The East Fjords are a little known region, we often stop before, at the Jokulsarlon on route 1, where you can experience these places in a short amount of time. However, the view of the fjords can be amazing, and some places deserve that you take the time to discover them.

Between sea and mountains: the East Fjords 

Grimsey is a small Icelandic island situated about 25 miles north of Iceland and the arctic polar circle runs through it. The spot is also ideal for watching bird colonies.

Crossing over the arctic circle on Grimsey island

Only open when the centre of the country is no longer under snow, Route F35 is one of the most legendary in Iceland: rocky and wild, it winds its way through the most desolate and mountainous regions of the island. An exceptional road trip of discovery during the summer months!

On the F35

The peninsula of Snæfellsnes, made famous by Jules Verne's novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth, contains most of Iceland's magnificent landscapes and is just a few hours' drive from the capital. In one day—or two, if you have the time—, you can discover superb panoramic views and various natural places of interest.

A day on the peninsula of Snæfellsnes

Skaftafell

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Gullfoss

This tongue of the Vatnajokull glacier is visible from route n°1 and remains very accessible for people who wish to see a glacier up close.

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Svinafellsjokull is the glacier tongue from where the walks on the glacier leaving from Skaftafell start off.  I was lucky enough, a few years ago, to put on crampons for a superb 3-hour athletic walk on this glacier. My memory of this activity is filled with wonder, especially the impression of being tiny in the face of Mother Nature's immensity.  The colours on the glacier, the transparency of the ice and the black marks of ashes, marks of old eruptions, all blend in front of your eyes, accompanied by a certain deafening silence, broken only by the crunching of crampons on the ice.  Accompanied by a guide, we walked between the crevasses and gentle slopes of the ice, some even being able to climb.   If this activity does not tempt you, it is still possible to walk as far as the foot of Svinafellsjokull and contemplate this ice giant from afar.

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