• Puffins on the cliffs at Vik.

  • Fjallsárlón

  • Svartifoss tumbling over basalt columns

  • Fjallsárlón

  • Richard gets into the holiday spirit

  • Icebergs at Fjallsárlón

More wet adventures in Iceland

Sight-seeing around Iceland continued for another day, this time with visits to the Skaftafell National Park and then to Jökulsárlón.

We arrived at Skaftafell to rain and fog and ‘enjoyed’ a very damp meal of sweet and sour noodles with about 50 other people under a very crowded shelter. The next morning we awoke to a brief lull in the persistent rain, so we headed up the hill to get views over the nearby glacier. From here we made our way to Svartifoss, a spectacular waterfall flowing over a wall of fantastic basalt columns.

Svartifoss tumbling over basalt columns
Svartifoss tumbling over basalt columns

After our walk, we decided to go in search of sunbeams. Apparently the weather was better to the east, so we drove to Jökulsárlón. Here, a huge glacier descends from the Vatnajokull ice cap into a lake, which is right on the coast. It is a fantastic spectacle and even the sun came out! In addition to visiting the main tourist-trap, we also visited Fjallsárlón, 5 minutes to the west, which was perhaps even more spectacular and less frequented by tourists.

Icebergs at Jökulsárlón

Icebergs at Fjallsárlón
Icebergs at Fjallsárlón
Fjallsárlón
Fjallsárlón
Fjallsárlón
Fjallsárlón
Richard gets into the holiday spirit
Richard gets into the holiday spirit

After absorbing enough sunbeams, we headed back west to Vik and spent the evening eating delicious food from the cafe next to the tourist information, and watching literally hundreds of puffins flying around the cliffs.

Puffins on the cliffs at Vik.
Puffins on the cliffs at Vik.

This visit concludes our ‘tourist visits’; adventure comes next…

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