Iceland Travel 2019 (5) - Beautiful Southern Coast

Changde Wu    2019-09-01

This page is about the scenary between Seljalandsfoss (not included) and Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon. The area around Vik is simply outstanding.

(1) West of Skógafoss Waterfalls

P1 Waterfalls at Seljalandsskóli

P2 The countryside at the foot of Eyjafjallajökull Icedfield

P3 Field full of small yellow flowers

(2) Skógafoss Waterfalls

Skógafoss is a very beautiful waterfalls at the southern end of Fimmvörðuháls Trail. It is also the only waterfalls in the southern Iceland visitors can walk to its top. Along the trail up the stream, there are more than 20 sister waterfalls.

P4 Skógafoss Waterfalls

P5 Skógafoss Waterfalls 2

P6 A waterfalls in the upstream of Skógafoss

P7 The river valley above the Skógafoss

P8 The river valley above the Skógafoss 2

P9 The river valley above the Skógafoss 3

P10 The farmland on the east side of Skógafoss

(3)Vik Area

This is a very beautiful area in the ocean coast, cliffs, archs, black sand beach and more. The day we visited was dark with intermitted rain. So area at Dyrhólaey Lighthouse was almost overed by heavy fog.

P11 Rock hole viewed from Dyrhólaey Lighthouse

P12 Rock hole viewed from distance

P13 An arch

P14 Isolated rocks in the sea

P15 A clode look at the Dyrhólaey

P16 A rock standing at black beach

P17 The coast

P1 Wild flowers in countryside

P19 Reynisdrangar cliff

P20 The column basalt of at the cliff

P21 The inside and outside of the cave

P22 Black beach

P23 Rocks viewed from the town of Vik

P24 Vik vs. Lupine flowers

P25 Hjörleifshöfði Cave

P26 The scenary around Hjörleifshöfði Cave

(4)The coastal area east of Vik

P27 Volcanic rocks along the east-bound highway 1, to the west of Kirkjubæjarklaustur

P28 Systrastapi Rock in Kirkjubæjarklaustur

P29 Fjaðrárgljúfur

P30 A samll waterfalls in Fjaðrárgljúfur

P31 The entrance of Fjaðrárgljúfur

P32 Svartifoss waterfalls at a raining night

P33 Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon in the mid-night

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