To start our 9th day in Iceland, we drove an hour and 15 minutes to Dynjandi waterfall. Once you get there, there’s a short hike up to the main waterfall, during which you pass several smaller waterfalls. The main waterfall is widely considered to look like a bridal veil, and you don’t really appreciate the size of it until you’re staring up at it. The water drops almost 300 feet, and as it goes down doubles in width.
Dynjandi Waterfall, with Ashley standing in front of it to emphasize how big it is
From Dynjandi, it was a 2 hour drive along the fjords to Bjargtangar. It was another drive in and out of fjords, and we’re pretty sure we saw whales in some of them, although it’s very possible we were still excited from the ones we saw the day before, or at that point just a little delirious from traveling.
Bjargtangar is part of the Latrabjarg cliffs, which are known for their bird watching. Although Bjargtangar itself is little more than a small lighthouse, it’s technically the western-most point of Iceland, which also makes it the western-most point of all of Europe. There are walking trails that go a decent way along the cliffs, although we only went a very short way since we knew we had another long drive ahead of us (curse the fjords!). All said and done, if you don’t have time for this one, it’s not the end of the world, but it is a fun bucket-list/fun-fact thing that you can accomplish.
The lighthouse and surrounding area of Bjargtangar, the western-most point of Iceland and of Europe
Stacy standing at the edge of the cliff at Bjargtangar
We finished off a day with a lot of driving with even more driving; it was a 5 hour drive to our camping card site for the night, Hvammstangi.
