5 Days
NORTH & EAST ADVENTURE
(Amy Noles McElderry)

July 18 - West of Iceland

Hvítserkur
Grábrók crater
Kolugljúfur Canyon
Glaumbær Turf House
Accommodations : Hotel Akureyri

Hvítserkur located on Vatnsnes peninsula in North-West Iceland, a 15-meter tall monolith or sea-stack, an eroded volcanic dyke. It looks like an animal of some sort, an elephant or a rhino; or even a dinosaur drinking. It is half-white from their guano, thus the name Hvítserkur; "hvít-" = white and "-serkur" = a long shirt.

July 19 - North of Iceland

Goðafoss (waterfall of the gods)
Aldeyjarfoss
Krafla Viti Crater
Námafjall Geothermal Area
Accommodations : Hotel Akureyri

Goðafoss waterfall is located in the river Skjálfandafljót in north Iceland, the fourth-largest river in Iceland. It is one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the country, falling from a height of 12 meters (39 feet) over a width of 30 meters (98 feet).

Námafjall, also known as Hverir, you will see many smoking fumaroles and boiling mud pots, surrounded by sulphur crystals of many different colours. This sulphur gives the area an overwhelming smell of egg.

July 20 - North of iceland

Húsavík
Dettifoss
Möðrudalur
Arctic Fox
Accommodations : Gistihúsið - Lake Hótel Egilsstaðir

Dettifoss is fed by the powerful glacier river Jökulsá á Fjöllum which flows from the largest glacier in Europe, Vatnajökull. The thunderous fall has an average water flow of 193 meters cubed per second (6,186 cubic feet). It is 100 meters (330 feet) wide and plummets 45 meters (150 feet) down into Jökulsárgljúfur canyon.

Möðrudalur is Iceland’s highest inhabited farm, nestled in the remote highlands with sweeping views in every direction.