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Today we decided to test out our Golden Circle Itinerary. We’ve been to all of these places before, but this was the day to see how the touring plan would work in practice! We covered a lot, so let’s get started. 1. Raufarholshellir lava cave
Today we headed into a glacier, with the aptly named Into the Glacier. This attraction just opened up a year ago, in June of 2015. As far as I can tell, a bunch of smart and motivated people decided to drill / mine a tunnel into a glacier, and then take tourists there. But because the ice …
Hello! Sunday we first went to Kolugljúfur (a waterfall).
A very small subset of us decided to try to hike to Hengifoss today. (Foss … waterfall!) Tripadvisor reviews say things like “Beautiful but hard” and “no pain, no gain.” Maybe a third of the way up, you get to Litlanesfoss, which is nice enough to be a good stopping point if the little legs (or any …
Reindeer were brought to east Iceland from Norway in the 1780s. Some were placed in other areas of Iceland, but only the herds in the east survived. Today, we went on a reindeer safari. Of course, when you’re in a superjeep, a river crossing is mandatory:
First my siblings went on a glacier walk (or hike), and I stayed home and went to a black sand beach.
