Iceland is an amazing country where people without surnames live, speaking the 12th century language and believing in the elves. The horses covered with wool are jumping along the black lava fields, the mountains shine with all the colors of the rainbow, and geysers beat from the ground. It is impossible not to love Iceland, because it is here that you can:
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1. Take a ride on Icelandic horse on a volcanic plain
In Iceland, there are many volcanic plains with craters of cooled volcanoes and black lava sand. On the plains, stocky horses are often grazed with ponies with ponies, which every winter is overgrown with thick hair and are not afraid of cold weather. Icelandic horses are calm and friendly, quickly walk on ice and sharp stones, so the horse on horseback is the most pleasant way to visit the volcanic plain.
2. See a giant glacier and visit the ice cave
The glaciers are most conveniently admiring in the Tork Mercer Valley, which is surrounded by mountains with three glaciers. In the valley, groves of low birches grow, rivers flow, several huge languages of the glacier slide from the mountains, which can be driven by car. And the most beautiful ice caves can be visited in the Skaftafell National Park,
Glacier Svinafellsjokull. The ice caves of this glacier with a rare, bright-blue shade of ice are open for visits all year round.
3. Go through the geyser valley
There are more than two hundred geysers in the Haucadalur Geizers Valley. The largest and most famous are Strogkur and the old geyser, which are erupted several times per hour. Strogkeur erupts the fountain of hot water to a height of ten to fifty meters. According to the geyser valley, you can move freely and observe the eruptions.
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4. admire the northern radiance above the waterfall
The northern part of Iceland is almost behind the polar circle and in winter there is often a northern lights. It is impossible to find out exactly when the northern lights appear, most often it occurs clear, cold, calm nights. But it is known that the Icelanders consider the most beautiful the northern lights over the waterfalls of the Selfhoss, Dettifoss and the Years.
Photo: Jeff Sheldon
5. swim in a blue lagoon
The Blue Laguna is a huge geothermal pool on the Rayykyan Peninsula in the southwest of the country, an hour riding from Reykjavik. The lava breed from which the peninsula consists is so porous that it passes the sea water, which forms the underground cavities at different depths, heated by lava. In 1976, a geothermal power station was built on the peninsula, next to which a blue lake with healing water soon formed. The light blue lagoon is surrounded by black lavage stones, and water has a temperature of about 40 degrees all year round and has healing properties thanks to minerals, silver and algae.
Photo: Jon Flobrant
6. to visit the mountains of Landmannalaugar, similar to Martian landscapes
The Landmannalaugar mountains consist of a riolit volcanic breed, which contains interspersed many minerals that form shades of all colors of the rainbow. At the foot of the mountains are black lava fields, white steam comes out of the ground and hot springs are hit, whose bathing is free. Many walking routes have been laid along the mountains, there are camps with parking lots and shops at thermal sources. If you go by car, choose the F225, F208 and F26 highways: from there the best views of color mountains.
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