In planning our Iceland itinerary, we decided we wanted to pick 1 excursion to splurge on out of the many options (“inside the volcano” tour, ice cave tour, puffin-watching, whale-watching, etc.) It would be too much time and expense to do everything, so we narrowed it down between being pulled by a dogsled and snowmobiling on a glacier, and ended up choosing snowmobiling, the more interactive one. So the morning of August 17, we left Reykjavik and headed for Langjökull Glacier, making a quick stop at Faxi waterfall.
We were SUPER excited to get up to a glacier and ride around in a snowmobile on it. The Langjökull Glacier is the 2nd largest glacier on Iceland, only beat out by the gigantic Vatnajökull Glacier towards the eastern part of the island. We drove past Gullfoss and onto an F road up into the Icelandic highlands to reach the base camp for the company leading our excursion. We hopped into our overalls, ski masks, ski goggles, and gloves and started off on the bus ride to the glacier. After a mountainous, bumpy ride to the snowmobiles and a quick tutorial, we jumped on and rode off.
All in all, a ton a fun – a huge thrill and great views of the surrounding mountains. Our tour went a couple hours over time, so we got a much later start than anticipated for our drive out to our next stay – at the guesthouse Heydalur in the Westfjords of Iceland. The Westfjords are a little less touristed and more remote than many other parts of Iceland, so this was our getaway into a scenic and more secluded spot.
After a long, rainy drive through the Westfjords, we finally arrived at Heydalur around 11:00 pm. Looking forward to a chill day 6!
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