Description
Summary
Description
Explore the lava fields, craters, and geothermal areas around Lake Myvatn on this small-group shore excursion from Akureyri Port, with lunch at a local museum and a stop at Godafoss Waterfall. The tour is scheduled around your cruise ship's time in port. The Lake Myvatn area has been a filming location for Game of Thrones, Fast & Furious, and Star Wars.
You board a minibus at Akureyri Port and drive east, crossing Eyjafjordur Fjord with views of the town, the ocean, and the surrounding mountains.
After about an hour, you reach the first stop in the Lake Myvatn area, the Skutustadagigar Pseudocraters. They formed in explosions when hot lava flowed over the cold water of the lake, and they offer a panoramic view of the area.
Next, you visit Dimmuborgir Lava Fields, full of lava pillars and formations linked to myths and folklore.
Then you drive to Grjotagja Cave, with its warm underground river, where the rift between the Eurasian and North American continents is clearly visible. The cave appeared in a scene in Game of Thrones.
The last stop by Lake Myvatn is Namafjall Mountain and the Hverir Geothermal Area, with steaming fumaroles, boiling mud pools, and sulfur pits.
During the tour, you stop for a light lunch at the Lake Myvatn Nature and Heritage Museum, a small museum away from the big buses and crowds.
On the way back to Akureyri, you stop at Godafoss Waterfall, the "waterfall of the gods." It's 39 feet (12 meters) high and 98 feet (30 meters) wide, and is known for its role in Iceland's conversion to Christianity.
After a short drive back to Akureyri, you can be dropped off in the town center, or return to the port in time for your ship's departure.
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