Iceland has a short growing season and so Icelandic flora is limited to smaller hardy plants that can survive the harsh climate and poor soil conditions. However, during the late spring and summer months it has an abundance of daylight that can make up for the long winter months. This gives plenty of time for…
We sail back to Liverpool away from Reykjavik port just after 5 PM and head South West around the Reykjanes Peninsula. It was all quiet then, but since has had huge volcanic activity toward the south near Grindavik. The fissures that erupted are linked to the ones we visited in Thingvellir as Iceland is being…
Thingvellir National Park is our next and last destination for this Golden Circle Coach Tour. Thingvellir is a very important and historic place for the Icelandic people. This being our third coach tour, we have already heard many stories and sagas about Thingvellir. By now you have probably seen þ (thorn) symbol used instead of…
Leaving Gullfoss waterfalls and heading back down the Route 35 we come back to the Geysir Hot Springs. This is a very popular attraction as it provides a little bit of a fun and a release every time the geyser spouts a fresh shower of hot water. Now, we have come to use the word…
A question often asked about Iceland is, Is a trip to see the Gullfoss Waterfall worth it? I say yes, certainly. Why? Let me show you. What you will be going to see is a series of waterfalls on the Hvítá river that is fed from the Langjökull Glacier. From this area you gave a…
The Golden Circle is a trip that takes you eastwards across Iceland from Reykjavik as far as the Gullfoss or Golden Waterfall. The tour also takes in the moorlands of Mosfellsheiði, the Geysir Geothermal Area and the Thingvellir National Park. You can travel the circle clockwise or anticlockwise but today we go anticlockwise. It is…
Walking on down the Lækjargata there are many typically Icelandic or Scandinavian style buildings of note. This one is a School. The Tjarnarskóli ehf School on the corner by the Tjörnin lake. The tower is very ‘Addams Family’. On the other side of Lækjargata is the Gimli Building that was obviously dated at 1905 by…
Reykjavík is our next and final port of call before setting sail back to Liverpool. We leave Ísafjörður around 6pm to sail up the Ísafjarðardjúp and down the west coat past the Westfjörðs and on to Reykjavík. We pass the most northerly fishing village in Westfjords, Bolungarvík. Nestled under a crescent of 600m plus mountains….
The Westfjörðs of Iceland are located in the North West corner and linked to the main Island via a narrow stretch of land less than 5 miles across. There are two roads connecting this region to the main Island, the Route 60 on the west and Route 68 on the east that both link to…
This trip was an obvious choice for us, although for the more adventurous, the alternative ATV or Motorbike tours seemed very appealing. The coach trip itself gives an interesting tour of both the long, sometimes single file, tunnels and the very picturesque Westfjords. It was an early 8:30am start but still plenty of time to…