Southeast Iceland - Iceland - page 676

Höfn to Djúpivogur
The 105km stretch around Iceland's southeast corner, from from Höfn to Djúpivogur, is
another impossibly scenic stretch, the road curving past only a handful of farms backed by
precipitous peaks.
There are no towns, and aside from the detour to Viking Cafe, no places for a coffee (or
toilet) break.
Lón
The name Lón (Lagoon; pronounced 'lone') sums up the nature of this shallow bay en-
closed by two long spits between the slightly spooky mountains Eystrahorn and Vestrahorn
(marked on some maps as Austurhorn and Vesturhorn). To the northwest is the delta of
Jökulsá í Lóni river, where an enormous colony of swans nests in spring and autumn.
As with other peaks in the region, the batholithic Eystrahorn at the eastern end of Lón
was formed as a subsurface igneous intrusion, gradually revealed through erosion. This is
the best access for strolls on the sandspit enclosing the eastern portion of Lón.
At the western end of Lón, the commanding Vestrahorn and its companion Brunnhorn
form a cape between Skarðsfjörður and Papafjörður. Travel down the signposted road to
Stokksnes to explore this striking area, known as Horn - the Viking Cafe is here, as is a
farm-owner charging for land access.