ubeetrip: Isafjordur, Iceland

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Route: Amsterdam, Overveen, Amsterdam, North Sea, Alesund, Norwegian Sea, Longyearbyen, Nordvest-Spitsbergen National Park, Polar Ice Cap, Ny-Alesund, Jan Mayen and Greenland Sea, Seydisfjordur, Akureyri, Isafjordur, North Atlantic Ocean, Heimaey, Reykjavík, Invergordon, Amsterdam - ship Ms Rotterdam.

Places: Ísafjarðardjúp, Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, Isafjordur, Vestfjarðarvegur, Önundarfjörður, Dýrafjörður, Borgarfjörður, Dynjandi, Bæjarfoss, Gongumannafoss, Hundafoss, Strompgljufrafoss, Hrafnseyri, Hrafnseyrarkirkja, Hrafnerseyri Mountain, Naustahvilft, Avalanche Barrier Wall, Greenland Sea.

Wildlife: Fulmar, Common Eider, Laughing gull, Common Redshank, Oystercatcher, Meadow Pipit, Common Murre, Icelandic horse, Arctic tern.

⏳ July 27,2019

Ísafjarðardjúp

Hornstrandir Nature Reserve
Arctic foxes are the star animal attraction of this wild landscape of tundra & flowering meadows. Hesteyri is only reachable by boat from Isafjördur and Bolungarvik for 10 weeks during the summer between the middle of June and the end of August.

Common Eider

Laughing gull

Isafjordur

Common Eider

Ms. Rotterdam

Laughing gull

Vestfjarðarvegur (route)

Önundarfjörður

Dýrafjörður

Borgarfjörður

Common Redshank

Oystercatcher

Borgarfjörður

Oystercatcher

Dynjandi

Remote, scenic area in the Westfjords with multiple waterfalls, rugged hiking & overlooks.

Bæjarfoss

Hundafoss

Meadow Pipit

Strompgljufrafoss

Borgarfjörður

Common Murre Juvenile

Arnarfjörður

Borgarfjörður

Hrafnseyri

Hrafnseyri Café

Hrafnseyrarkirkja

View in Hi-Res history of the church.

See how pit houses are built in Hi-Res

At the right is a museum of two historical figures: Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson, was a Viking leader; Jón Sigurðsson was born on the very same farm as Hrafn. He was to play a major role in Iceland's fight for independence.

Hrafnerseyri Mountain

Hrafnerseyri Mountain

Vestfjarðarvegur (route)

Dýrafjörður

Önundarfjörður

Icelandic horse

The Icelandic horse is a breed of horse developed in Iceland. Although the horses are small, at times pony-sized, most registries for the Icelandic refer to it as a horse. Icelandic horses are long-lived and hardy.