We explored the surroundings of lake Mývatn in the morning and went on a tour to explore Lofthellir Cave in the afternoon. After a good breakfast, we took road 1 to the power station and headed towards Krafla and the iconic Víti crater. Víti is a huge explosion crater, about 300 metres in diameter. The crater was formed during a massive volcanic eruption that occurred in 1724. The eruption continued more or less non-stop for 5 years and Víti’s bubbling cauldron of mud boiled for more than a century after that.
To go there, we took the road to the power plant and drove to the top parking area. There was a 60 minutes-walk around the crater with wonderful views, but it was very very very muddy ! Víti was quite amazing and the blue colour was so vivid !!
We went back to road 1, then turned left on road 860. We stopped at Grjótagjá, a pool in a lava cave fed by hot springs. Some people bath in the steamy blue water, but it’s at your own risk as the water temperature is close to 45°C… We spotted some interesting vegetation as well.
More in the next post !
Darwin on the rocks and around the world 
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Thank you for sharing your amazing trip!
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You are welcome, I’m glad you enjoyed the pictures :-)
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awesome volcano lake and love the wild flowers. Amazing beautiful photos.
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I’ve posted more pictures of flowers. I love flowers, but you can’t find a lot of them in Iceland !
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Yea, I have been to your other posts where you visited Singapore, and love the flowers photos which you had took from there.
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Oh yeah, the orchid garden was one of the best places I’ve been to when it comes to botanical gardens. It was amazing ! Even under the rain ! :D
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Yea, it is amazing. I am from singapore and have just been back home in July for 3 weeks holidays, I had enjoyed so much at the Marina Bay Sands and the Singapore Birds Park and the garden at the bay…. so many beautiful and amazing nature can be found in this small country.
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But the humidity is not so great, it was difficult for me to cope with the heat and the moisture. Otherwise, it’s a beautiful country.
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Such a beautiful land! It bubbles, boils and splits apart in all it’s beauty. Would love to visit.
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I agree ! It’s a very dynamic land !
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Great article with even more amazing photos
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Thanks for your kind words :-)
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I have always dreamed to go to Iceland, I greatly enjoy your photos!
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I hope you will have the chance to visit. It’s an unique experience. It is true that it can be very expensive if you do a lot of organized tours, but you can enjoy a lot of free stuff as well.
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Beautiful landscape!
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It was breathtaking !
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Amazing captures! Impressive colors and landscape.
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I loved the colours as well, it looked gorgeous !
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The emerald green water in the crater looks wonderful.
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It was very pretty, and very tempting :-)
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Superbes photos dis donc! Génial!
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Mais qu’est-ce qu’il faisait froid là-bas ;-)
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Wow. I am loving this Iceland series. Stunning photos.
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Thank you for your visit, I’m glad you are enjoying the road trip :-)
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Loved Iceland through your words and eyes. Thank you for sharing.
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