Day 5

Day 5 could probably be my favourite day out of the 7 full days on the road. We saw so many different types of geographical features on this day!

Kicking off the programme for the day was Námafjall Hverir, a geothermal area where you can really see and feel (and smell!) that the Earth is very much alive and dynamic. This area is home to mudpots and fumaroles – vents ejecting fumes from deep under the Earth’s surface. 

After Namafjall, it was just a short drive away to Viti crater lake. Formed from a violent five-year long eruption, it’s filled with turquoise-coloured water.

Next on the checklist: Dettifoss, Europe’s most powerful waterfall. At 100 metres wide and 44 metres tall, it truly was a majestic sight to behold.

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A few hundred metres away from Dettifoss is Selfoss. The path we took didn’t allow us to get much nearer than this, though.

The last stop on Day 5 was Dimmuborgir.

Dimmuborgir is composed of various rock formation and volcanic caves. From Wikipedia: The area consists of a massive collapsed lava tube formed by a lava lake flowing in from a large eruption the Þrengslaborgir and Lúdentsborgir crater row to the East, about 2300 years ago.