Skaftafell, Iceland Travel Blogs

Day 12: 7/18/07 Skaftafell to Kirkjubćjarklaustar
Jul 18, 2007 (13 photos)

... Falls)-a place I had not seen before.  It was a great short stop that we all enjoyed.              Lakagígar has been included in Skaftafell National Park and there is now a Blágil campground on the rift. We climbed Laki under fairly clear skies.  There was a good view ...

séjour ŕ Skaftafell
Jul 15, 2008 (15 photos)

... bus de ligne de sortir tout le monde d'affaire ! En fin d'aprčs-midi, on arrive au camping du parc de Skaftafell, au pied du Vatnajokull, le plus grand glacier d'Islande, mais aussi d'Europe Mercredi 16 juillet : Randonnée dans le parc de ...

Day 11: July 17, 2007 Hike to Skeiđarárjökull
Jul 17, 2007 (23 photos)

... abyss.  I kept willing it to fall but it held firm.  I did hear several other blocks fall. My next hike in Skaftafell will be up the Morsá to visit the Morsádalur and see the ice falls.            ...

ICELAND
Aug 13, 2006

hello hello i only have 2 minutes of internet, so i am just here to tell you that we are in iceland and it is beautiful, but expensive. we are heading home on tuesday¨(2 days!!) so we will update it all then!¨can´t wait to see everyoneeeee.

Day 10: July 16, 2007 Eglistađir to Skaftafell
Jul 16, 2007 (24 photos)

Day 10: July 16, 2007 Eglistađir to Skaftafell National Park                Once again, I slept through the night.  Bill complained of all of the noise in the campground but I'm afraid I ...

THE ART OF GLACIAL RIVER-CROSSING
Jul 17, 2000 (3 photos)

... what to do, I stomped on. I now found myself wet from shoes to shirt to the walkman and papers in my backpack, in Iceland, with a strong wind nearly pushing me off the trail, 300 kilometers from home, and I STILL had a puffin to catch! Actually, I ...

Vatnajokull
Jul 18, 2004

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Ginormous Glaciers
Aug 18, 2009

... today is still basically what the Vikings spoke back in the year 1000. Anyway, the roads in the interior of Iceland can get a bit sketchy (multiple river crossings, exploding volcanoes, etc.), but despite this the entire country is simply ...

Boelti
May 8, 2007

Glacier

Amazing national park
Apr 17, 2007

... lake with icebergs where I spotted 3 seals; ice blocks on the black volcanic sand beach Skaftafell national park; Vatnajökull = huge glacier; Svartifoss waterfall   Skaftafell: stayed overnight at lovely Bölti ...

Day 7 - Skaftafell
Jul 14, 2008 (18 photos)

Today I did a really nice hike. The weather was great in the morning, so I headed to Sel first, which is a 1920s turf-roofed farmhouse with a great view of the glacier Skeiđararjökull. From there I headed to Svartifoss (Black Falls), something I´ve been ...

Día 17 o del Camel Trophy
Aug 17, 2008

Esta mańana hemos visitado a primera hora la oficina de turismo de Myvatn donde un antipático y frío islandés no nos ha servido de gran ayuda. Hemos hecho una ruta andando por el cráter del volcán Hverfjall, y después hemos ido a visitar la zona de gran ...

de Reykjavik au parc national de Skaftafell
May 26, 2006

... Hyundai Getz!! A son retour nous avons chargé la voiture pour la journée et sommes partis vers le sud en direction de Skaftafell: aller-retour dans la journée de 700 km! Nous sommes passés par Skogar, Vik, Kirkjubaejarklaustur (eh oui, lŕ aussi!)...

Workcamp: Skaftafell
Aug 3, 2008 (13 photos)

... , Lithuania, New Zealand (yours truely), the US, the UK, and Japan. Our first week was spent in Skaftafell National Park in the eastern part of Iceland, and on the edge of the massive Vatnajokull ice cap (the largest piece of ice outside of the poles and ...

Day 6 - Egilsstađir to Skaftafell
Jul 13, 2008 (8 photos)

Well, I lied. It turns out there actually is internet at Skaftafell! I left Egilsstađir at 7am (ugh) on the bus. It was a 6 and a half hour ride there, but we were able to get off a few times. One of the best things was the bus stopped for half an hour ...