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 OUR ICELANDIC ROAD TRIP23 days and over 5200 km of roads and tracks, plenty of river fording, bird watching, landscapes and waterfalls admiring, lamb and salmon barbecuing, hot dog munching, up and down hiking, and many many picture taking! The following slides show our daily route, weather as well as campsite departure and arrival times and daily/total distance driven. Click on them to see the pictures of each day. For 360x180 only, use the quick link on the top left of this picture. |  June 19 - 00:30 to 02:00Keflavik airport - Car pickup - Gardskagi - Sandgerdi Campground No pictures of this short hop... go to next slide :-) 20 / 20 km |
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 June 19 - 09:30 to 23:00Sandgerdi Campground - Reykjane Peninsula (Reykjanesta, Grindavik, Graenvatn, Kleifarvatn, Seltun) - Reykjavik (Fish Market with my Icelandic friend Freyr) - Bjarteysandur Campground 210 / 230 km |  June 20 - 09:10 to 22:20Bjarteysandur Campground - Glymur waterfall hike - South coast of Snaefellsnes Peninsula (Budakirkja, Stapafell, Anarstapi, Hellnar, Skardsvik beach) - Hellissandur Campground 250 / 480 km |
 June 21 - 09:00 to 23:30Hellissandur Campground - Northern coast of Snaefellsnes Peninsula (Kirkjufell, Grundarfoss, Helgafell) - Start of the Westfjords - Flokalundur Campground 340 / 820 km |  June 22 - 09:10 to 21:30Flokalundur Campground - Hnjotur - Latrabjarg - Raudisandur - Dynjandi - Isafjordur Campground 340 / 1160 km |
 June 23 - 10:00 to 20:30Isafjordur Camground - leaving the amazing Westfjords - Bifrost - Husafell Campground 450 / 1610 km |  June 24 - 08:20 to 21:20Husafell Campground - Thingvellir - Geysir - Gulfoss - Tire puncture fixed at Ida - Wild camping by Granni and Haifoss 245 / 1855 km |
 June 25 - 10:00 to 14:30Granni & Haifoss waterfalls wild camping - Thjofafoss - F225 - Landmannalaugar Campground - Hike around lava field - First Icelandic Hot Pot 95 / 1950 km |  June 26 - 12:30 to 21:30Landmannalaugar Campground - Blahnukur 1/2 hike (bad weather) - Ljotipollur - F208 South - Ofaerufoss hike - Vik Campground 140 / 2090 km |
 June 27 - 10:00 to 21:00Vik Campground - Reynisfjara - Reynisfjall - Cape Dyrholaey - C47 wreck - Skogafoss - Seljalandsfoss & Glufrafoss at Campground - Hike up the falls - Amazing sunset at midnight! 110 / 2200 km |  June 28 - 08:30 to 20:30Seljalandsfoss Campground - Up & down F249 to Thorsmork - Cape Dyrholaey - Vik - Kirkjubaejarklaustur Campground 255 / 2455 km |
 June 29 - 10:00 to 22:20Kirkjubaejarklaustur Campground - Roadside meeting with Freyr and his wife Gunnhildur to drive F206 up to Lakagigar - Fagrifoss - Lamb BBQ - Laki hikes - F206 South - Skaftafell Campground 185 / 2640km |  June 30 - 08:30 to 20:30Skaftafell Campground - Ingolfshofdi tour - Glacier hike attempt at Skaftafell (bad weather) - Fjallsarlon - Breidarlon - Jokulsarlon - Hofn Campground 210 / 2850 km |
 July 1 - 09:30 to 19:30Hofn Campground - East Fjords - Gufufoss - Seydisfjordur Campground 320 / 3170 km |  July 2 - 09:20 to 16:30Seydisfjordur Campground - Hengifoss view - F910 to Askja Campground - Sun finally came out at 20:00 - 6km track to start 8.8 km round trip hike in snow to see Viti crater 255 / 3425 km |
 July 3 - 11:00 to 22:20Askja Campground - F88 - Myvatn area (Viti crater, Leirhnjukur, Hverir, Grjotagja) - Bjarg Campground 160 / 3585 km |  July 4 - 09:00 to 21:10Bjarg Campground - So much rain again we decide to leave Myvatn area - F862 - Selfoss - Detifoss - Hafragilsfoss - Vesturdalur hiking trails (V2, 3 & 4) - Asbyrgi - Husavik - Heidarbaer Campground 175 / 3760 km |
 July 5 - 12:30 to 23:30Heidarbaer Campground (5cm water on field from continuous heavy rain) - Whale watching trip cancelled - Godafoss - Akureyri - F35 - Hveravellir Hot Pot - F347 - Kerlingarfjoll - Wild camping by next day's start of hike. 345 / 4105 km |  July 6 - 14:00 to 21:00Kerlingarfjoll - Beautiful hikes - Lamb, salmon & couscous BBQ - F347 to F35 South - F335 Hagavatn - Brautarholt campground 165 / 4270 km |
 July 7 - 08:30 - 16:00Brautarholt Campground - F228 Veidivotn / Litlisjor - F229 - F208 - Hnausapollur - Ljotipollur - Frostastadavatn - Landmannalaugar Campground - Brennisteinsalda hike - Natural Hot Pot again with amazing sunset colors over the mountains (no pictures as no camera in the hot pot, but it was amazing) 205 / 4475 km |  July 8 - 12:50 to 00:30Landmannalaugar Campground (morning hike 09:00 to 12:30) - F208 - Lunch in the wild - F235 - Langisjor - F208 - Skaftafell (evening hike from 21:00 to 23:30, Glacier & Svartifoss) - Jokulsarlon wild camping 270 / 4745 km |
 July 9 - 12:00 to 18:00Jokulsarlon wild camping - Breidarlon - Fjallsarlon - Vik - Alftanes/Reykjavik to meet our Icelandic friends Freyr & Gunnhildur again - Staying in a house and sleeping in a bed... feels weird :-) 390 / 5135 km |  July 10 - 11:00 to 20:30Alftanes - Reykjavik Shopping - Blue Lagoon - Grindavik Campground 80 / 5215 km |
 July 11 - 04:00 to 04:30Grindavik Campground - Car rental drop off - Keflavik airport 20 / 5235 km |
The Road Trip
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