Around Iceland Description
Day 1: Reykjavik area
Keflavik Airport:
- Seabird Cliff at Hafnaberg
- American and Eurasia plate Continental divide
- The Blue Lagoon
- Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
- Reykjavik
Day 2: Sightseeing Reykjavik
- Tourist information center in downtown Reykjavik, you can get a lot of tour information here.
- Downtown stroll and shopping. 66° NORTH
- Bay front stroll (see map)
- Restaurant: The fish company
Day 3: Reykjavik to Farm stay at the foot of Eyjafjallajökull
- Beautiful driving on ring road 1, take your time
- Hveragerði geothermal park,
- Horse farm: The Icelandic Horse Park Fákasel
- Waterfalls along ring road 1,
- Lodging: Country Hotel Anna
Day 4:Eyjafjallajökull to Hof
- Eyjafjallajökull Eruption museum
- Skogarfoss: beautiful waterfall. Take short wall along the bank of the waterfall
- Skogar farm museum
- Vik: volcanic rock formation along the beach. Dyrhólaey
- Skaftafell National Park
- Farm stay Hof I in Öræfi at Hof (foot of Skaftafell). Book at Icelandic Farm Holidays.
Day 5: Hof going towards Eastfjord
- Explore Skaftafell National Park
- Jokusarlon glacier lagoon: take the boat tour
- Vatnajokull Glacier (largest glacier in Iceland, snowmobile ride)
- Explore Hofn area
- Country hotel Árnanes V at Hofn. Icelandic Farm Holidays.
Day 6: Eastfjord to Breiddalsvik
- Beautiful but winding drive
- DJÚPIVOGUR. Beautiful area, beach, rock formation, Papey Island for puffin watching
- Explore Breiddalsvik. Beautiful mountains. Salmon River, black beach.
- Country Hotel: Hotel Staðarborg. Icelandic Farm Holidays.
Day 7: Breiddalsvik to Egilsstaðir
- Ring road 1 now leaves coastal line and turns to interior. Except for beautiful views, I don’t recall any place to visit on this section. From Egilsstaðir, I left ring road 1 to Borgarfjordur to hike for 1.5 days. But the drive was a bit treacherous. The seaside town of Borgarfjordur is a wonderful place to hike. You can watch puffin too. Minimum 2 days are needed to experience Eastfjord hiking. Álfheimar guesthouse had a gregarious host who took us hiking and fed us at his own house when I was there in Jun 2009.
- Egilsstaðir is a larger town in the East. Explore heritage museum.
- Lodging: Skjöldólfsstaðir in Jökuldalur valley, Icelandic Farm Holidays
Day 8: Egilsstaðir to Akureyri
- Dettifoss waterfall, slight detour
- Hverarond mud pool. This is an otherworldly place, a must visit!
- Myvatn lake
- Viti Explosion Crater (walked next to live volcanoes next to Krafla GeothermalPower Station, bubbling mud)
- Akureyri: second largest city of Iceland, plenty to explore
- Lodging: Skjaldarvík Guesthouse , booking.com,
Day 9: Akureyri to Hvammstangi
- Vatnsdalshólar, cluster of hills
- Kolugljúfur gorge and waterfall
- Borgarvirki
- Lodging: Dæli Holiday Farm. Icelandic Farm Holidays
Day 10; Hvammstangi to Guesthouse Hvítá
- Bjarg in Midfjordur, Saga story
- Deildartunguhver geothermal spring
- Reykholt: home of The Prose Edda the bible of Norse mythology
- Hraunfossar: series of waterfalls
- Lodging: Hvítá Guesthouse, Icelandic Farm Holidays
Day 11: Guesthouse Hvítá to Snaefellsnes Peninsula
- Grundarfjörður's and Kirkjufell mountain
- Visit SNAEFELLSJOKULL NATIONAL PARK
- Drive to the tip of the peninsula, stay at Hotel Hellnar. Icelandic Farm Holidays
Day 12: Snaefellsnes Peninsula to Thingvellir
- Drive along the southern shore of the peninsula. Áning ferðaþjónusta ehf: Horseback riding along the shore.
- Visit Thingvellir and museum Must see! Ancient Parliament, beautiful lake.
- Stay at Hotel Borealis. Icelandic Farm Holidays
Day 13: Hotel Borealis to Reykjavik
- Visit Strokkur geyser, part of golden circle
- Visit gullfoss, most majestic waterfall
- Return to Reykjavik