Maríuhellar lava caves

This was our first excursion and my introduction to lava caves. We set off with our headlights and gear and went inside. The cave was beautiful!

There was a skeleton of a lamb that got stuck there during a storm and couldn't find its way out. The ceiling was shimmering in a silver colour, due to very tiny bacteria that lives there. We turned our headlights off and stopped talking, and the only thing you could hear were the water drops that made their way through the rock above and fell on the ground. It was magical.

Some of us decided to visit the narrowest part of the cave, while some others waited for us outside. We crawled and walked on all fours through the cave, until we made it to what they call Shark's mouth: a wide room that ends with a much narrower part with the roof covered in small pointy stalactites. I'm glad I decided to visit the additional part, it was gorgeous!Read more