Have you ever wondered what it would be like to visit Iceland with a geologist? 🌋

I got to visit for the first time in March and took a road trip across South Iceland to see some of Iceland's most beautiful geologic sites: waterfalls (Gullfoss, Seljalandsfoss, and Skogafoss), Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach, a huge rock arch, an erupting geysir, cafe hopping in Reykjavik, and more 🚗

This is Part I of trip, stay tuned for Part II in 2 weeks!

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✈️Day 1:⁠
- Arrive at Reykjavik Airport, pick up rental car
- Drive to AirBnB in Reykjavik
- Nap off some of the jetlag
- Explore Reykjavik's many cafes and colorful streets
- Eat multiple hot dogs
- Go grocery shopping for road trip food and snacks (and Icelandic skyr for breakfast)

🌊Day 2:
- Leave early from Reykjavik ⁠(6-7 am)
- Geysir Geothermal Area: Strokkur was the geyser we saw erupt (every 4-8 minutes)
- Gullfoss: Huge 2-step waterfall located on 3 intersecting faults; the gorge and falls formed during the last Ice Age⁠
- Seljalandsfoss: ~200’ (60m) waterfall over a hyaloclastite cliff⁠
- Skögafoss: another one of South Iceland’s famous waterfalls that flowed right into the sea about 10,000 years ago⁠
- Dyrhólaey: basalt sea arch and stacks formed from constant erosion on the shoreline⁠
- Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach: Columnar basalt, black basalt sand, and sneaker waves 😳⁠
- Spend the night at @fosshotel Nupar
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This was a very long day with lots of driving, and ideally, I’d recommend not cramming all of this into 1 day like I did. It was just the only option for our schedule 😅 ⁠(The remainder of my trip - including a glacier hike - will be in my next video!)

🪨 If you liked this video, you'll probably like some of my other ones:
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note: while this video is not sponsored, this trip was supported in part by Visit Iceland/Inspired by Iceland ([ Ссылка ]) and Visit South Iceland ([ Ссылка ]). If you'd like to see some more content I created from this trip, check out my Instagram: [ Ссылка ]

For a geology focused Iceland trip, I recommend looking into Visit South Iceland and Visit Reykjanes' new travel route, The Volcanic Way: [ Ссылка ]

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00:00 arrival in iceland
00:43 exploring reykjavik
02:40 start of road trip
03:01 geysir geothermal aera
04:13 gullfoss
05:19 seljalandsfoss
07:46 skogafoss
08:43 dyrholaey
10:19 black sand beach
10:35 columnar basalt
12:41 sneaker waves
13:47 vik
13:59 end of part I

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