- ***Fjadrargljufur Canyon- Game of Thrones canyon. You can only go to the three view points. You cant go down into the canyon. go to the end viewpoint play so this whole area this is where we are. ALLTRAILS 2 miles, 340 elevation, 1 hr. Its pretty but you can’t go down or get too close and there are so many tourists.
- ****Svartifoss waterfall is in Skaftafell National Reserve - basalt Column Angel wings waterfall. ALLTRAILS 2 miles, 450 elevation, 1 hr. The sun finally came out. We hiked in our short sleeves. It felt so good. We were all so tired and hungry and enjoyed lunch in the parking lot, crackers, cheese, salami, cream cheese, avocados, jam. Yum.
- ****Svinafellsjokull glacier- short easy walk to the base of the glacier. Walk into the freezing water. Icebergs floating. ALLTRAILS 1.4 miles, 150 elevation, 30 minutes. It wasn’t the prettiest glacier but we were up close. The water was freezing and brown/dirty. Darren dared the kids to swim out. We went in to our knees.
- *****Mulagljufur Canyon - Gigantic mountains, deep valleys. Waterfalls pouring off of glaciers. 360 is amazing. H ALLTRAILS 3.6 miles. 1,200 elevation, 2:15 minutes. Favorite place so far. The canyon was spectacular to hike beside. A big cascading waterfall pouring down half way up. Then at the top you could see the edge of the glacier as it melted into a waterfall that went down and down and down, layer by layer down the rock. Then you could turn and see the canyon, then diamond beach and the glacier fingers and then the ocean. It was a place to be reverenced.
**Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon is just north of ****Diamond Beach. Come here if you want to see the chunks on the Beach. Fjallsarlon Iceberg Lagoon is close by but we skipped it. We were so exhausted and grumpy and hungry. But this place was magical. The sun was getting so low.
- Made it to Hofn to camp. Cooked some hotdogs and crashed!
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