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Ringroad Selfdrive Tour - 8th Day - In 8 Days around the Island
Following route 1 – also called the ringroad – we took a car all the way around Iceland. This is Day 8. (Für die Deutsche Version dieses Artikels, klicken Sie hier: German Version ) Climbing out of the tent in the cold for the last time, the last time furling the sleeping bags, cooking porridge on the ground, behind the car so the wind doesn’t kill the flame…The 8th day was breaking: The beginning of the end of our roadtrip. Today, not only one, but three waterfalls were on the agenda. Hraunfossar and Barnafoss, both entering the same river. AndFossatún which is told to be guarded by a
Ringroad Selfdrive Tour - 7th Day - In 8 Days around the Island
Following route 1 – also called the ring road – we took a car all the way around Iceland. This is Day 7. The night before, we had reached the camping ground in Hofsós in the middle of the night …again! This time I had even been asleep already for quite some time in the passenger seat while Nils was driving. The next morning we went for a swim in the Hofsós swimming pool, which is not like any other pool. It is located right next to the sea so one has an amazing view while swimming, or rather while relaxing in the hot pot. Book your own Icelandic adventure and book a Ring Road Tour Most swimm
Ringroad Selfdrive Day - 6th Day - In 8 Days around the Island
Following route 1 – also called the ringroad – we took a car all the way around Iceland. This is Day 6. (Für die Deutsche Version dieses Artikels, klicken Sie hier: German Version ) After 5 days on the road our car now resembled a dumping ground rather convincingly. If one would try to find something particular – as the camera tripod or a new pair of socks – this could end in a 20 minutes excavation. So I plucked up courage and decided to tidy up our car on the camping site of Akureyri. You wouldn’t believe how much stuff you can pack in a small Suzuki Swift! Next to the car I heaped up
Ringroad Selfdrive Tour - 5th Day - In 8 Days around the Island
Following route 1 – also called the ringroad – we took a car all the way around Iceland. This is Day 5. (Für die Deutsche Version dieses Artikels, klicken Sie hier: German Version ) The alarm clock went off at 6am this morning. First thought: I gonna kill my cellphone. But then I remembered why we decided to get up that early – and all the sudden I was so excited that I couldn’t stay in the tent for any longer. It was 8:30 when we arrived in Húsavik, a small town famous for the most successful Whale Watching Tours in Iceland. Yes, that was the plan for today!!! Wrapped up in five differe
Ringroad Selfdrive Tour - 4th Day - In 8 Days around the Island
Following route 1 – also called the ringroad – we took a car all the way around Iceland. This is Day 4. (Für die Deutsche Version dieses Artikels, klicken Sie hier: German Version ) A day without a waterfall? Not with us! Today: Dettifoss, the most powerful waterfall in Europe. You can’t really describe it – you just have to see it! (A short comment for those of you who plan to travel there once: There are two streets leading to this waterfall, but Road 864 is not really worth the name “road” – so in any case, take Road 862! Otherwise you will definitly need an off road vehicle – and a
Ringroad Selfdrive Tour - 3rd Day - In 8 Days around Iceland
Following route 1 – also called the ringroad – we took a car all the way around Iceland. This is Day 3. (Für die Deutsche Version dieses Artikels, klicken Sie hier: German Version ) Only after driving for two days in the shadow of the very same glacier, you realize how gigantic it really is! On day 3 we went for a hike through Skaftafellheiði. The trail went along the edge of Vatnajökull, the biggest glacier and the second biggest national park of Europe. On our first break at Svartifoss waterfall, we were only half as exhausted as expected. Walking on we soon realized that up to that
Ringroad Selfdrive Tour - 2nd Day - In 8 Days around the Island
Following route 1 – also called the ringroad – we took a car all the way around Iceland. This is Day 2. (Für die Deutsche Version dieses Artikels, klicken Sie hier: German Version ) The cold truth After having read Harry Potter 7 and other adventure books, I used to have a rather romantical association with camping in the wilderness… But without a magical selfinflating and self dismantling tent and only porridge for breakfast, it took us some time to get started after the first night in our tent. So it was almost half past 1 when we reached the rocks of Reynisdrangar. There are r
Ringroad Selfdrive Tour - In 8 Days around Iceland
Following route 1 – also called the ringroad – we took a car all the way around Iceland. This is Day 1. (Für die Deutsche Version dieses Artikels, klicken Sie hier: German Version ) Unlike our expectations, the Icelandic sights are well occupied. Which doesn´t mean that one can’t shoot pictures of nature alone… It only means that we needed to stay almost three times as long as the other tourists, since we had to wait for the small breaks between the Chinese families crossing our sight. Our first destination was really worth the while: The waterfall Seljalandsfoss. The most impress
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