Seljalandsfoss waterfall on the south coast of Iceland
Seljalandsfoss drops about 60 metres from an old sea cliff on Iceland’s South ....
Reynisdrangar sea stacks on the south coast of Iceland
Reynisdrangar are a group of sea stacks rising from the Atlantic just off ....
Reynisfjara black sand beach
Reynisfjara is a black sand beach on Iceland’s south coast, framed by the ....
Eyjafjallajökull glacier and volcano on the south coast of Iceland
Eyjafjallajökull is a glacier-covered stratovolcano on Iceland’s south coast, rising to about 1,666 ....
Dyrhólaey Island in south iceland
Dyrhólaey is a dramatic volcanic headland rising about 120 metres above Iceland’s south ....
Skogafoss waterfall on the south coast of Iceland
Skógafoss is one of Iceland’s most recognisable waterfalls, dropping about 60 metres over ....
Vik I Myrdal
Bordered by the glacial river Jökulsá to the west and the river Blautakvísl ....
Urriðafoss waterfall on the south coast of Iceland
Urriðafoss is Iceland’s most voluminous waterfall, carrying the Þjórsá over a drop of ....
Sólheimajökull glacier in south coast of Iceland
Sólheimajökull is an outlet glacier descending from Mýrdalsjökull towards the South Coast. Its ....
The story of DC3 or C-117 plane wreck on Sólheimasandur in Iceland
The aircraft wreck on Sólheimasandur is almost universally described as a Douglas DC-3. ....
Hjörleifshöfði cape in south Iceland
Hjörleifshöfði rises 221 metres above the black sands of Mýrdalssandur east of Vík. ....
Seljavallalaug swimming pool on the south coast of Iceland
Seljavallalaug is a historic geothermal swimming pool hidden in a narrow valley beneath ....
Thingvellir national park
Thingvellir is the historic assembly ground of the Althing, founded around 930, and ....
Geysir hotspring and Strokkur
Geysir and Strokkur stand within the same geothermal field in Haukadalur. The Great ....
Gullfoss waterfall on the Golden circle in Iceland
Gullfoss is a two-tiered waterfall on the glacial river Hvítá, where the water ....
Þorvaldseyri farm
Þorvaldseyri is a working farm beneath Eyjafjallajökull on Iceland’s South Coast, established under ....
Þórsmörk valley
Þórsmörk is a sheltered highland landscape of birch woodland, glacial rivers and deeply ....
Þjórsárdalur valley
Þjórsárdalur is a broad, sheltered valley east of Þjórsá, where restored woodland and ....
Vestmannaeyjar Islands
Vestmannaeyjar is a volcanic archipelago off Iceland’s south coast, with Heimaey as its ....
Strokkur hot spring on Golden circle
Strokkur is the Golden Circle’s most dependable burst of geothermal drama: a fountain ....
Skógasafn museum
Skógasafn — formally Byggðasafnið að Skógum — is a group of museums beside ....
Gígjökull glacier
Gígjökull is the largest outlet glacier descending from Eyjafjallajökull. Before the 2010 eruption, ....
Faxi waterfall
Faxi is a broad waterfall on the spring-fed river Tungufljót, standing about seven ....
Brúarhlöð canyon
Brúarhlöð is the uppermost part of a canyon system carved by the glacial ....
Stöng Viking Age longhouse
Stöng is an excavated medieval farm complex in Þjórsárdalur, where the remains of ....
Gjáin canyon in Þjórsárdalur
Gjáin is a small canyon in Þjórsárdalur where the Rauðá river, springs and ....
Hjálparfoss waterfall
Hjálparfoss is a compact twin waterfall on Fossá in Þjórsárdalur, where two channels ....
Hekla volcano
Hekla is one of Iceland’s most active and historically consequential volcanoes, rising between ....
The Commonwealth farm in Þjórsárdalur
Þjóðveldisbærinn in Þjórsárdalur is a full-scale reconstruction based on the medieval farm excavated ....
Háifoss and Granni waterfalls
Háifoss and Granni descend side by side into a deep canyon in Þjórsárdalur, ....