![]() ![]() The entire circuit will take three hours to drive, not including stopovers. We recommend travelling through the Golden Circle at your own pace, spending as much time as you wish at each location. This volcanic lake is well worth the stop, with a parking lot located right next to the crater.Īfter visiting Kerid, you can decide to complete the Golden Circle and return to Reykjavik, or take a detour further south for a visit to the Southern Shore. The moment you’ve been waiting for!Īfter visiting the falls, head south along the Golden Circle, driving for just over half an hour (46 km) until you reach Kerid volcanic crater. Stunning Gullfoss is just 10 minutes (9.7 km) down the road from Geysir. Here you can have a taste of Iceland’s incredible geothermal activity, including the very Geysir that gave geysers in Iceland their name. Hop back on the road and drive for another 60 kilometres (about 52 minutes) until you reach Geysir. You can also go snorkelling in the park if you wish to brave the cold water! Be sure to stop here for a leisurely stroll through the park, including a visit to the Thingvellir Church and its stone ruins. Leaving Reykjavik, head northeast and follow route 49 ( Vesturlandsvegur) for about 35 minutes (40 km) until you reach Thingvellir National Park, one of the best national parks in Iceland. We’ve put together this basic itinerary for the route, ensuring you see all the top sights with plenty of time to spend at Gullfoss. Gullfoss waterfall is perhaps the star of Iceland’s Golden Circle route. Because they are formed from melted glacial ice, the falls are full of sediments that give it a golden-brown colour. Gullfoss gets its name, the ‘Golden Waterfall’, from its colour on a really sunny day.Because Gullfoss is so powerful, the valley is actually lengthened by about 25 cm a year due to erosion. The crevasse at the end of the falls is about 2.5 km long as is believed to have been created by huge flood waves following the end of the Ice Age.For the adrenaline junkies among out there, you can also go rafting down the Hvita and its surging rapids!.Hvita, the river that feeds Gullfoss, is full of tasty salmon. ![]() There is a plaque honouring her environmentalism at the top of Gullfoss. She successfully challenged the lease contract before any construction could begin. Tómas Tómasson did lease the land to the Englishman but his daughter, Sigríður Tómasdóttir, loved the falls dearly.Gullfoss has been locals favorite since the Viking times, and now its your time to explore it. The cascade plunges slightly over 30 m (98 ft) and has two drops. Its one of the most powerful waterfalls in Iceland. The farmer, named Tómas Tómasson, famously declined, saying “I will not sell my friend!” Gullfoss or the Golden Falls are next up on the itinerary. In the early 1900s, an Englishman wanted to buy the falls from a local farmer to use its energy for a hydroelectric plant. Gullfoss’ mighty power has never gone unnoticed. ![]()
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