About your day
Today your Iceland travel begins for real! Pick up your rental car in the morning and start your day by driving to Þingvellir National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, known worldwide for its incredible natural beauty and history. There you will be able to see how the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates are diverging. Continue to the famous Geysir geothermal area and witness the great spouting spring, namesake of every other spring in the world. Even though Geysir itself has been dormant for decades, his "brother" Strokkur gets to erupt every 6 to 10 minutes, spouting water to the average height of 20 meters.
After a short drive, you are going to arrive at Gullfoss (Golden Falls), which has been voted as one of the 10 most beautiful waterfalls in the world. If you fancy grabbing some lunch, the areas around both Geysir and Gullfoss offer a lot of options from full local meals to quick bites. Afterward, make your way to the interior of Iceland via the Kjölur Highland Road, located between two glaciers. It takes roughly 4 to 5 hours to cross this region and traverse from the South to the North. On the way, you should check out Kerlingafjöll, in the old times, Icelanders believed that the outlaws were living there. Be sure to make a stop at Hveravellir Geothermal Area where you can bathe in a natural hot spring, before continuing and arriving in Skagafjörður Fjord. Overnight in the area of Sauðárkrókur.
