the foot of Vatnajokull Glacier (the largest in Europe).

On the way we saw Seljalandsfoss waterfall, where we walked behind the fall, kissed as we heard it thunder close to us and had a quick lunch as we saw the hikers go up steps and enjoy the view from the top of the mountain.

On the way we stopped to check Eyjafjallajokull volcano (eruptions in May 2010 that paralyzed Europe travel). We are pleased to announce all is fine ...

We also saw Skogafoss waterfall. This was quite impressive as we were able to see the fall from the top as it thundered down.

I decided to go up the mountain and see the waterfall from a ledge and then right above it.

We then moved on the next stop and were impressed to see a jeep riding the river.

It was raining but the views were still spectacular.

We then moved to the cliffs of Dyrholaey to see the bird life and meet the puffins. It turned out to be much more than that as we are able to see a black beach of stones and amazing rock formations in the sea.

And we saw puffins in flight and on the cliffs. Paula enjoyed seeing them through binoculars ...

The terrain changed and we knew we were getting close to Vik, the capital of rain in Iceland. The greens were amazing ...

Next we stopped at Vik to fill up and have dinner. The views were very beautiful. We really enjoyed Vik and the church on top of the hill and the beautiful purple flowers that seem to be everywhere we go.

We also had dinner in Vik and the view from the restaurant window was priceless.

Paula was happy ...

But without a doubt the highlight of today was the Jokulsarlon Glacial Lagoon. There are no words nor pictures to explain it. You have to see it. The best we could do is take some pics and give you a very brief glimpse of something much more extraordinaire.