The drive we had deliberate on at the present time in Iceland was gonna be an extended one however so value it as a result of we’d be visiting among the finest waterfalls in Iceland alongside the best way.
We have been presently staying on the Greenhouse Lodge in Sellfoss and could be driving all the best way to the Fosshotel Glacier Lagoon.
The drive takes round 3:40 minutes which doesn’t look like rather a lot however that’s with none stops for lunch and dinner (there aren’t any eating places close to it).
Additionally that drive has among the finest waterfalls in Iceland so you understand you could possibly simply double that driving time with all the additional stops after which add just a few extra hours on high of that. (Right here’s an awesome tour you may e-book which has the waterfall and another superb locations to go to in Iceland)
As so off we went!
Our first cease was Seljalandsfoss which is that this waterfall you may stroll behind – which hands-down makes it not simply among the finest waterfalls in Iceland however arguably in all of Europe.
Again once we visited the primary time over 10 years in the past (yeah, I do know I preserve reminiscing about this in all our earlier posts, hehe!) there was a carpark right here but it surely was nowhere almost as organised as it’s now.
There are even bogs right here now.
Anyway, we parked up and as you do, made our means over to the waterfall. As we approached it although, that’s after I realised we’d made an enormous mistake – not bringing raincoats with us.
Yeah, the climate was dry however with that wind, we have been already beginning to get fairly moist earlier than even attending to Seljalandsfoss.
We truly did have raincoats within the automotive however couldn’t be bothered to return and get them. We should always have.
If we thought we have been getting moist from the entrance of Seljalandsfoss waterfall, it is best to have seen how moist we obtained once we walked behind it. We have been completely soaked.
By this level, although I figured if have been already soaked then ‘in for a penny, in for a pound’ and determined to stroll down the trail that leads towards the bottom of the waterfall.
It was a little bit of a surreal expertise as a result of, from a distance, the waterfall appears comparatively skinny and wispy however up shut, you get a real sense of how highly effective it truly is.
Fully drenched, we made our means again up by means of the alternative facet of the waterfall and went to go to one other waterfall just some minutes away that we’d missed on our earlier journeys to Iceland.
It’s referred to as Gljufrabui and it’s hidden in plain sight right here. It’s among the finest waterfalls in Iceland you might not even realise you already know.
Basically in case you are trying proper at Seljalandsfoss, Gljufrabui is on the left of this, nearly a 3-minute stroll away.
It’s tucked away in just a little cavern and also you may get your toes a bit moist if you go searching for it but it surely’s so value it.
It’s completely attractive and feels such as you’ve discovered this unbelievable secret in Iceland.
Effectively, for those who ignore all the opposite folks round you ready for his or her second to soak all of it in (pun meant).
Ultimately, we made our means again to the automotive and headed off seeking our subsequent waterfall – Skogafoss.
Skogafoss is one other highly effective and iconic Icelandic waterfall however we needed to mood our enthusiasm and cease for lunch first.
The lunch cease was additionally an excuse to dry off as not a single merchandise on me felt dry – particularly not my footwear.
The hike to the Meradalir volcano two days earlier than had left them very dusty and the waterfalls right now simply turned that dustiness into mud.
Lunch was on the close by lodge’s restaurant and was a far cry from our most up-to-date journey there a few years in the past.
Again then the employees have been so superb and the lamb shank we had was so good. A lot in order that I made a decision to order the very same factor.
A visit to among the finest waterfalls in Iceland positively appeared prefer it wanted probably the most typical meals you may get in Iceland.
The lamb shank right now nevertheless was simply okay at finest and the service was truly fairly dangerous.
Even simply getting somebody to take your order felt like pulling tooth and the employees acted like they’d reasonably be anyplace else however there.
Anyway, after lunch and feeling good and dry, we headed over to Skogafoss and immediately obtained moist once more.
I positively assume the wind was doing one thing right now as a result of I don’t ever keep in mind being as moist right here as we have been on this journey.
It’s a magnificent waterfall and to be truthful, we in all probability ventured a bit nearer to it than we had on earlier journeys although that was largely as a result of we have been already correctly soaked once more even earlier than getting near it.
As soon as we have been performed right here we headed off seeking our lodge however determined to make a fast cease in Vik as that may be the final busy city we’d undergo which had choices for dinner that night.
In Vik, we discovered Smiðjan Brugghús, a microbrewery which did nice burgers, fries, BBQ pork ribs…and many others.
The environment right here is very nice and the meals is nice so I’d positively suggest it.
Dinner performed we had just a little jaunt round Vik, which was by now coated in fog earlier than heading off on our street journey once more.
I believe we will need to have arrived at The FossHotel Glacier Lagoon in all probability near midnight once more however this time at the very least we had dinner earlier than arriving.
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