Dritvik and Djupalonssandur

It looks like another planet

Djupalonssandur is a beautiful pebbled beach, with a series of rocks of mysterious form emerging from the ocean. About 1 kilometer west of Djúpalónssandur beach is a small bay called Dritvík. The clif...

Beautiful beach of black pebbles and lava formations

This was a stop on a cruise excursion. There was a rather steep but short downhill path to the beach which might be difficult or impossible for those with limitations. It is a beautiful and popular ...

Interesting, wild beach

Visited the area & the beach with the shipwreck. Volcanic beach so was very dark & brooding when we visited in the late afternoon as it was starting to rain, very Game of Thrones.Interesting informati...

choose to enjoy the view according to your energy level

This is a stop along the drive along the Snaefellsnes peninsula. There are two routes to choose. You can take a longer route down and up a path to the black sand beach. It was a place where fishing bo...

the western edge of iceland

the stop along the coast rode here covers all of the bases. the clouds lifted to show off the summit of snaefellsnes mountain and glacier. the rugged coast had sharp lava cliffs. the black pebble beac...