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Parking On Air Globe Airport Parking PIT
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Icelandair
Firefly rental care - If you book via www.firefly.is you
will have CDW included. Additional
driver is ISK 1050 per day or max ISK 8050 per rental.
Tuesday
Flew PIT-KEF at 8:30 pm Tues
evening and arrived at 6:00 am.
Wednesday
-14,520 steps
rental
car from Firefly (Hertz). We got a 4x4
standard Dacia Duster.
Seltun
for a thermal area.
P2 area
nearby to see the 2021 eruption area of Hagafell volcano. 1000 ISK. Longer hikes to see more recent areas.
Reykjavik
- Hallgrimskirkja – church. It was free
to go inside but cost to go to the top of the tower.
Porufoss
and a gravel road to Pokafoss.
Laxafoss.
Fossarett waterfall, and Fossardalur waterfall trail.
Prandastadir,
Skorhagafoss and another on the way to Sandsfoss.
Stayed
outside of Mosfellsbaer
Roadside
waterfalls
Borgarnes
lunch from Bonus store.
Snaefellsnes
Peninsula – Snaefellsjokull National Park
Selvallafoss
– short hike from pull off
Grundafjordur
church Kirkjufellsfossar.
Grundafoss
Kirkjufellsfoss
(1000 ISK to park) Too cloudy to see Kirkjufell.
Svodufoss
near Rif
Skardsvik
beach
Saxholl
Crater 360 stairs
Djupalonssandur
– shipwreck, cool rocks & pebble beach
Londrangar
from road.
Artnastapi
Cliff viewpoint – missed the arch
Bjarnarfoss
& Kalfarfoss from the road.
Borgarnes
for pizza. Lunch at Bonus for next day.
Stayed
near Borgarnes
Friday – 11,433 steps
Hruanfossar
and Barnafoss. It was a little out of
the way but very good falls.
Glanni
waterfall at a golf course. Cost 1000
ISK.
Hvammstangi
- tried to see seals but there weren’t any.
Kolugljufur
canyon & waterfall.
Reykjafoss,
saw hot springs but didn’t go in. 1000
ISK cash to park.
Akureyri,
got lunch for the next day and fish & chips to heat up.
Stayed
in RV in Svalbaroseyri
Saturday
– 19,075 steps
Hverir,
thermal area. (1200 ISK) near Lake Myvatn.
2.5
mile hike around Leirhnukur volcano area
Krafla
Crater
Grjotagja
cave
Hverfjall
volcano – hike to top (1000 ISK)
Dimmuborgir
lava field
Drove
around Lake Myvatn
Godafoss
– both sides
Stayed
in RV in Svalbaroseyri
Sunday – 15,070 steps
Rough road
to Hrafnabjargafoss & Aldeyjarfoss.
90 km off of the ring road. We
had to open & close 2 sheep goats.
Beautiful falls.
Jokulsargljufur
for some cool rock formations & a canyon and waterfall.
Dettifoss
& Selfoss. Recommend Selfoss first
so you aren’t so wet for pictures.
Airbnb
in Vopnafjordur – out of the way but couldn’t find anything reasonable
Monday – 11,182 steps
Rijukandi
waterfall along the road, along with some other roadside falls.
groceries
in Egilsstadir.
Hengifoss
- hike, over 800 feet of elevation.
gravel
road through very scenic mountain pass. Faster than the Ring Road. Lots of waterfalls to see
Ate in
Hofn
Stayed
in Hali – couldn’t find anything reasonable in Hofn
Jökulsárlón
Glacial Lagoon & Diamond Beach – 1000 ISK.
Svinafellsjokull
glacier – easy hike to view it up close
Svartifoss
& saw Hundafoss along the way (500 ISK). Short but steep. Viewpoint too cloudy.
Stjornarfoss
near town.
Systrafoss
and hiked to the top to see Systravn (not worth the hike to the top).
Fjadrorglijufur
and saw Mogafoss. park close for free if
you have 4x4 – rough road
Vikurfjara
beach, not much to see.
Dyrholaey
- saw puffins & arch rocks
Stayed
in Hvolsvollur
Wednesday – 16,125 steps
Skogafoss.
planned to do a 10 mile, 25 waterfall
hike but it was raining too much & too cloudy, so we only Skogafoss,
Hestavadsfoss, Fosstorfufoss, Steinbogafoss, plus unnamed ones before turning
back.
Seljalandsfoss
(900 ISK). We walked to the falls &
behind it. Saw smaller ones & Gljufrabul.
Hvolsvollur
for gas & groceries.
Urridafoss
Gullfoss,
massive waterfall
Geysir
& saw Strokkur erupt
Airbnb
in Reykholt
Thursday – 15,713 steps
Rough
road to Bruarfoss (1000 ISK). 2 mile
hike to see Midfoss & Hjauptungurfoss too.
Thingvellir
National Park (1000 ISK) - tectonic plates, Logberg (law rock), & church,
Oxarafoss.
Kerid
Crater & down to the lake (600 ISK per person).
Eyrarbakki
& Stokkseyri – heard they were cute fishing towns but didn’t see much.
Airbnb
near Selfoss. We picked up Domino’s
& groceries.
Friday – 10,402 steps
Reykjavik
- Ellidaardalur park to see Kermoafoss.
Downtown
to do some shopping & lunch.
Airport,
returned the car, & flew back to Pittsburgh at 4:55 pm.