Iceland Tour, June 2023
with Smithsonian Journeys
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Reykjavik, Capital City of Iceland
Selfoss and Vik
Akureyri
Akureyri is Iceland's fifth most populous municipality located in the central north of the country at the head of Eyjafjörður, one of the longest fjords in Iceland. [Wikipedia] |
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At the Goðafoss (waterfall of the gods), the water of the river Skjálfandafljót falls from a height of 12 meters over a width of 30 meters. |
Lake Myvatn, Dimmuborgir, Námaskarð
Húsavík and Nearby Stops
Glaumbær Farm,Skagafjörður
The turf houses at Glaumbær date from the 18th to the 19th century. This style was used in Iceland up until 1910-30. |
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Grabrok Crater |
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Borgarfjörður
Snæfellsnes Peninsula
The translates to "snow-mountain-peninsula", a refence to the
Snæfellsjökull volcano
that rises at the tip of the peninsula. The peninsula's
sights include the Búðir black church,
the Arnarstapi basalt columns,
Ytri-Tunga beach with its seal colony, and the Black Lava Pearl Beach.
Þingvellir National Park
Gullfoss and Geysir |
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