The subsequent 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 hearth and ice facet of Iceland totally from visiting an erupting volcano only a few days earlier than after which visiting the ice collapse a glacier simply the afternoon earlier than.
Downtime felt nearly deserved.
However we’re in Iceland and so downtime doesn’t imply simply chilling at our lodge (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 stated that the mountains round Vik are nice for seeing puffins however even the one which regarded like we might drive up could be one we’d in all probability should hike up until we have been driving a 4 x 4.
I regarded 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, climbing up this gigantic mountain to see birds simply didn’t really feel like one thing we wished to do.
Little did we all know that it could be so much 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 it is advisable go to with warning.
It is likely one of the most harmful spots to go to in Iceland as a result of the waves on this seashore appear to be they’re superb however they’re fairly highly effective and may 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 primary manner of describing however you must google ‘sneaker waves in Iceland’ if you wish to discover out extra particulars about this.
So yeah, Reynisfjara black sand seashore is completely value a go to however you must positively preserve a protected distance away from the shoreline right here.
And don’t assume that protected 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 whenever 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 nearly 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 motive, we’ve by no means been capable of finding it on earlier journeys.
Sounds ridiculous however there’s one other unbelievable viewpoint we at all times get distracted by and that’s Reynisfjara black sand seashore viewpoint.
It overlooks the black sand seashore and is simply so lovely.
So once more, we ended up going there in the hunt for the Dyrhólaey arch andfound to our absolute delight – there have been a whole bunch of puffins there.
I do know I appeared a bit nonchalant about trying to find puffins earlier however I feel they may be 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 on the lookout for them was simply superb.
It’s the closest we’ve ever gotten to puffins and we’ve been to a lot of locations internationally in the hunt 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 by way of what appeared like the one different possibility to seek out it.
There was no manner we’d make the journey all the way in which to Reynisfjara black sand seashore and miss out on the Dyrhólaey arch once more, particularly not once we understand how unbelievable it really is.
The opposite route would have taken us again to the principle 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 carpark close to it and it’s a brief stroll to the perspective for it.
The Dyrhólaey arch is completely magnificent and so large.
It was additionally unbelievably blustery up right here because of what now appeared like a mini storm so after taking within the view, we hopped again into the automobile and made our manner over to our subsequent lodge – 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 on the Blue Lagoon in Iceland is sort of actually a deal with!
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