The subsequent day in Vik, we didn’t actually have any stable plans apart from an ‘Icelandic seaside day’ at Reynisfjara black sand seaside which felt completely unbelievable.

On this journey already we’d seen the hearth and ice facet of Iceland totally from visiting an erupting volcano only a few days earlier than after which visiting the ice collapse a glacier simply the afternoon earlier than.

Downtime felt virtually deserved.

However we’re in Iceland and so downtime doesn’t imply simply chilling at our lodge (we had plans for that on the tail finish of our journey) so we went out to discover extra of the native sights in Vik.

Our information for the ice cave the day earlier than had mentioned that the mountains round Vik are nice for seeing puffins however even the one which seemed like we might drive up can be one we’d in all probability must hike up except we had been driving a 4 x 4.

I seemed up at that mountain and determined the puffins weren’t gonna be a part of our plans as a result of cute as they’re, mountain climbing up this gigantic mountain to see birds simply didn’t really feel like one thing we needed to do.

Little did we all know that it will be loads simpler than that.

Anyway, so off we went to a extra accessible web site close to Vik – Reynisfjara black sand seaside and its iconic basalt columns of Reynisdrangar.

Reynisfjara black sand seaside is definitely one it’s essential to go to with warning.

It is without doubt one of the most harmful spots to go to in Iceland as a result of the waves on this seaside look like they’re superb however they’re fairly highly effective and might act in tandem to tug individuals out into the ocean.

It’s like the primary one knocks individuals down after which the one after pulls them earlier than they’ll get their bearings collectively.

That’s a really primary manner of describing however you must google ‘sneaker waves in Iceland’ if you wish to discover out extra particulars about this.

So yeah, Reynisfjara black sand seaside is completely value a go to however you must undoubtedly maintain a protected distance away from the shoreline right here.

And don’t assume that protected distance is the place different persons are.

So many individuals ignore this and a few individuals don’t even know so make that judgement sensibly while you go to and never primarily based on different individuals’s judgment on the day itself.

Warning apart, it’s a fully unimaginable seaside to go to and a day like this with dramatic climate makes it look much more unimaginable.

The rain nonetheless was raining virtually sideways and shortly began to select up so with that, we hopped again into the automotive and headed over to close by the Dyrhólaey arch.

Dyrhólaey is that this unimaginable rock formation that’s like an arch with a gap in it and for some cause, we’ve by no means been capable of finding it on earlier journeys.

Sounds ridiculous however there’s one other unimaginable viewpoint we at all times get distracted by and that’s Reynisfjara black sand seaside viewpoint.

It overlooks the black sand seaside and is simply so stunning.

So once more, we ended up going there in the hunt for the Dyrhólaey arch andfound to our absolute delight – there have been a whole lot of puffins there.

I do know I appeared a bit nonchalant about looking for puffins earlier however I believe they is perhaps my favorite birds.

They’re so cute, I discover them so fascinating and simply seeing them proper subsequent to us after we weren’t even in search of them was simply superb.

It’s the closest we’ve ever gotten to puffins and we’ve been to a number of locations the world over in the hunt for them.

Leaving the puffins, I remembered we nonetheless hadn’t gone to see the Dyrhólaey arch but and determined we completely needed to do up we went by means of what appeared like the one different possibility to search out it.

There was no manner we’d make the journey all the way in which to Reynisfjara black sand seaside and miss out on the Dyrhólaey arch once more, particularly not after we know the way unimaginable it really is.

The opposite route would have taken us again to the principle motorway and we didn’t wish to return there simply but.

Seems I used to be proper and the Dyrhólaey arch was proper up that mountain path.

There’s a carpark close to it and it’s a brief stroll to the point of view for it.

The Dyrhólaey arch is completely magnificent and so enormous.

It was additionally unbelievably blustery up right here due to what now appeared like a mini storm so after taking within the view, we hopped again into the automotive and made our manner over to our subsequent lodge – The LandHotel, which might be one thing of a mini cease for the night earlier than making our method to The Retreat at The Blue Lagoon.

I’ll present you all about that as a result of The Retreat on the Blue Lagoon in Iceland is kind of actually a deal with!

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