Jun 8–19, 2024 · Iceland
Iceland Ring Road
Eleven days circling Route 1 — waterfalls, black beaches and one very moody glacier lagoon.
- Days12
- Places6
- Route~894 km
- Prints here2
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The stops are all listed in the itinerary.
the route, stop by stop
Itinerary
The plan was simple: rent a small camper in Reykjavík, drive Route 1 clockwise, and let the weather decide the schedule. It mostly did.
Highlights below the fold — the full day-by-day is in the journal entries, and every photo that didn't fit here is in the Drive album.
Journal entries
Jökulsárlón in the rain
The lagoon in bad weather is better than most places in good weather.
Chasing waterfalls on Route 1
Skógafoss, Seljalandsfoss, and the unnamed ones that turned out to be the best ones.