Icelandic South Coast – travel stories and adventures

Icelandic Volcanoes

Clearing the Ash From the Eyjafjallajokull Eruption

In April and May 2010 Iceland was in the grip of the Eyjafjallajokull eruption. The international consequence was, as some may remember, a lot of grounded international flights. In Iceland the disgusting ash from the eruption seemed to permeate everything. Fortunately for us living here...
Hiking in Iceland

Hiking to the Top of the Highest Mountain in Iceland

To be fair, Iceland hasn´t really got any really high mountains. Highest Mountain in Iceland is Mt. Hvannadalshnjúkur which is “only” 2.110 meters high. This rather lonely and forbidding looking slab of ice is located on the southern tip of Europe´s largest glacier, the Vatnajokull...
Extreme Sports in Iceland

Rafting the Beast of the East

Often called the ”Beast of the East” the Austari Jökulsá river  is by many considered the best rafting river in Europe. It is situated in the Skagafjörður region in the North of Iceland. It originates the Hofsjökull glacier along with its sister river Vestari Jökulsá....