Iceland Day 6
This was an interesting day. Húsavík is a town that one could spend much more time in. It's beautiful. We took off in the morning to make it to whale watching at 8:45am. This took the rest of the morning. We saw many humpback whales and puffins. The shore line was gorgeous from the boat. The ride was cold, but we survived. We left our guesthouse that afternoon and set our sights for Goðafoss and Tröllaskagi Peninsula. Amy was secretly photobombed by a banana man at Goðafoss, before we chose to take the northern-most path around the many isolated fjords of Tröllaskagi Peninsula. We ended the day at Hotel Mikligarður guesthouse in Sauðárkrókur
Húsavík and Whale Watching
Húsavík is well known for it whale-watching expeditions. It was a very beautiful town situated on a very large bay, where we took a whale watching boat to see the animals. The whale watching tour was cold and windy. It started out slowly, but then we were able to see some humpback whales on multiple occasions before coming back to shore. There were also many puffins on the water (which were difficult to photograph given their size and skittishness).
Húsavík is well known for it whale-watching expeditions. It was a very beautiful town situated on a very large bay, where we took a whale watching boat to see the animals. The whale watching tour was cold and windy. It started out slowly, but then we were able to see some humpback whales on multiple occasions before coming back to shore. There were also many puffins on the water (which were difficult to photograph given their size and skittishness).
Goðafoss and Tröllaskagi Peninsula
It was the afternoon by the time we finished with whale watching, and we had the rest of the day to make it to our next destination in northern Iceland. We left our small digs at Guesthouse Árból in Húsavík (where the owner was extremely nice and personable). We first stopped off at Goðafoss (where Amy was photobombed by a drunk Icelandic banana man), stopped off at Akureyri (the second-largest city in Iceland), then off to explore Tröllaskagi Peninsula. We had 2 options after passing westward through Akureyri to cross the peninsula. We decided to take the longer, northern route that went along the coast along the edge of the mountainsides (quite treacherous roads at times). We passed through a few tunnels that lead to tiny fjords (which were completely isolated until tunnel access was recently established. A very interesting fjord was Héðinsfjörður, which used to be the most remote settlement in North Iceland. Because of its remoteness, it was abandoned in the middle of the 20th century. We ended the day at Hotel Mikligarður guesthouse in Sauðárkrókur. We got lucky, because we were supposed to stay in the guesthouse counterpart to this hotel (which was much older and cheaper), but due to some technical issues with the house, we were upgraded to the brand-new hotel.
It was the afternoon by the time we finished with whale watching, and we had the rest of the day to make it to our next destination in northern Iceland. We left our small digs at Guesthouse Árból in Húsavík (where the owner was extremely nice and personable). We first stopped off at Goðafoss (where Amy was photobombed by a drunk Icelandic banana man), stopped off at Akureyri (the second-largest city in Iceland), then off to explore Tröllaskagi Peninsula. We had 2 options after passing westward through Akureyri to cross the peninsula. We decided to take the longer, northern route that went along the coast along the edge of the mountainsides (quite treacherous roads at times). We passed through a few tunnels that lead to tiny fjords (which were completely isolated until tunnel access was recently established. A very interesting fjord was Héðinsfjörður, which used to be the most remote settlement in North Iceland. Because of its remoteness, it was abandoned in the middle of the 20th century. We ended the day at Hotel Mikligarður guesthouse in Sauðárkrókur. We got lucky, because we were supposed to stay in the guesthouse counterpart to this hotel (which was much older and cheaper), but due to some technical issues with the house, we were upgraded to the brand-new hotel.