The Ultimate Travel Plan For Iceland
Iceland, the island of ice and fire, has turned out to be one of the world’s best travel destinations. This place has everything to give to a travel seeker, thrill adventurers as well as a nature lover. You will find a wide range of adventurers that your one trip will not be just enough to watch all these wonders in Iceland.
In Iceland, you’ll discover active volcanoes, fountains, hot springs, glaciers, ice fields, and fjords, for this thinly populated nation, resting at the verge of the Arctic Circle, stands on the top of one of the world’s most volcanically active areas.
It is better to travel around the Iceland on your own personal vehicle, though you are on different country so we recommend that you rent a car as it lets you to control your own speed and travel unseen paths and less used roads where you are guaranteed to see a lot of secrets.
Travel Plan For Iceland-
Well we have prepared the Ultimate Guide For Driving in Iceland and these are:
Day 1 – Reykjavík
Day 2 – Cave & Hveragerdi
Day 3 – Waterfalls, Reynisfjara & Klaustur
Day 4 – The East Fjords & Egilsstadir
Day 5 – Asbyrgi and Myvatn
Day 6 – Reykjanes & Homecoming
Day 1 – Reykjavik
At first, book your accommodation in advance, after reaching to the Keflavík International Airport pick up your car. Take a rest in your hotel room and then early in the morning take your rented car and visit to the Blue Lagoon which is an ideal choice for the day, but since the trip ahead is going to provide you with plenty of opportunities to immerse in many of Iceland’s superb natural and man-made pools, you would be well-advised to save a stay to the Blue Lagoon for your last day, or skip it completely.
Reykjavik is by far the major metropolis in Iceland and as well it is the capital city of the nation. The capital area has around a total of 60% of Iceland’s population, which is approximately 320.000 people.
The Reykjavik nightlife is also great, particularly all through the weekends and there are amply of bars and clubs to visit. Each year there are music festivals in Reykjavik such as Secret Solstice Festival in late June as well as Iceland Airwaves in the month of November, both offer great line-up with both local artist as well as international superstars. Just make sure that you save some energy for the journey in advance.
Day 2 – Caving & Hveragerdi
On your second day in Iceland, drive 20 km east of Reykjavík, into the Bláfjöll Country Park, where the late morning and early afternoon is going to be well expended traveling what is extensively well-thought-out the most wonderful natural phenomenon of its kind, the hollow magma chamber of the Þríhnúkagígur volcano.
A Þríhnúkagígur volcano tour is exactly a pleasure trip into the cold heart of a dormant volcano, where orange and scarlet walls tell the tales of ancient catastrophes as well as dreadful destruction. The geothermal valley of Reykjadalur is also considered to be one of the most popular areas for hot springs bathing.
In the afternoon you can drive along to the small town of Hveragerði, where you can spend the night after hiking into Reykjadalur, a steaming geothermal valley that slashes through the mountains above the village.
The Icelandic Horse, an icon of the country, so you can also have a guided horseback tour that would take you even further into the mountains which is above Hveragerði and there you can discover enormous lava fields and geothermal hot spots of bubbling mud pools and much more.
Day 3 – Waterfalls, Reynisfjara & Klaustur
On the third day take your journey to the next step and go further east, across the southern lowlands where Seljalandsfoss, which is one of the Iceland’s highest waterfalls look out for you by the highway.
Then, your next stop of the day is Seljavellir, where a long-standing path carries you to Seljavallalaug, one of Iceland’s oldest swimming pools as well as the south’s most iconic creation.
In the year 1923, the pool was attached to a mountainside where it gathers the lukewarm water that gradually dribbles from the hills, and to this day you are free to bathe in this spectacular example of organic structural design.
In the late afternoon you will be well spent traveling Reynisfjara, one of the world’s most beautiful black sand beaches. Reynisfjara is decorated with titanic rock creations and hexagonal basalt columns that create up a huge cliff face in which extraordinary dark caves gape towards the open sea.
After traveling to Reynisfjara, then head towards the east, in the direction of the neighbouring town of Kirkjubæjarklaustur where you will lay your head for the night.
Day 4 – The East Fjords & Egilsstadir
On Day 4, take your next step to a small township of Egilsstaðir, which is the largest settlement in the Eastern Region, where folktale and science have rewarded a fierce battle for eras.
This unofficial capital of the east is divided by Iceland’s third major river, Lagarfljót, which is apparently home to the Icelandic correspondent of the Loch Ness Monster, the winding being known as Lagarfljótsormurinn.
While driving around Iceland, simply leave the Ring Road for a while and spend a number of days in East Iceland. This region is a lot ignored by many tourists, typically for the reason of their lack of time and knowledge how beautiful it is. This favourably unpopular area hides a lot of riches. East Fjords surely are able to amaze even the major malcontents and whiners.
Here are some of the places to visit:
Stórurð, a place where trolls play a game of pétanque
Borgarfjörður Eystri, which is considered to be the Iceland’s best spot to meet puffins face to face
East Fjords which is considered to be the kingdom of the elves
Vattarnes, an excellent road trip all around the fjords
Stöðvarfjörður, spectacular place to spend a night in the church
Day 5- Asbyrgi and Myvatn
On Day 5, move towards the north of Iceland that is in Ásbyrgi, which is a glacial canyon and is located in the north of Iceland, situated just about 38 kilometres east of Húsavík on the Diamond Circle road. This horseshoe-shaped depression is part of the Vatnajökull National Park and trials about 3.5 km in length and over 1 km wide.
After that you can visit to the volcanic lake in northern Iceland located in Mývatn. On the northeastern shore, Reykjahlíð village has an info centre as well as is a base for traveling the area. In the east of Mývatn Nature Baths have a certainly heated man-made lagoon which infused with mineral-rich waters known for their health-giving material goods. Going towards a short distance away, near Námafjall Mountain, is Hverir which is a hot-springs area with boiling mud pots as well as fumaroles.
Day 6 – Reykjanes & Homecoming
All through the very last day of your trip, you can travel along the southwest of Húsafell of two hours and on top of the ultra-volcanic Reykjanes Peninsula which is a huge edge of black as well as red lava arenas where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates drift separately.
On every of your turn, you are going to stumble upon grand examples of Iceland’s volcanic nature, such as the hot lake Kleifarvatn, and the lively geothermal fields of Gunnuhver as well as Seltún that are packed with bubbling mud pools and hot fumaroles.
Sandvík, which is on the southern point of the peninsula a footbridge overarches a small canyon, where you can walk in the middle of the two splitting continents.
The steamy world of black rock as well as milk-blue water will turn out to be a perfect finish to your visit in Iceland in which the hazy lake you are certain to soak away all of your pressure and strain as well as will make your body for the trip back home.
