You can’t swim here, and it does get crowded, but this place is incredibly beautiful. What made it for us was the stunning location and getting to choose the perfect temperature by moving up or down the river. This place does get a little crowded, but is big enough to accomodate quite a few people as long as you don’t mind being cozy. This is easy to get to and could be a half-day trip from Reykjavík, but getting to the hot river takes a good bit of walking. 2 Best Hot Springs Reykjadalur Hot Spring - For Bathing The canyon is stunning, you get great views of the surroundings, and the waterfall is a nice bonus. The hike is a bit of an adventure and, depending on the route, you will cross a river on a log bridge, go through an arch cave, ford a river, and use chains to climb up crumbling slopes. Glymur waterfall is famous for its size, but I was more taken by the hike than the waterfall itself. This area is an easy day trip from Reykjavík. The overlook walk I would rate very easy and the bottom of the waterfall canyon hike is not very long, but on the harder end of moderate due to the tricky terrain. You can do a short overlook walk, a rim hike, hike to the bottom, or explore the longer trails that follow the canyon. Haifoss is not the easiest or most convenient area to get to but is absolutely stunning and has several hiking options. The highlights of this hike are some sea arches, but the entire trail is gorgeous with volcanic formations, steep sea cliffs, and beautiful turquoise water below with a backdrop of mountains and a glacier. This can be considered a moderate walk or an easy hike and it is easy to get to. Iceland Highlights Map: 3 Best Hikes - In order of Difficulty Hellnar to Arnarstapi Scenic Walk - Easy You can also find these videos embedded in these pages: Southern Iceland, Western Iceland, Northern Iceland, & Eastern Iceland. If I was going to do this trip again and only go to the “very best places” these would be my picks.Įach spot has a link to my full article with lots more info, so click the link if you want to learn more about visiting.Ĭheck out out full playlist of Iceland Highlights Videos on Youtube. I keep getting asked “What is the best?” and “What if you have to pick just one?” While these are hard questions to answer, here is my best shot at it. We saw tons of wildlife, waterfalls, geothermal hot spots, lava fields, and glaciers. We took a lap around the country, starting in the lush green south, zigzagging through the fjords of the east, passing through the otherworldly volcanic areas in the north, and topping it off with rounding the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in the west.
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