The following day in Vik, we didn’t actually have any stable plans aside from an ‘Icelandic seashore day’ at Reynisfjara black sand seashore which felt completely incredible.
On this journey already we’d seen the fireplace and ice facet of Iceland absolutely from visiting an erupting volcano just some days earlier than after which visiting the ice collapse a glacier simply the afternoon earlier than.
Downtime felt virtually deserved.
However we’re in Iceland and so downtime doesn’t imply simply chilling at our resort (we had plans for that on the tail finish of our journey) so we went out to discover extra of the native sights in Vik.
Our information for the ice cave the day earlier than had mentioned that the mountains round Vik are nice for seeing puffins however even the one which seemed like we might drive up can be one we’d most likely should hike up except we had been driving a 4 x 4.
I seemed up at that mountain and determined the puffins weren’t gonna be a part of our plans as a result of cute as they’re, mountaineering up this gigantic mountain to see birds simply didn’t really feel like one thing we needed to do.
Little did we all know that it could be rather a lot simpler than that.
Anyway, so off we went to a extra accessible web site close to Vik – Reynisfjara black sand seashore and its iconic basalt columns of Reynisdrangar.
Reynisfjara black sand seashore is definitely one that you must go to with warning.
It is among the most harmful spots to go to in Iceland as a result of the waves on this seashore seem to be they’re advantageous however they’re fairly highly effective and might act in tandem to tug folks out into the ocean.
It’s like the primary one knocks folks down after which the one after pulls them earlier than they’ll get their bearings collectively.
That’s a really fundamental approach of describing however it is best to google ‘sneaker waves in Iceland’ if you wish to discover out extra particulars about this.
So yeah, Reynisfjara black sand seashore is totally value a go to however it is best to undoubtedly preserve a secure distance away from the shoreline right here.
And don’t assume that secure distance is the place different individuals are.
So many individuals ignore this and a few folks don’t even know so make that judgement sensibly once you go to and never primarily based on different folks’s judgment on the day itself.
Warning apart, it’s a completely unbelievable seashore to go to and a day like this with dramatic climate makes it look much more unbelievable.
The rain nonetheless was raining virtually sideways and shortly began to choose up so with that, we hopped again into the automobile and headed over to close by the Dyrhólaey arch.
Dyrhólaey is that this unbelievable rock formation that’s like an arch with a gap in it and for some cause, we’ve by no means been capable of finding it on earlier journeys.
Sounds ridiculous however there’s one other unbelievable viewpoint we all the time get distracted by and that’s Reynisfjara black sand seashore viewpoint.
It overlooks the black sand seashore and is simply so stunning.
So once more, we ended up going there looking for the Dyrhólaey arch andfound to our absolute delight – there have been tons of of puffins there.
I do know I appeared a bit nonchalant about looking for puffins earlier however I feel they is perhaps my favorite birds.
They’re so cute, I discover them so fascinating and simply seeing them proper subsequent to us once we weren’t even searching for them was simply wonderful.
It’s the closest we’ve ever gotten to puffins and we’ve been to numerous locations the world over looking for them.
Leaving the puffins, I remembered we nonetheless hadn’t gone to see the Dyrhólaey arch but and determined we completely needed to do up we went via what appeared like the one different choice to seek out it.
There was no approach we’d make the journey all the best way to Reynisfjara black sand seashore and miss out on the Dyrhólaey arch once more, particularly not once we know the way unbelievable it truly is.
The opposite route would have taken us again to the primary motorway and we didn’t need to return there simply but.
Seems I used to be proper and the Dyrhólaey arch was proper up that mountain path.
There’s a parking lot close to it and it’s a brief stroll to the point of view for it.
The Dyrhólaey arch is totally magnificent and so enormous.
It was additionally unbelievably blustery up right here due to what now appeared like a mini storm so after taking within the view, we hopped again into the automobile and made our approach over to our subsequent resort – The LandHotel, which might be one thing of a mini cease for the night earlier than making our strategy to The Retreat at The Blue Lagoon.
I’ll present you all about that as a result of The Retreat is kind of actually a deal with!
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