The following morning in Iceland I awoke brilliant and early keen to go to Geysir sizzling spring, Strokkur and Gullfoss waterfall in The Golden Circle of Iceland however I discovered myself additionally unusually kinda annoyed.
Like how might now we have gotten the hike to the volcano the day earlier than so incorrect?
After which for some motive, I made a decision to test the information and likewise Instagram and there I discovered so many pictures and movies of people that had gone on the proper hike path to take you near the volcano.
It took all of 5 minutes of studying to grasp the place we’d gone incorrect.
For starters, we hadn’t realised that there have been two paths you can go on for this hike.
Additionally, the trail we drove in from Reykjavik meant that the primary automotive park we noticed was the one which takes you additional away from the volcano.
If we had are available in through the opposite means, we’d have stopped on the appropriate automotive park.
Onerous as the hike was the day earlier than, I made a decision we might simply need to redo it.
And this can be a large deal for me as a result of I can’t say I significantly get pleasure from mountain climbing. Haha! Particularly when it’s acquired such a steep incline.
Really, I take that again.
This journey made me realise how a lot I like mountain climbing, simply not when I’ve to do it in giant teams and try and sustain.
I prefer to hike comparatively slowly and take my time to understand every thing round me.
While you do it in an enormous group it’s very simple to seek out your self attempting to play meet up with the quickest individual within the group and a lot of my vitality is spent doing that as an alternative of appreciating the hike that I’m on.
And to not point out the very fact I might then carry a heavy digital camera, big lenses and additional gear all earlier than including an enormous water bottle and snacks.
It was like carrying a small youngster on my again to go mountain climbing with in order that made issues so much trickier.
Nowadays, I’ve determined I’d solely do it with my cellphone and at finest possibly a light-weight digital camera.
Anyway so it was determined that the hike must be re-attempted however my toes nonetheless damage from the hike the day earlier than so I figured we’d go away that hike until later within the day.
Fortunately because it’s summer season in Iceland, the solar doesn’t actually set so the hike could possibly be left off until a lot later within the day.
The plans for this morning could be to go to an outdated favorite in Iceland – Geysir.
Geysir is informally the identify of the overall space the place geysers erupt however is definitely the identify of an enormous geyser which used to erupt fairly ceaselessly however now solely does so each so a few years.
Within the space, although you can find the extra lively geyser known as Strokkur which erupts each couple of minutes and the eruptions might be fairly big.
This tour right here is such a good way to discover these websites, by the best way.
It’s one of many first locations we visited in Iceland a few years in the past and I nonetheless discover it fascinating each time we go to.
Additionally throughout it you’ll discover little pockets of effervescent sizzling water on the bottom which is why it’s essential to keep on with the strolling paths right here as the bottom is actually boiling.
Not too removed from Geysir, you’ll discover Gullfoss. Gullfoss is among the strongest and most luxurious waterfalls in all of Iceland.
Again once we first visited over a decade in the past the trail right here was a bit of bit extra ‘makeshift’ however as of late, it’s so clearly outlined and has ranges to it that make it simple to understand even when your mobility is proscribed.
After a jaunt across the space, we determined it was time to go away Gullfoss and begin to plan for this night’s hike.
In an try to not make the identical mistake we did the day earlier than, we went again to the lodge to refill on the provides we’d truly purchased earlier than occurring that volcano hike.
We then made our means over to an area restaurant for a quite early dinner (like severely early) earlier than beginning the drive in the direction of the Meradalir Volcano.
As we drove over to the volcano for the hike, I’m not gonna lie, I began dreading it.
It was lengthy and laborious the day earlier than and that was with completely attractive climate.
The climate this night couldn’t be extra completely different.
It was raining, windy and so much colder.
However we have been decided to make our technique to the correct viewing level of the volcano so we carried on to the proper automotive park this time.
On arrival, we discovered that there didn’t appear to be many vehicles within the automotive park and once we tried to park, an area police officer had blocked the entry and stated nobody was allowed to do the hike as a result of climate circumstances and wind change.
I didn’t even hesitate or fake to be upset and simply jumped again into the automotive.
We have been so happy and I’m fairly sure our legs have been thanking us for not placing them via this ordeal once more so shortly.
So with that, we simply headed again to The Greenhouse Lodge to chill out.
That’s truly once we discovered the entire meals corridor below the lodge with numerous completely different eating choices.
There’s even a taco truck right here.
As we’d eaten earlier, we skipped the meals choices and simply went straight for what felt like a well-earned chilly bottle of white wine.
Oh, and there’s additionally a store right here promoting numerous Icelandic goodies.
Issues we hadn’t seen once we arrived in the midst of the night time lower than 24 hours in the past.
It truly turned out to be a significantly better technique to spend the night.
The one factor although is that we couldn’t try this hike then for no less than one other week as we’d be heading additional away the following day to our subsequent cease in Iceland and there was no means we might do the drive and that hike all in the identical day.
Spoiler alert – that volcano hike closure lasted days and we couldn’t even have accomplished it if we stayed close to the realm.
We did ultimately get to do it however I’ll let you know all about that once we get there.
After visiting the Icelandic gems that have been the Geysir sizzling spring, Strokkur and Gullfoss waterfall within the Golden Circle of Iceland our subsequent cease was gonna be these unimaginable waterfalls of Iceland.
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