Top ten places to visit around Iceland

If I had to choose, I'd choose these of many, many, many great locations*. Iceland is loaded with great places to visit while traveling the country, and you can choose from easy to drive to destinations to places very hard to get to. Here you can find the top ten places to visit while in Iceland, note that these are some of the most visited destinations within the country and can over the high season be pretty crowded. Other places worth mentioning are of course the Blue Lagoon, Hornstrandir, Latrabjarg, Landmannalaugar, Reykholt, Thorsmork and many more.

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Asbyrgi
Asbyrgi can certainly be counted as one of nature's wonders. This wonder of nature is 3 1/2 km long canyon with up to 100 m high walls occupied by fulmars during the breeding season. Asbyrgi is the northernmost section of the National Park Jokulsargljufur.
Glaciers of Iceland
Almost all types of glaciers are found in Iceland, ranging from the small cirque glaciers
to extensive glacier caps reminding one of the inland ice of Greenland. The latter are drained by broad lobe-shaped outlets or by valley glaciers of the alpine type.
Glacier fjords - Jokulfirdir
The West Fjords may not be one of the hot areas in Iceland. There are no active volcanoes but there are geothermal fields in some places although it's not enough for house heating. One Glacier, Drangajokull, is on the high plains in the eastern part of
the area.
Glacier lagoon - Jokulsarlon
The Glacier Lagoon (Jokulsarlon), a glacial river lagoon in Iceland, is part of one of the shortest rivers in Iceland, Jokulsa at Breidamerkursandi, which is only 1500 meters
(4900 feet) long.
Gullfoss and Geysir
Geysir is Iceland' best known geyser area and includes the infamous geyser of geysers Geysir it self and his little brother Strokkur. Nest stop is Gullfoss, a huge waterfall in a cliff-girded canyon, it's fall is about 32 meters. It plunges over rock ledges in a series of two cascades over 32 meters down into the deep.
Myvatn
The natural beauty of the area is special and draws a stream of tourists in the summer, though it is not less beautiful in the winter. Popular tourist sites are the lava formations
at Dimmuborgir, Mt. Hverfjall, Krafla, and the geothermal area east of Namaskardur.
The lake is drained by the Laxa, one of the best salmon fishing rivers in Iceland.
Skaftafell
Skaftafell covers an area of about 1,600 sq km which spreads over three valley glaciers
of the glaciers Skeidararjokull, Morsarjokull and Skaftafellsjokull on the southern fringes of Vatnajokull, Europe's largest glacier ice-cap.
South shore
When leaving Reykjavik you first will cross a mountain range to enter the wide plains of the south. In good weather you can see tens of miles to the mountains of the highlands, to the majestic glaciers Eyjafjallajokull and Myrdalsjokull that cover two volcanoes.
Westmann Islands - Vestmannaeyjar
Sometimes called "Popeii of the north" Vestmanneyjar is known for it's lively volcano activities. The islands are located in a active volcanic area, which erupted last during the Heimaey eruption of 1973. Vestmannaeyjar, the Westmann Islands, are a group of 15
to 18 steep and rocky islands, with green mountain sides and ridges.
Thingvellir
The only place in the world were you can easily see the tectonic plates move apart from each other You can stand on the American tectonic plate and look over at the European tectonic plate. This is the only place in the world where it is easy to see it above sea level.

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