Two of Iceland's most beautiful waterfalls on the south coast. At Seljalandsfoss, a path leads behind the 60 m falling curtain of water; bring waterproofs. Nearby, the hidden Gljúfrabúi waterfall is reached by wading into a narrow canyon.
30 km further east, Skógafoss is a powerful 60 m waterfall, often with a rainbow in the spray; climb the 500 steps to the top, the start of the Fimmvörðuháls trail. The Skógar Museum shows old turf houses.
A black volcanic sand beach near Vík, with towering basalt columns forming a cave and the Reynisdrangar sea stacks offshore, said to be trolls turned…
A jet boat ride up the glacial Hvítá river into the canyon below Gullfoss, the huge two-tiered waterfall on Iceland's Golden Circle.
Iceland's most famous waterfall, the 'golden falls', where the Hvítá river plunges 32 m in two stages into a deep canyon.
The geothermal area of Haukadalur, where the original Geysir, which gave its name to all geysers, now rarely erupts.
A rift valley where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates are pulling apart, and where Iceland's parliament, the Alþingi, met in the open a…
Reykjavík's landmark church, 74 m high, with a concrete façade inspired by the basalt columns formed by lava.
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