Sunshine is waking us up. We have breakfast and start to encounter the area around Mývatn.



We head for Krafla, 15 km away, part of a volcanic system of around 100 km. The road is very steep and our GPS shows a pitch of 20%. The Twizy is having problems getting up. Fortunately we have unloaded the trailer last night.

We park at Leirhnjúkur volcano who last erupted between 1975 and 1984. The lava is still warm and there is smoke everywhere. You can smell the sulfur. We walk around the lava field for about an hour.





Back at the Twizy we drive a few hundred meters to the crater lake Víti before heading back.


A quick shower …

We visit the geothermal area Námaskarð, where you can see more of the bubbling, steamy and smelly mud puddles, as well as some fumaroles.







We head back to Reykjahlíð and park at the Mývatn Nature Bath to see if the charger is working. We think about using this charger the day after tomorrow when we have to cover 111 km without any chance to find an outlet.


Size comparison

Back to the guest house we shop some groceries and relax a bit.

In the afternoon we go swimming in the Mývatn Nature Bath, which is kind of a lame copy of the Blue Lagoon close to Reykjavik. But as it is less crowdy and much cheaper it is the better alternative.





Back in the guest house we prepare tacos and a salad for dinner.