{"id":29101,"date":"2022-07-27T06:49:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T20:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=29101"},"modified":"2023-01-24T10:11:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T23:11:59","slug":"thingvellir-iceland-%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%b8-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=29101","title":{"rendered":"\u00deingvellir, Iceland \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf8 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 25th July 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 200 kms from Kleppj\u00e1rnsreykir to Geysir <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited:  V\u00ed\u00f0<\/strong>gelmir Cave and \u00de<\/strong>ingvellir NP <\/strong> \u00de  \u00f0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Camping\u00a0Geysir,\u00a0Isk3000, N64.30990, W20.30510<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 61 days @ \u20ac106 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We try for an early start this morning, so we can be on the road by 9am. Just a quick service for the Hymer as we showered using the campsite facilities last night, so no water needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is an english speaking tour of V\u00ed\u00f0gelmir Cave<\/a> at 10am this morning, it\u2019s only about 35 kms further up the H\u00fasafell valley. As we have no idea the condition of the road, best give ourselves some spare time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you can see from the photos the road wasn\u2019t the best, but it was sealed except for the last 5 kms. So we arrived in time to have breakfast in the carpark and purchase our tickets at Isk7000 pp, no seniors today unfortunately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We get the briefing from our guide, Katie who holds a masters degree in geology. She tells us the lava field here is 45km long and 10 kms wide. We walk a few hundred metres to enter the cave, which is more accurately described as a laver tube. The tube is 1.5 kms in length of which we can explore 700m. We get to a depth of 40m underground level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The tour is very informative, but after 90 minutes at 1\u00b0, the chill is working its way to the bone. Apparently in winter it\u2019s -20\u00b0. Having done many limestone caves back in Aus and the US, whilst many features have similar names how they were created was completely different. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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