[Travel] Iceland Day 5 – East / North Iceland

Day 5: North Iceland

• Seydisfjordur
• Myvatn Nature Baths 
• Godafoss
• Akureyri

So turned out, Seydisfjordur was really nice. Our airbnb lies on a foot of a mountain, and it faces a lake on the other side. It was beautiful, especially while watching the sun rise.  And so we were right, the drive was gorgeous as well, we were able to appreciate it more in the morning.

We then drove for 2 hours to Myvatn. The view and landscape in the north are very different from that of the south. North looked more like a dessert and later on, looked like as if we were in Mars!

We went straight to Myvatn Nature Baths at around 11am, but apparently, they only open at 12 noon. We couldn’t even go inside to wait. So we just drove downtown and ate the weirdest lunch we’ve had so far.

After lunch, we went back to the nature bath, and saw that it was already starting to get packed. We were told to shower “naked” in the shower room, before putting our swimsuits and going to the bath. Of course, I didn’t do that. I couldn’t go naked in front of all the other women. Running from the shower room, wearing only my swimsuit going to the bath was really an unforgettable experience. I forgot, I even stopped to take pictures of G, who was already in the bath, before jumping to the bath myself. It felt so good. It was very windy and cold so the hot bath was really relaxing.

It is a less touristy place than the Blue Lagoon. Cheaper too.

We then drove to see Godafoss, also known as the “waterfall of the gods”. Well, it was really gorgeous.

 

After Godafoss, well actually after the bath, we were thinking if we will still go to Dettifoss, the biggest waterfall in Europe, but it would eat a lot of time, and we really wanted to arrive early in Akureyri so we can walk around town and along the harbor as well. So off to Akureryri we went.

Akureyri has become an instant favorite, it’s very charming. It is considered the capital of the north. Its the second most populated city, next to Reykjavik. We found a camera store that sells the plate tripod attachment that we lost during the second day. We were lucky to get the last piece, because we’ve been preparing for this night, according to the forecast (website here), northern lights activity would be very active, it’s the moment we’ve been waiting for.