Day 0: PREPARATIONS
June 14, 2014
We are not going to deny that for several years we have in mind several destinations of those that always, for one reason or another, always end up being postponed. This year we have managed to recover some of those destinations and turn them into reality. One of them has not only been in our minds for many years, but on several occasions we have been about to take the plane tickets, launch ourselves and thus not have a reverse. But in the end, as we said before, for one thing or another, we have been leaving. There are several factors that threw us back with this destiny.
The first and main one was the time to travel and that is if we want to enjoy a first contact with the country, we wanted to do it at the best time and this is reduced to a few months a year, just the ones that we It is worse to take vacations, we are talking about the summer months: June, July and August ... At the end of this year we were able to gather 15 days in August and at that moment that destiny that we had postponed so many times began to return to our minds. This land of ice and fire that is pure nature. So without thinking too much this time, we took the plane tickets ...
... we are going to Iceland !!!
Another of the things that have pushed us back several times is the economic issue. When you start prepare a trip to Iceland With little time in advance, you realize how expensive this destination can be, especially in high season, which is when prices soar. For that reason, in January we booked the plane tickets, getting a good price that allowed us to have a more comfortable budget for the rest of the trip.
In addition another one of the things that more budget takes and that we checked the prepare a trip to Iceland, is the rental car in Iceland. Given this and that opting for public transport is almost impossible in this country, if you want to move with a little freedom, the car / 4 × 4 / caravan, become essential.
With this part of the trip resolved, we can only plan the tour and book the accommodation.
More practical information to prepare your trip to Iceland
- 10 essential tips for traveling to Iceland
- 50 things to see and do in Iceland
- 10 essential places to see in Reykjavik
- The 5 best excursions from Reykjavik
We are sorry to say that Iceland, at least in the summer months, it is not exactly the ideal destination to go without anything reserved, since you probably will not find a rental car, or accommodation ... so we strongly recommend that if you want to save yourself a dislike and why not To say it, good Eurillos, it is necessary to plan the trip a few months in advance. And now we are going for the route that we will do in Iceland. We will arrive one day early in the morning, so to start our two weeks with a bit of relaxation, we have decided that the first day we will spend in the capital of the country, Reykjavik.
The Solar Traveler sculpture, known as Sólfar in Reykjavik
From this first day, that we will take it as a first contact with the country, we will begin to make one of the most tourist routes that can be done in Iceland and is the famous Circular route through Iceland. We will have 14 days to tour Iceland, so, between the days we have and the hours of sunshine, we believe that we will have enough days to get a good initial idea of the country. From Reykjavik we will depart to the famous Golden Circle in Iceland where we will pass by such emblematic places as Pingvellir, Geysir, Gullfoss ... One of the things we also considered was the possibility of rent a 4 × 4 in Iceland, but after making several assessments and following the advice of several experts on the subject, we decided to rent a tourism in Iceland and do some excursions where we would not arrive with a normal car.
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So the day after Golden Circle in Iceland, we will go on a tour of Landmannalaugar.
Landmannalaugar
After the day for Landmannalaugar, we will follow our Circular route through Iceland going through places like Seljalandsfoss, Gljúfurárfoss, Eyjafjallajökull, Vik i Myrdal, Myrdalssandur ...
Landscapes of Vik
Seljalandsfoss, one of the most impressive waterfalls in Iceland
And here comes where we want to do another of the most famous tours of Iceland, which is nothing more or less than putting on some crampons and crossing a glacier, which in this case will be the Mýrdalsjökull. Let's see how this crampon gives us!
Amazing experience putting on some crampons and walking through a glacier
We will continue the day in Fjaðrárgljúfur, Kirkjubæjarklaustur to finish in the Skaftafell area where we will stay. On day 6 of our trip we will enter Skaftafell Park, where we can see the Svartifoss Waterfall before heading to one of those sour cherries that we all have in our particular vision of a country, for us it is Lake Fjarsárlón and Jökulsárlón. Some places we are looking forward to meet ...
Jökulsárlón, one of the most amazing places in Iceland
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The next day of our trip we will dedicate it to places like Djúpivogur, Berufjörður, Egilsstaðir, Seydisfjordur ... At this point we will be at the equator of our trip to Iceland and we will spend the day touring Egilsstaðir, Detifoss, Hafragilsfoss, Selfoss, Vesturdalur, Ásbyrgi, until we reach the Myvatn area where the next day we want to make an excursion through the area, considered one of the most “exotic in Iceland”, where we will reach the Askja Volcano boiler.
Viti crater in Myvatn
Detifoss, a wonder of nature
After this excursion of about 11 or 12 hours, we will go to Húsavík, where we will stay, for the next day, first thing in the morning, to ride a boat that will take us to watch whales !!
After this, we intuit, fantastic experience, we will follow our tour of Iceland visiting places like Krafla, Leirhnjukur, Hverarönd, Jardbodin við Mývatn, Dimmuborgi, Höfði, Stakhólstjörn, Godafoss Waterfall ... Already on day 11 of our trip, we will continue visiting Akureyri, Hólar, Glaumbær, Borgarvirki, Hvítserkur, Illugastaðir, Nedra-Vatnshorn in Hunathing ... Most unpronounceable names, at least now for us 😉 So we will enter the penultimate day of Circular route through Iceland, touring places like Helgafell Church, Berserkjahraun, Grundarfjörður, Kirkjufell, Ólafsvík, Hellissandur, Saxhóll, Hellnar, Arnarstapi, Búðaklettur, Borgarnes ...
Godafoss, an essential stop in Iceland
And as one day the end has to come, for us the last day of the trip to Iceland, but as we have the flight back to Barcelona at dawn, we do not plan to miss a minute of our last day in the country of ice and fire, so we will start the day knowing Reykholt, Hraunfossar, Deildartunguhver and from here go to another the best known places of Iceland: Bláa lónið or the Blue Lagoon, where we will spend the last hours of our trip to Iceland, enjoying and relaxing in a place we believe will be amazing, before heading to Keflavík International Airport to return our rental car ... and return home. Before we even started planning the trip we already knew that Iceland It was a destination we wanted to know, but now, having read about the country and having known a little more, we know that it will be one of those destinations that will mark us forever.
Even with just prepare a trip to Iceland, we know that it will be one of those destinations to which we will return. Who knows if it will be to make the jump to Greenland.
Day 1BARCELONA - KEFLAVÍK
