Golden Circle

The "Golden Circle" contains many of Iceland's most famous natural wonders.

We first stop at Kerid, arround 10 kms further southwest of Skaholt. A 3000 year-old explosion crater containing a looking green lake.

We reached Geysir under a raining weather. Geysir is the original blasting hot-water spout after wich all other geysers around the world are named. The Great Geysir used to gush water up to 80m into the air, but large earthquakes in 2000 seem to have shifted some of blocage and ended it. 

The video is related to Strokkur, next to the Great Geysir. It is the world's most reliable geyser. You have to wait no more than 5 or 6 minutes between each eruption.

From Geysir we continue the route to Iceland's most famous waterfall, Gullfoss ('Golden Falls'), a spectacular double cascade. It drops 32m, kicking up thundering away down a narrow ravine.

On the road back to Reykjavik, we visit Pingvellir Nationa Park. It is Iceland's most important historical site. The Vikings established the world's fist democratic parliament, here in AD 930.

It has a superb natural setting, on the edge of an immense rift caused by separating North America and Eurasian tectonic plates.