The subsequent day in Vik, we didn’t actually have any strong plans apart from an ‘Icelandic seashore day’ at Reynisfjara black sand seashore which felt completely improbable.

On this journey already we’d seen the fireplace and ice facet of Iceland absolutely from visiting an erupting volcano just some days earlier than after which visiting the ice collapse a glacier simply the afternoon earlier than.

Downtime felt nearly deserved.

However we’re in Iceland and so downtime doesn’t imply simply chilling at our resort (we had plans for that on the tail finish of our journey) so we went out to discover extra of the native sights in Vik.

Our information for the ice cave the day earlier than had mentioned that the mountains round Vik are nice for seeing puffins however even the one which appeared like we may drive up could be one we’d most likely need to hike up until we have been driving a Four x 4.

I appeared up at that mountain and determined the puffins weren’t gonna be a part of our plans as a result of cute as they’re, mountaineering up this gigantic mountain to see birds simply didn’t really feel like one thing we needed to do.

Little did we all know that it will be loads simpler than that.

Anyway, so off we went to a extra accessible website close to Vik – Reynisfjara black sand seashore and its iconic basalt columns of Reynisdrangar.

Reynisfjara black sand seashore is definitely one it’s worthwhile to go to with warning.

It is without doubt one of the most harmful spots to go to in Iceland as a result of the waves on this seashore seem to be they’re high-quality however they’re fairly highly effective and might act in tandem to drag folks out into the ocean.

It’s like the primary one knocks folks down after which the one after pulls them earlier than they’ll get their bearings collectively.

That’s a really fundamental approach of describing however you must google ‘sneaker waves in Iceland’ if you wish to discover out extra particulars about this.

So yeah, Reynisfjara black sand seashore is totally price a go to however you must undoubtedly hold a protected distance away from the shoreline right here.

And don’t assume that protected distance is the place different persons are.

So many individuals ignore this and a few folks don’t even know so make that judgement sensibly whenever you go to and never based mostly on different folks’s judgment on the day itself.

Warning apart, it’s a completely unbelievable seashore to go to and a day like this with dramatic climate makes it look much more unbelievable.

The rain nevertheless was raining nearly sideways and shortly began to select up so with that, we hopped again into the automotive and headed over to close by the Dyrhólaey arch.

Dyrhólaey is that this unbelievable rock formation that’s like an arch with a gap in it and for some cause, we’ve by no means been capable of finding it on earlier journeys.

Sounds ridiculous however there’s one other unbelievable viewpoint we at all times get distracted by and that’s Reynisfjara black sand seashore viewpoint.

It overlooks the black sand seashore and is simply so lovely.

So once more, we ended up going there in the hunt for the Dyrhólaey arch andfound to our absolute delight – there have been a whole lot of puffins there.

I do know I appeared a bit nonchalant about trying to find puffins earlier however I feel they could be my favorite birds.

They’re so cute, I discover them so fascinating and simply seeing them proper subsequent to us once we weren’t even on the lookout for them was simply superb.

It’s the closest we’ve ever gotten to puffins and we’ve been to plenty of locations the world over in the hunt for them.

Leaving the puffins, I remembered we nonetheless hadn’t gone to see the Dyrhólaey arch but and determined we completely needed to do up we went by means of what appeared like the one different choice to seek out it.

There was no approach we’d make the journey all the best way to Reynisfjara black sand seashore and miss out on the Dyrhólaey arch once more, particularly not once we understand how unbelievable it truly is.

The different route would have taken us again to the principle motorway and we didn’t wish to return there simply but.

Seems I used to be proper and the Dyrhólaey arch was proper up that mountain path.

There’s a parking lot close to it and it’s a brief stroll to the perspective for it.

The Dyrhólaey arch is totally magnificent and so big.

It was additionally unbelievably blustery up right here because of what now appeared like a mini storm so after taking within the view, we hopped again into the automotive and made our approach over to our subsequent resort – The LandHotel, which might be one thing of a mini cease for the night earlier than making our method to The Retreat at The Blue Lagoon.

I’ll present you all about that as a result of The Retreat on the Blue Lagoon in Iceland is kind of actually a deal with!

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