I have always wanted to travel to Iceland. It is a country that most people imagine is covered in ice all year round but when I went in summer the only ice was on the glaciers and the lagoons below. With a population of just over 334,000 people, it is quite easy to feel like you are in the middle of nowhere when you are outside the city and not near the main tourist attractions. If you are a Game of Thrones fan, you will feel right at home at some of these locations.
The Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon is a popular tourist spot, and for good reason. The icebergs that fall off the bottom of the Breiðamerkurjökull Glacier, part of larger Vatnajökull Glacier making a stunning sight for sightseers and photographers. The ice floats out to the Atlantic Ocean and many are left scattered on the black sands of the nearby beach. It is somewhere I could have spent hours photographing the fantastic shaped ice, but it wasn’t possible. A boat trips out amongst the ice made the it good to get close up to the big icebergs.
One thing that Iceland isn’t short of is waterfalls. You could easily make a calendar out of the impressive waterfall. These huge waterfalls make you feel very small and I was never tempted to go for a swim.
Iceland’s geothermal activity is everywhere, and the best thing about it is the baths around the country, The Mývatn Nature Baths are lovely, you can sit and contemplate about the waterfalls you have seen and get excited about the ones you are about to.
Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon.
Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon.
Ice on Breiðamerkursandur beach.
The Mývatn Nature Baths.
Skógafoss waterfall.
Goðafoss waterfall.
Strokkur geysir.
Gullfoss.
Mýrdalsjökull glacier.
The Blue Lagoon, not far from Reykjavík.
