Day Seven Part II: Lake Mývatn Area

After the whale tour we headed on down to Lake Mývatn. On the way we stopped at Goðafoss waterfall. Contrary to the other falls that we have seen so far, Goðafoss is not very tall, but it makes up for that with width. Carson pulled out the camera and tripod while I headed off for another cache. After an hour of pictures and both searching for the cache we once again climbed in the car and moved on.

This is Goðafoss.

We described earlier in the day to loop around Myvatn counter clockwise coming in from the northwest. This was the only planning that we had done for this area and we forgot our travel books back at home. Let’s just say that we don’t do well without a game a little bit more of a plan… After putting our Icelandic cellular data chip to work we decided to start with a short walking trail on the south east corner, Klasar. This trail is designed for bird watching. Next, we continued counterclockwise up to Dimmuborgir. Here we got to walk through a field of lava pillars that were formed when steam rose through a pool of molten lava and cooled it. The remaining lava pool then poured into the lake. From here, we went on over to the world’s largest sand box, a.k.a. Hverfjall. In all seriousness, this was really cool. And HUGE! Hverfjall is a tephra crater formed approximately 2800 years ago. It is 1km across and 140m deep. We pulled out our trekking poles and started up the side. The view from the top was awesome. And now the best part, going down. 🙂

A view of Hverfjall from the main road around Mývatn. This makes it look short, but trust me it is not.

A selfie looking back into the crater from the top of the shortest portion of Hverfjall.

The path on our way down. The whole crater is basically covered in black/gray gravel, so the trekking poles were a big help to make sure we didn’t slip. Yes, that is an idiot running down the side of the crater in front of Amber.


By now it was getting late, so we decided to eat in the Myvatn area. What food is best after such a busy day? Pizza! The closest restaurant was Daddi’s Pizza. We pulled into the parking lot and could see that the place was small and packed. We took this as a good sign. We went in, ordered, and waited. But the wait was worth it! Maybe we were just hungry, but this pizza was really good! I had a tomato and basil and Carson had a supreme-ish. Oh and I cannot forget to mention the cheesy garlic bread, a must have. I think the best part of the meal is that all the ingredients were super fresh and not greasy.

After a long day, we finally made it to our hotel, Eyjólfsstaðir Guesthouse. Since we were later than expected, our hosts left our key on the desk and we let ourselves into our room for a good nights sleep.

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