Our trip at a glance...

Day one : trip from Paris to Reykjavik.

Day two : Golden Circle Tour. Geysir, Gulfoss and Pingvellir. 

Day three : the Southwest Cost and the gorgeous glacier Myrdalsjökull.

Day four : the Blue Lagoon & Reykjavik.

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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.

Ski doo and the South Coast of Iceland

On day 3, the Sun is back. It's a great opportunity for us to do ski doo on the Myrdalsjökull, a sub-glacial Volcano. Between 1300 and 1450m, we drive a 15kms trip on ice, with the Ocean as horizon line.

The Myrdalsjökull glacier is Iceland's fourth-largest icecap, covering 700 sq km and reaching a thickness of almost 750m in places.

Back on the coast, we discover Skogafoss, a 62 m waterfall :

A run with the four wheel drive on the black-sand beach, close to Vik :

Blue Lagoon and Reykjavik

On Day 4, with in a sunny day, we go to the Iceland's most famous tourist attraction, the Blue Lagoon. It looks like something from a dream. The outdoor milky-blue spa is located in the middle of a vast black lava plain. 

The lagoon is just a sensory delight.

End of the great trip in Iceland, in Reykjavik.