I have now been to Iceland 2x ! Once in winter and once in summer. I have also visited the golden circle 2x. I wrote about my winter visit to the Golden Circle here. It is a very different experience in the summer ! We did the tour with our rental car. I highly recommend renting a car while you are visiting Iceland. It is the best way to experience Iceland. These are the main stops along the Golden Circle…
When you do the Ring Road drive there are not many attractions between Höfn till near Myvatn . There are smaller towns but not many specific attractions. However this is the most beautiful part of the Ring Road (to me). Snow capped towering mountains, beautiful shore line cliffs and stunningly calm water across green mountains. Do make many safe stops and try to capture the beauty in photo and videos . Initially I was a bit worried about driving this…
Today I received a question from a friend of mine on what my recommendations are for visiting Iceland in the summer. I have been to Iceland in Winter time and have written about it extensively here. However, I plan to visit Iceland in June 2018 so I have put some thought into what I might do in the summer. See below for my summer visiting ideas.Iceland is a beautiful place. I visited there in Winter – mainly to see the…
One of my reasons for visiting Iceland in the winter was to visit the beautiful Glacier Caves of Iceland. I had seen photos of the blue caves and had become fascinated. Visiting Iceland would solve two items I had really wanted to do. See the Northern Lights and Visit a Glacier Cave. I wrote a post on shelter/food and transportation in Iceland if you require some information the post is here . We had originally planned to visit the Glacier…
I visited Iceland in 2015 with a group of friends. I wanted to visit Iceland in winter for two main reasons. One to see the Northern Lights, and the second to visit the Glacier Caves. We were there for a week starting on February 24th 2015. I am from Canada and most of the flights to Iceland from Canada is directly to Reykjavik Airport, Iceland. Reykjavik is the capital of Iceland and about two third of the population of Iceland…