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Having to cut out some sites I'd intended to visit was not easy, especially after the 7 hour hike completely changed the rest of the trip. Listed below are a number of locations I'd hoped to visit (or visit properly), and will have to put on the itinerary for next trip to Iceland!
One hundred meters into this lava cave sits a little geocache. This one may require some extra planning and safety precautions.
As if hiking the mountain once wasn't enough, it set a precedent, and now I must experience the hike in the warmth and light of summer!
This is the tall black basalt waterfall in Skaftafell. Unfortunately during my climb up Kristinartindar, my adjusted hiking route no longer detoured past Svartifoss.
While I did visit the lagoon briefly, it was dark and I truly missed the opportunity to gaze into the misty blue hot waters of the pools.
The Geysir geyser is quite famous and while at one point became blocked by an earthquake, was cleared to continued to erupt; Strokkur also remains active, erupting every 8-10 minutes and spraying any onlookers. World-knowned geysers, and two of the many must-see destinations in Iceland.
Highlighted as a 5.0 rated terrain (the highest), this geocache requires climbing a vey steep rock, using ropes at one point.
With deep blue hues and a vast lake spotted with large glacier ice chunks, this popular attraction has also been the scene for some big screen movies, like James Bond: Die Another Day.
Long, rough rapids leading to a massive waterfall which was used as the backdrop for a key scene in the movie Prometheus.
My initially planned crater to visit, this is a 1km-wide volcano crater located in northern Iceland.
Having taken up the kung fu martial arts recently, a search for any martial arts related locations in Iceland turned up this sushi restaurant in Aykureyri - Kung Fu Sticks.
"Tree climb" caches are a fun type of cache to find. And Iceland has only one. And it's not really a tree climb. But it's in Aykureyri, at a fishing industry.
Numerous geological locations around Iceland have been used as filming locations, and there is a series of geocaches dedicated to highlighting the location. Some films are relatively obscure, and some were blockbuster hits. A wide selection of these caches exist around the island.
At road #1 and #724, just north of Húnavatnshreppur in northern Iceland, a lone memorial sits in tribute to the first Christian missionaries to Iceland in the late 10th century.
Rarely found, this cache is a big detour from the main road, but leads to a farm area where you can park, and after a bit of a walk hop into a basket and pull yourself over the river to find the cache.
With a nice hike along the trails, you arrive at this river and follow it up, up, up until you reach what's considered Iceland's tallest waterfall at 198m (aside from the new Morsárjökull visible from Kristinartindar at 240m tall, which has no trails nearby), and can follow more stairs up to the very top.
This is the oldest active geocache in Iceland. Very rarely found. Inland, and requires the proper vehicle, and a good difficult mountain hike to locate.
| Missed Opportunities | Geocaching! |
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