Day 6 - 7.8. Big drive back to South

We knew that this day will be a difficult one, we had to travel from North part to South driving more then 350 kilometers, partly on F roads. Even though we decided that id made sense to see something on the way and not just to leave eastern Iceland. For a change we used road F910 to leave Askja area, again we had a chance to enjoy few wading, otherwise driving on Road 1 was boring as usual. On the way to Eastern fjords we had to two times pass through the „ugliest Icelandic city“ or at least that’s what guide said. Egilsstadir it is the industrial city, recently most famous because of new Alcoa mega factory for aluminum. First time we passed by on the way to Borgarfjodur, this trip gave us great views to fjords, perhaps best ones. At the end we departed small bird island Hafnarholmi, which should be home of 10.000 puffins. We saw maybe 5 but nevertheless we liked that because the way they fly and behave is something what you wouldn’t expect from mother nature. Basically they are very bad at flying so every landing (to water or land) is kind of free fall, usually hitting other puffins on the ground. Also I have to mention that a puffin is somehow symbol for whole Iceland (like polar bear for Svalbard).

Eastern fjords

Eastern fjords

Hafnarholmi

Mr. Puffin

The second stop was small fishery village Seydisfjordur lying in an unbelievable valley in fjord.

Seydisfjodur

From here we had to travel still more than 100 kilometers to our final destination – Djupivogur. We arrived around 8 p.m. and again this village is something special, definitely place to visit again, green with rocks, nice small harbor, everything so clean. Like postcard. Our Framtid hotel had superb location opposite to harbor. After such a long driving we had to give ourselves some award, so we took delicious lobster tails and white wine. Evening couldn’t have been better.

Harbor at Djupivogur

Framtid hotel

Delicious lobster tails

Driving 450km, road F910, roads 1, 94, 93, 1, 939, 1