Our remain at The FossHotel Glacier Lagoon, after the day before invested exploring some of the best waterfalls in Iceland, was just for one night however this was as far East as we would be going– hotels-wise.
We really selected it at first due to its distance to Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon in addition to Stokksnes however likewise due to the fact that it would be our very first time doing an ice cavern trip in Iceland which would be leaving from Vik.
Again, Vik isn’t too far from here so that simply works ideal for our prepare for the day.
Now we ‘d really left our hotel scheduling for Iceland till rather late this summertime and every location appeared to be completely reserved.
It was then we understood how expanded hotels were because, in a perfect world, we would have rather reserved hotels with much shorter drives in between them however hey ho.
The good idea is that the drive the day previously was most likely the longest drive in between hotels we ‘d need to do.
Plus this hotel was quite near Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, which we made our really first stop that early morning.
Thankfully the fog from the day previously had actually raised and we had clearer skies for our check out to Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon today.
The last time we were at Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, it was throughout a snowstorm and you might hardly see anything.
It was so unbelievable seeing all the, in some cases enormous, icebergs drifting past.
Every so typically they ‘d break and develop smaller sized icebergs which showed up total with a wave to usher them along their merry method.
This journey was likewise the very first time we had actually found the wildlife at Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon.
We saw a seal swimming around and I believe it’s the very first time I’ve ever seen a seal in Iceland in all the years we’ve been going to.
We likewise saw ducks messing around in the water here too.
Leaving Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, we made our method over to Stokksnes– which is this location with this grand beach and towering mountains standing guard over it. {
You really need to pay to visit this location if you drive here which is so unlike the majority of locations in Iceland.|If you drive here which is so unlike the majority of locations in Iceland,
You really have to pay to visit this location.}
There’s likewise a little ‘town’ here which is where The Witcher on Netflix was shot. {
The finest time to see is when the tide is a bit in and it produces this mirror-like result that looks definitely remarkable with the mountains in the background.|When the tide is a bit in and it produces this mirror-like result that looks definitely remarkable with the mountains in the background,
The finest time to see is.}
We didn’t examine the tide times before we went to Stokksnes and truthfully even if we did, we still would not have actually had much option as we might just actually go to at a particular time offered our schedule.
If you are nevertheless taking a trip along more or remaining here for longer, I ‘d certainly advise being tactical with the time of day you go to Stokksnes.
Leaving Stokksnes, we made our method over to Vik for something we were really ecstatic about.
So much so that it was the really first thing we reserved after scheduling our tickets to Iceland.
See in Vik we would lastly get the possibility to enter into an ice cavern.
We ‘d attempted doing this a couple of years before however the snowstorm in Iceland ambushed all possibility of that.
This time it looked most likely however then as we left Stokksnes, the weather condition simply appeared to take a weird turn.
The dark clouds came down along the method and featured some thick fog to keep it business.
At this point, I wasn’t rather sure what climate condition this check out to the ice caverns might run under however it wasn’t looking appealing.
Still however, our hotel remained in Vik so we simply continued our journey.
We remained at the Hotel Kria in Vik and it’s really rather good.
It’s relatively easy in the method most Icelandic hotels are however appears rather developed for great deals of social enjoyable with recreation rooms and locations to simply hang out in.Get Your Guide We really explored this hotel in the rain and after dropping our things off, headed over to town to satisfy our guides for the ice cavern see.this specific one here We reserved this ice cavern trip on
— it’s a Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon tour here too and I can’t advise it enough.
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There are a great deal of things you can do in Iceland without a see and a guide to an ice cavern is not one of those things.
You require to book on a main ice cavern trip due to the fact that you require somebody to take you here due to the fact that there are numerous errors one might make if they attempt to go to by themselves.
For beginners, the entire location is surrounded by quicksand however you will not understand which parts are quicksand and which parts are simply routine.
It’s all the ashes that’s launched that makes it in this manner. When it gets damp,
It’s so great and has actually been caught in the ice for ages and launched as it melts which can be challenging to browse.
Then there’s the entire access to the ice cavern itself.
You will not understand which one to enter into or perhaps how to enter into the location.
The guides do so you’ll require them for this.
Also, keep in mind ice caverns are continuously melting so the guides are the ones that understand which ones are strong enough to go to and which ones you require to prevent.
Anyway so yeah, we went off to satisfy our guide as I kid you not, as he drove us closer to the ice cavern, the weather condition began to clear.
We were simply pleased that the rain had actually stopped, however the weather condition chose to take things up a notch and highlight this remarkable sunlight.
It resembled all the fog and rain had never ever even took place.
We were fitted with crampon accessories for our hardhats and shoes and off we entered into the ice cavern.
It was definitely remarkable by the method.
So stunning and the colours inside it were incredible.
It kinda brings the entire experience previously at Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon cycle too.
It likewise opens at the other end checking out the glacier. {
It was melting at the entryway when we got in however not actually inside.|When we got in however not actually inside,
It was melting at the entryway.}
Inside, the flooring was covered by the ash launched from when it melted.
If you take a look at the ice walls inside the ice cavern, you can see each time the volcano appeared and launched ash (portrayed by the line of the ash within) then all the snow that built up on top of it, then the next volcanic eruption, followed by the snow and so on and so on.
It’s unbelievable. It’s like this photo into the nature of the location.
After taking our time admiring this location, it was ultimately time to leave and if you take a look at the glacier around here, you ‘d really believe they are mountains.
They are covered in ash and look easily. When you look more detailed that you understand it’s all ice beneath them,The Very Best Of Great Britain!
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Like I stated this ice cavern trip was the very first thing we reserved for Iceland, even before scheduling our hotels and we’re so delighted it was so worth it. Definitely remarkable.(*) Check Out (*) Check out (*) for travel videos!(*) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbxgOqFb7TU(*)
