Iceland Road Trip [Part I]

Start of my Iceland Road Trip! 

Recently Iceland has become a popular holiday destination due to the report that Northern Light will dim for a decade. However, our main purpose to Iceland is not to chase the Northern Light but for all the beautiful Iceland natural phenomena. 

We reached Keflavík International Airport in the afternoon and collected our rental car in the Airport before heading to our hostel in Reykjavík to rest for the day. 

Day 1 : Reykjavík - Þingvellir National Park - Strokkur Geyser - Gullfoss Waterfall - Kerið - Selfoss

View along the way to Þingvellir National Park. 

Þingvellir National Park

Þingvellir National Park, which is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site is about 37 minutes drive from Reykjavík City. Parking fees is 500 ISK per day valid for all parking lots around the park. 

The main attraction of the park is the path cause by the tectonic movements between Eurasian and North-American plate boundaries during the earthquake in 2000.

Snow everywhere! Its winter time (Mar 2017) so it is not advisable to go hiking around the park unless you have the proper footwear and clothing. As we saw quite a number of people slipping on the ice. 

Þingvallakirkja, the church in Þingvellir National Park is only open from middle of May to the beginning of September.

We did not explore the whole park as this was our first stop and we still have quite a number of place to explore! However if you have the whole day to spare, you can check out the official website for more activities!

Strokkur Geyser

We had lunch at Geysir Center before heading to the Geysers area which was nearby. Spotted cans of Fresh Icelandic Mountain Air for sale at 1,190 ISK each at the gift shop.

This is the Entrance of Geysir. You can smell sulphur in the air once you are here.

The water is extremely hot. Do not try to touch it.

Iceland most famous Geyser, Strokkur. It erupts into the sky every 6 - 10 minutes up to 15 to 20 m. We actually waited for at least 30 minutes in the cold for this perfect photo.  

Here is the video of Strokkur Geyser. 

Gullfoss Waterfall

This is our first waterfall for the Iceland Road Trip. More waterfalls on Day 2!

Gullfoss consists of 2 waterfall. The upper waterfall is about 11 metres and the lower waterfall is about 20 metres. It is extremely cold and windy over there. I had to run to the gift shop for some warm air. 

Kerið

Kerið is a volcanic crater lake and this is how it look like in winter. 

This is totally not worth the visit during winter! You should check out the photo in google when it is not cover by snow. 

The lake is frozen and you can see on the left side of the photo there were a lot of people walking on the ice. 

Entrance fees is 400 ISK per person. 

Selfoss

We ended our first day in Selfoss before continue our journey the next day.