Driving Iceland's Ring Road by Camper Van: 7-Day Guide: the places
14 places from this post, mapped as a trip.
- AttractionThe waterfall you can walk behind — bring a rain shell.
- Attraction60-meter curtain famous for double rainbows; climb the 527 steps beside it.
- AttractionEasy-access glacier tongue for guided glacier walks.
- AttractionBlack sand and basalt columns — respect the sneaker waves.
- AttractionBest base for glacier hikes in Vatnajökull National Park.
- AttractionWaterfall framed by hexagonal basalt, a short walk from Skaftafell.
- AttractionIcebergs drifting to sea — the trip's showstopper; go early or late.
- AttractionSurf-polished ice sculptures on black sand, across from Jökulsárlón.
- AttractionEast Fjords village at the end of a switchback mountain road.
- AttractionThe Blue Lagoon's cheaper, quieter geothermal sibling.
- AttractionEurope's most powerful waterfall.
- Attraction'Waterfall of the gods,' right beside Route 1.
- AttractionWhale-watching capital — humpbacks near-guaranteed in summer.
- AttractionIceland's most photographed mountain, on the Snæfellsnes detour.