The population of Iceland is approx 300,000 plus yet tourists outnumber
https://grapevine.is/news/2017/01/06/1-7-million-tourists-in-2016/
Don't go with the herds of tourists choose a personal guide. The best ever is with Bartek. The most personal, small group experience you could wish for in the travel/explore department and if you like hiking and culture and ...well read his web site. www.walkontheBartSide.com
Not for those who just want a selfie with a destination in background!!
Seljalandsfoss and Glúfrabúi waterfalls and stunning green land.
climbed 527 steps to the look-out platform! afraid of heights too!
In the South Island, driving parallel to the coast there are so many places where water falls through the splitting geology. Natural springs and glacier-melt perform their power, falling through canyons and over edges, along their everchanging course. Iceland is an Island that could be driven around in 2 days but that would be impossible to do because there's so much to do and see in this unspoilt, pristine natural terrain-scape. We covered only 55 miles and it took 11 hours of jumping out the car and hiking on trails to see a fraction of the dramatic land forms.
With mega amounts of tourists now flooding into Iceland to view the land here as it may have once existed in their polluted regions, I fear eventually we will bring our mishandling of the earth's natural resources to the warming, higher latitudes of the planet.
Alive and present at Seljalandsfoss and Glúfrabúi waterfalls.
Any other breed of horse is forbidden in Iceland. This species is extraordinary using 5 gaits of stepping. They came with first settlers from Norway in 1100. They are friendly, playful and very lovable. http://www.visiticeland.com/things-to-do/activities/the-icelandic-horse
On the way to Selfoss, blurry as taken from moving car.
There's a good commercial kitchen at the residence and Simona left me some organic spelt flour, sooo.... bread! yeah!
Then Alda brought us a jar of her homemade jam from berries she picked in the north of the island last Autumn from berries called Rifs?
Kerid Crater South Iceland
