Iceland Day 4 - Glaciers and Icebergs (June 28, 2017)

February 06, 2021

Iceland Day 4 - Glaciers and Icebergs (June 28, 2017)

We rested reasonably well last night with the shades drawn. We will continue to head east today and will be embarking on the Skaftafell Glacier Walk excursion organized by our tour company. We will also visit the Iceberg lagoon of Jokulsarlon. As usual, we'll be feasting on the hotel breakfast first. The Icelandair Hotels is not a "guesthouse" so we were mixed in with larger crowd of tourists. There was a large contingent of senior German group staying here so we were mixed in with bunch of German speaking senior citizens.

Waffle and beans

Making the waffle

MM working on the bread

Ready to explore the Glacier!

Matching base layer from REI

Almost ready for the day

Artwork of Icelandic horses

Admiring the lobby art work

Approaching the Skaftafell/Vatnajokull National Park

Entering the Skaftafell region/Vatnajokull National Park

Mom made us do it

Photo with our crampon fitter

MM getting fitted for her crampon

GG ready for the walk

All geared up

Our tour guides in action after unloading us at the trail head

Great view of the Vatnajokull Glacier at the trail head

Starting the short walk to the glacier with crampon and ice axe

MM leading the way

Our guide admiring the Glacier

Family shot at the Glacier

Mom and the kids

Am I cool?

I am cool

Groups trekking on the black sand glacier

All is good

Getting some ice cubes

Tasting the glacier ice

Our incredibly fit guide zooming pass us on an uphill hike

Glacier blue peeking through the black sand iceberg

Partner in life

Glacier water flowing through a crevasse

Hiking down along the crevasse

One more peek at the glacier

It started to rain

Photo with our incredibly fit guides

Lunch at the "Glacier Goodies" food truck

Lobster soup and bread

Fish and chips

and ribs

Picnic in the rain

Attempting one more hike in the rain to Svartifoss

At the waterfall look out point

After visiting the Vatnajokull National Park, we headed further east towards Jokulsarlon, the Iceberg Lagoon.

Picking up a piece of ice at the lagoon

MM's turn

Iceberg Lagoon

Photo does not do this place justice

Glacier and iceberg

Glacier blue from light reflection

Our signature family photo from the trip

Messing around with rocks

Peeking through the ice

We still like each other

It's hard to say good bye to this place

One more shot

At the mouth of the lagoon past the bridge

Icebergs floating under the single lane bridge

Ice and black sand beach

Looks like fish

With the kids

After spending a full day at the glacier, we were ready for our dinner. We located the locally well known lobster or langoustine restaurant - Humarhofnin located in the port town of Hofn. The lobsters and lamb are all locally sourced.

Our dinner spot - Humarhofnin

Langoustine Gastronomy!

Starter bread basket

Lamb

Fresh catch

The main thing - the lobster

GG ready to dig in

After our great dinner we had to get dessert. We located the home made ice cream shop at Brunnholl guesthouse. It is a guesthouse with a restaurant and serves its home made ice cream in the area of Brunnholl. Brunnholl is a bit west of Hoffell where our guesthouse is located so that means a bit of back tracking on the drive. But the night is still young for us.

MM getting her fix at Brunnholl