Thingvellir Kerid

Mon 7/11/22

Our plan today was to cover Thingvellir National park (100km from our Borg apartment), which we visited very briefly during our last trip in Feb 2018. Thingvellir is situated in a rift valley caused by separation of the North American tectonic plate and the Eurasian tectonic plate. This time around, we covered 7.5km return trip from the main parking P1 near the visitor centre and back. We walked between the 2 tectonic plates,  went to the Silfra fissure snorkelling/ diving site (we didn't snorkel/dive),  Logberg rock formation, Flosagja fissure, Drekkingarhylur pool, Oxarafoss waterfall until Langistígur rock fromation and then returned back. Parking costs ISK 750 for the whole day.  

view point from Visitor Centre

Silfra fissure snorkelling/ diving site

walk between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plate

North American and Eurasian tectonic plate

Oxarafoss waterfall

Langistígur rock fromation

Drekkingarhylur pool

trekking at Thingvellir

Next, we drove to Kerid crater which is a volcanic crater lake, approximately 3000 years old. It is just a small crater, we finished walking around the crater on the top and around the lake in the crater by going down the steps, all within 30 mins including stops for photo taking. The entrance fee per person is ISK 400. It is a private site, hence the slightly higher fee. 

Kerid crater view from top

Kerid crater view from below

trek around Kerid crater

After that we went for groceries shopping at Bonus in Selfoss to get our supply of salmon fish for dinner tonight and tomorrow (our last dinner sob sob). A relaxing itinerary for today with easy walks. 

Unfortunately again, no luck in getting to capture the aurora tonight.