Day 9

Our last full day was finishing Snæfellsnes peninsula and making our way to the capital! The wind was biting in the morning even though the sun was shining!

First stop of the day was Kirkjufell - known as church mountain - a mountain off the coast of Snæfellsnes peninsula. It is named this due to its shape resembling a church; sharp at the top with long curved sides. Also it is the arrow shaped mountain from Game of Thrones.

The drive along the peninsula was beautiful - with small communities, picturesque churches, cooled lava and craters, waterfalls and coastal and glacier views! We stopped in at Djupalonssandur which is a bay with tall lava formations, iron pieces of a British Trawler that wrecked in 1948 and small black smooth pebbles that make up the beach.

We took in the views at Lóndrangar basalt cliffs which protrude towards the ocean. These pillars at 75m and 61m tall! Last stop on our trip around the peninsula was Rauðfeldsgjá Gorge - which is a narrow opening in Botnsfjall Mountain that you can climb inside - water levels were too high for us to get very far but it definitely was a sight to see!

We finished our day in the capita Reykjavik! On the way we drove through yet another tunnel, this one was 6km long and under water!

In the capital we stopped at the National Museum of Iceland where we learned more about the history of this country, then a quick beer and headed to Sky Lagoon.

We did their 7 step ritual which involved a cold plunge (mine was more of a cold dip..), sauna, cold mist, a body scrub, steam, shower, and soak in their lagoon. The location was fantastic here with their lagoon designed as an infinity pool looking over the Reykjavik harbour and surrounded by volcanic rocks.Weiterlesen