After a slightly more conservative day 3, we were ready for a deep dive into everything that the heretofore unexplored South Iceland had to offer. (If you’re sick of seeing waterfall pictures, you might as well just stop reading now.) After consuming copious amounts of oatmeal and berries at the AirBnb, we headed off to Seljalandfoss waterfall after a quick grocery pit stop at Kronan. (Skippable side note: the go-to inexpensive grocery stores in Iceland are Bonus and Kronan. Bonus’ logo is a devilishly winking piggy bank pig and Kronan’s logo can only be described as a … smirking lemon? Google it and tell me if you have a different opinion) So anyways, Seljalandfoss! AKA the waterfall that you can walk behind:
A short hike away from Seljalandfoss is Gljufrabui waterfall, a much smaller waterfall with a narrow opening between rock faces in the river below.
Then on to Skogafoss!
The top of the stairs at Skogafoss are the beginning of a long but very popular trail called Fimmvorduhals, leading from Skogar to Thorsmork, a mountain ridge. It is a 14-mile journey, so you can either do it in a day and have a bus pick you up on the other end, or do it in 2 days and camp in the middle. We didn’t have that kind of time, so we opted to do just the beginning of Fimmvorduhals, which passes by several smaller waterfalls:
It was a majestic hike with sweeping views and lots of sheep grazing nearby – one of the highlights so far!
We continued on to Solheimajokull, the only glacier in Iceland that you can basically just drive up to and take a 15 minute walk to see up close.
Our drive from Solheimajokull to Dyrholaey peninsula was interrupted …
Dyrholaey is a rocky peninsula near the town of Vik in South Iceland – it looks like this:
A short car ride takes you to Reynisfjara, the famous black sand beach of Iceland.
Dinner at Halldorskaffi in Vik, and meringue pie with chantilly cream and chocolate ganache for dessert. “broke da mouth”
Tomorrow might be a shorter post – we are snowmobiling on Langjokull glacier so we will probably not have much opportunity to take pictures!
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