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More great weather today, 14 °C almost all day. According to the Vedur site, the weather would only get a bit cloudy in Akureyri that evening. The day's itinerary took us to Myvatn via Akureyri and its life-saving photo shop named “Pedro Myndir” so long awaited by
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North Iceland and Myvatn
We had a big day ahead of us and we were excited. Vedur.is was reporting bright sunshine all day and even in the evening in the inland regions, and that was great news for our crossing of the Kjölur, tour of Kerlingarfjöll, and end of day in Hveravellir. After a quick
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Kjölur and Kerlingarfjöll
A big surprise upon waking up... While vedur.is had announced a cloudy sky in the Landmannalaugar region the day before, today the site was forecasting blazing sunshing! Landmannalaugar is an absolutely magical place that we never had good luck with: every time we wante
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The Landmannaulagar Region
This year, our 5th trip to Iceland, we decided to do the tour again but this time crossing the country to discover sites that we knew little or nothing about. Also, it was a chance to see places that we loved but couldn't enjoy due to the poor weather.   As usual, we l
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10 days in july
Day: Wednesday, July 05th  Weather: Rain, 10 °C Distance in kilometers: 600 km It's our last day and we are all feeling a bit sad this is the end of our trip. The rain has not left us… We started our day at 9AM at the Gullfoss waterfall. There is no one there to
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Around the Golden Circle
Day: Tuesday, July 04  Weather: Rain and wind, 8 °C Distance in kilometers: 400 km It was under heavy rain that we started our day... We started with a visit to the pretty town of Vík and its church perched on a hill. At the city exit we took an off-road trail rese
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Landmannaulagar and its Region
Day: Monday, July 03  Weather: Sun, 21 °C Distance in kilometers: 250 km We started our day with a visit to the Hoffellsjökull glacier tongue. After crossing a small ford, we arrived in a sublime setting, just picture perfect in the morning light. We had the place
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From Jökulsarlòn to Skaftafell
Day: Sunday, July 02  Weather: Sun, 21 °C Distance in kilometers: 600 km We set off to cross the Eastern Fjords, and on the way, we passed through a succession of charming villages: Reyðafjöður, Eskifjörður, and Neskaupstaður. We then made a short stop at Fás
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From East Fjords to Höfn
Day: Saturday, July 1st  Weather: Gray, 9° then Sunny, 17 °C Distance in kilometers: 400 km We started our day with a short tour of the famous site of Kárahnjúkar, wanting to see for ourselves the work and progress of the construction site which had been generati
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The Egilsstaðir Area
Day: Friday, June 30 Weather: Sun, 14 °C Distance in kilometers: 365 km We departed towards the East and the Egilssatðir region, unknowing that this day would turn out to be one of the longest we'd experience on our journey. We started by visiting the typical houses
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From Hùsavik to Jökulsàrgljùfur
Day: Thursday, June 29 Weather: Sunny, 16 °C Distance in kilometers: 200 km After an electronic problem with our Hyundai, we reached out to the Avis agency in Akureyri, who kindly offered to exchange our car. This time we got a white Santa Fe. We started our day with
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The Myvatn Tour
Day: Wednesday, June 28th  Weather: Sunny, 18 °C Distance in kilometers: 400 km We start our day with a stopover in Blöndúos for some food shopping before the drive to Skagaströnd. Another stopover this time at Kàlfshamarsvik for a tour of the lighthouse and the
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The Road to Akureyri
Day: Tuesday, June 27  Weather: Grey 8° then Sunny 15 °C Distance in kilometers: 600 km We started the day with an unforgettable breakfast at the Sudureyri Guesthouse: homemade Skyr with strawberry and smoked fish. The fish was fresh-caught by the fisherman who liv
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From Isafjörður to Vatnsnes
Day: Monday, June 26th Weather: Cloudy, 9 °C Distance in kilometers: 290 km Today we went to Selardalur, a small village in the middle of nowhere on the edge of the world. In this remote town you'll find a rather eccentric local church and some fascinating sculptures
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From Bildudalur to Isafjörður
Day: Sunday, June 25 Weather: Grey, 8 °C Distance in kilometers: 600 km Just outside of Arnarstapì, we stopped at the rocks of Svalþúfa - Thúfubjarg. The view was magnificent, and the huge black rock standing tall in the water reminded us of Treasure Island. We o
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West Fjords