Day 3 : South Iceland
- Skogafoss
- Skogar Museum
- Vik
- Reynisfjara black sand beach
- Fjadrarglijufur
- Kirkjubæjarklaustur
- Skaftafell
Hotel Skogafoss is located so close to Skogafoss, in fact, the view of our room is the waterfall itself, now I could get used to that! The restaurant of the hotel shows a panoramic view of the falls and the area. We hiked all the way to the top and saw lambs on the hill! We’re still wondering how they manage to not fall and roll over, they’re super round and chunky, they remind me of tsum tsum!
After like a hundred photos, we drove to the nearby Skogar museum to see the old Icelandic turf houses. They’re really cute.
Driving up next to Vik! Love, love this tiny town. There is an Ice Wear factory outlet here and the prices are really low compared to the ones in Reykjavik. We contemplated on buying Lopapeysa, but we really couldn’t justify the cost, plus, its not like we’ll be able to wear them often.
We had lunch at a local diner, I had Icelandic fish and chips and G had grilled lamb – so good, he clearly won that round, but forgot to take a picture of it pfft.
Next we went to Reynisfjara black beach and saw the basalt columns by the beach and the cave as well.
Last stop for the day is the Fjadrarglifujur canyon. Ever since we booked this trip and started creating our itinerary, I’ve become obsessed with this canyon. So this was on the top of my list for the day. We sacrificed Dyrholaey and seeing puffins for this ! It was so worth it! I wanted to cry when I saw the canyon. It doesn’t seem to mind the bad weather at all. The water was still blueish-greenish and it looked and sounded so peaceful!
Drive going here was crazy wild. We saw moss covered lava fields then after a few minutes it was as if we were transported to a different world. A lot of one lane bridges too so beware.
We retired for the day and stayed at Hotel Skaftafell, which is situated at the foot of a glacier! We even saw the glacier tongues on our way here, gaaah!!!
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