Tourism in Iceland – Henry Poon's Blog https://blog.henrypoon.com Sun, 02 Oct 2022 04:49:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 83044199 Iceland – Driving the Golden Circle https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2019/01/16/iceland-driving-the-golden-circle/ https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2019/01/16/iceland-driving-the-golden-circle/#respond Thu, 17 Jan 2019 04:12:45 +0000 https://blog.henrypoon.com/?p=3311 The next mini road trip I took was along the Golden Circle. It’s a popular route for people who like me who only have a short stay in Iceland. It has a nice variety of things to see like craters, waterfalls, and geysers. The drive was quite scenic as expected.

Kerid Crater

This crater was formed by a volcanic explosion, and when the magma from underneath the rock flowed out of the volcano, the empty cavity collapsed, forming the crater.

Gullfoss

Not a tiny waterfalls like the ones I showed along the Ring Road, this one is big. So big that companies have offered to put a hydroelectric dam on it, only for the offers to be rejected because people wanted the waterfall to stay as it was.

Icelandic horses

Along the drive, I passed by a sign that just said “come see Icelandic horses”. I figured why not? They’re furry!!

Geysir

This was my first time seeing actual exploding geysers! The water here is just naturally hot because of geothermal energy.

Because of the winter, I didn’t get the chance to see other things since there was only daylight for around four hours. After the three days of driving, I had racked up quite a bit of mileage on the car (1184.6 km)!

Photos here

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