A Day of Waterfalls and Geysers and Natural Beauty

TRAVEL|ICELAND

Touring Iceland’s “Golden Circle”

Despite feeling full of energy after the soak in the thermal pool, I woke up feeling yuck. As you’d expect, this was the best breakfast buffet yet, but I dared not risk it. I did have a cup of tea and some scrambled eggs though. My daughter Stacey had freshly made waffles! I dined on the aromas.

Our first stop on the famous Golden Circle route was Skógafoss, a beautiful waterfall on the Skógá River about 60 metres (200 feet) high and 25m (82ft) wide. Next stop was another waterfall (Seljalandsfoss), where in summer you can walk in behind the veil of water, though it was not recommended in the freezing temperatures of which we were travelling. It was about the same height as Skógafoss, but was split in two.

Next came Kerið a volcanic crater formed about 6,500 years ago. It is one of three in the south Iceland region along the Golden Circle.

Kerið has distinctive red volcanic rock slopes and measures about 270m in circumference, 170m wide and is about 55m deep. The surprising fact from our visit was that the lake at the bottom of the crater is between 7m and 14m deep (depending on rainfall and other factors)! I thought all crater lakes were, because of their nature, really deep, almost bottomless! Tourists were walking all around the lip of the crater, but I stayed a safe distance away from the edge.

In a canyon of the Hvítá river was the third waterfall we were to encounter, Gullfoss (Golden Falls). It was the most spectacular in my opinion, being made up of several waterfalls cascading down, dramatically displaying the force and beauty of nature. The spray from the falls was freezing on the nearby rocks, which also made the scene…

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