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 to stone. Nearby, the Dyrhólaey arch has puffins in summer.
The beach is extremely dangerous: sudden 'sneaker waves' have swept people out to sea and drowned them. Stay well back from the water, never turn your back on the sea, and obey the warning lights. Vík is about 2.5 hours from Reykjavík.
Two of Iceland's most beautiful waterfalls on the south coast.
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…
A lagoon at the foot of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier filled with icebergs that break off and drift slowly towards the sea, with seals swimming amon…
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