Holiday Cycling Adventures
2006 - Road from Hrifunes to Landmannalaugar
Visited on 13 July 2006. | © 2008 |
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We cycled from Hrifunes to Landmannalaugar, with a nice stop along the way in Hólaskjól. With some nice climbs along the way. On the top of such a climb we took this picture.
The Landmannalaugar area is famous for its incredible natural beauty. The area consists of more geological elements than you can count, but more obvious are the rhyolite mountains and vast lava fields, rising up right by the mountain hut. The many mountains around come in all the world's colours; pink, brown, green, yellow, blue, purple, black, white and more, the most notable mountains being Bláhnjúkur (Blue peak) and Brennisteinsalda (Sulphur dune).
Right by the hut and the lava field there is a hot natural pool, which is in fact a naturally heated stream, blocked with rocks and wood so that it forms a pool. People can bathe here and there are showers and toilets nearby, as well as a place to leave your towel right by the pool.
Last updated 01-02-2009 by Jan Dirk van 't Wout (jan.dirk.van.het.wout@ict.nl). |