Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Southeast Iceland
Why Go?
The 200km stretch of Ring Road from Kirkjubæjarklaustur to Höfn is truly mind-blowing,
transporting you across vast deltas of grey glacial sand, past lost-looking farms, around the
toes of craggy mountains, and by glacier tongues and ice-filled lagoons. The only thing
you won't pass is a town.
The mighty Vatnajökull dominates the region, its huge rivers of frozen ice pouring down
steep-sided valleys towards the sea. Jökulsárlón is a photographer's paradise, a glacial la-
goon where wind and water sculpt icebergs into fantastical shapes.
The bleak coastal deserts of glacial sand are remnants of calamitous collisions between
fire and ice. Further inland is the epicentre of Iceland's worst volcanic event, the Lak-
agígar fissures. With so much desolation on display, it's not surprising that Skaftafell is so
popular. This sheltered enclave between the glaciers and the sands throbs with life and col-
our, and the footfall of hikers.
