For the second time in my life I landed on the volcanic island called Iceland. This time for a week of exploring and photographing the country. Armed with a big Hummer H3 provided by iRent.is and stuffed with food and gear Bobby, Sebastian and I went straight from the airport to the area called Reykjadalur or in English Steam Valley.
Reykjadalur is in my opinion one of Icelands hidden treasures - whether it is due to a tough 5 km hill-hike to the valley or the easy-to-overlook section of Lonely Planet I don’t know. Nevertheless the valley is truly magnificent and extraordinary - a place I thought only existed in dreams.
Invited by Dive.is we went in our dry suits and jumped into the 3°c cold water for a mind blowing 40 min dive. The thing about Silfra is that you are literally diving between continents with Eurasian tectonic plate on one side and the North American plate on the other. The plates are drifting apart by approximately 2 cm each year creating fissures in the ground combined with a steady flow of ultra-pure water from the Langjökull glacier you have the perfect recipe for an amazing dive site.
We made a little promotion video of our dive in Silfra.
In the norther part of Iceland near the lake Mývatn we hiked to the top of a volcano crater and explored the area surrounding it, including a hot water cave located just a few km from the crater.
As the days where floating by, we followed the Ring Road heading slowly back to the South. We made tree stops the following days.
• Jökulsárlón Lagoon with beautiful icebergs calve from the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier.
• A United States Navy DC 3 plane wrack on a black beach.
• Skogafoss waterfalls.
We finished our trip to Iceland where we started it - at the Steam Valley.
This place has become one of my favourite places on earth.