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17 days in the wilds of Iceland
17 days in the wilds of Iceland
17 November 2024

17 days in the wilds of Iceland

We had already taken two trips to Iceland over the past 10 years. For our third trip, we decided to explore the West Fjords and spend more time in the Highlands for a few days, as we loved that region, before returning via the south. The original plan was to go for 15 d

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The Melrakkasletta Peninsula

The Melrakkasletta Peninsula06 October 2018
The Melrakkaslétta peninsula is a remote place in the far north-east of Iceland, often overlooked by tourists, who generally prefer taking the trusty Road number 1 from Myvatn to the Eastern Fjords. Located north of Asbyrgi, you'll have to take Road 85 to get around th
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The Melrakkasletta Peninsula

Heimskautsgerðið: The Arctic Henge

Heimskautsgerðið: The Arctic Henge28 September 2018
In the far north-east of Iceland, beyond Husavik and Asbyrgi, lies a wild region often overlooked by tourists. The climate here is punishing, and the small town of Raufarhöfn with its 194 inhabitants is where you'll find the bulk of the Melrakkaslétta peninsula's popu
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Heimskautsgerðið: The Arctic Henge

The Hveradalir-Kerlingarfjöll Hiking Trail

The Hveradalir-Kerlingarfjöll Hiking Trail08 September 2018
The Kerlingarfjöll region is entirely isolated, a remote part of the central highlands and a paradise for hikers. The Hveradalir trail is probably the most popular in the region. Being so remote, Kerlingarfjöll is not the most popular region compared to Iceland's many
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The Hveradalir-Kerlingarfjöll Hiking Trail

Traditional Icelandic Turf Houses

Traditional Icelandic Turf Houses27 August 2018
Some farms in Iceland choose to hide in plain sight, literally blending into the landscape. These old buildings stand out, or rather the opposite, for their grass and peat roofing, a traditional Icelandic construction method incorporating peat and grass for insulation t
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Traditional Icelandic Turf Houses

Whale-Watching in Husavik

Whale-Watching in Husavik24 August 2018
Headed to Husavik that morning, the weather forecast wasn't very reassuring, not at all in fact. We arrived quite early in the morning in Husavik, where we had booked a whale watching tour. While waiting for our excursion, we decided to visit the whale museum. Admissi
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Whale-Watching in Husavik

11 days in Iceland review

11 days in Iceland review24 August 2018
This trip to Iceland will be remembered for a long time. We probably had worse weather than the previous times but we can have the satisfaction of having been able to adapt our itinerary by having planned “alternative solutions” for exactly those situations. Looking
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11 days in Iceland review

North coast villages

North coast villages24 August 2018
Today, we had planned less walking because our legs were sore, but a nice day awaited us in the North. We would drive along the north coast and sleep near Akureyri. We hit the road just before 10:00AM to join Road 76 with a first stop at the Hosfos swimming pool, famous
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North coast villages

From Hraunfossar to Reykjavik

From Hraunfossar to Reykjavik24 August 2018
We left Vatsnes this morning and the weather has been rather gloomy. We're also a little sad because this is our last day in Iceland for this trip. We planned a stop at Hraunfossar before heading back to the capital. Literally named “the lava falls”, this site is a
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From Hraunfossar to Reykjavik

From Myvatn to Vatsnes

From Myvatn to Vatsnes24 August 2018
The weather was still nice that morning, but the weather forecast was going to turn that aroud during the day, especially in the region we were heading to: the Vatsnes Peninsula. It was 9:30AM when we left our guesthouse, and after some thought and to enjoy a bit of the
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From Myvatn to Vatsnes

Kerlingarfjoll and Hveradalir

Kerlingarfjoll and Hveradalir24 August 2018
On our 4th day, Vedur announced much better weather so we could do what we had planned to do: Kerlingarfjöll and Hveravellir before heading to Northern Iceland. The road was long and the hike we had planned was a big trail so we left quite early, around 8:30AM from the
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Kerlingarfjoll and Hveradalir

Fluðir region

Fluðir region24 August 2018
Waking up on our 3rd day we suffered the main disappointment of our trip: unfortunately, we would not be able to return to Landmannalaugar where we had planned to spend the day hiking to Blanhukur and going to Eldgja, as the weather forecast was awful. After thinking a
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Fluðir region

From Reykjanes to Reykjadalur

From Reykjanes to Reykjadalur24 August 2018
We still had sunshine so we had to take advantage of this incredible luck because this would not last all day long according to the local weather (vedur.is). We took the road at 9AM towards the Reykjanes peninsula, more specifically the beautiful route 42 that led to Kl
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From Reykjanes to Reykjadalur

From Raufarhofn to Vopnafjordur

From Raufarhofn to Vopnafjordur24 August 2018
The small village of Raufarhofn and its 194 inhabitants is known for Arctic Henge, also called Heimskautsgerðið, which overlooks the village. It is a construction recently initiated in 1996 and still not finished, and our first visit of the day. Often compared to Ston
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From Raufarhofn to Vopnafjordur

Journey to Lake Myvatn

Journey to Lake Myvatn24 August 2018
We had a big day ahead of us that day. We were leaving the East and the Vopnafjordur region to reach Myvatn, so we had a bit of a road and a pinch in the heart of leaving this beautiful wild region that we did not know yet. Outside, the weather was splendid, a bright su
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Journey to Lake Myvatn

11 Days in Iceland

11 Days in Iceland24 August 2018
For their 4th trip to Iceland, Eric and Benoit kindly offered Voyage-Islande.fr to publish their travel story: After 2 consecutive winters in Iceland, we decided to return there in summer to enjoy the endless days and the midnight sun again. This year, we left at the en
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11 Days in Iceland
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