Iceland trip- Snaefellsnes Peninsula

As all tours were cancelled yesterday, the tour today was packed full. The tour we signed up for today was Snaefellsnes Peninsula by Grayline tour. 

Snaefellsnes Peninsula was located in western Iceland, well known for its dramatic landscapes. The tour group was about 50 ppl and we travelled in a large bus. The guide was a v entertaining and funny Icelandic woman with red hair. 

It was  cold as the wind was blowing quite strong.

The scenery was amazing and out of the world.

Lunchtime stop at a restaurant called Primus.

Shared a slice of carrot cake. 

An this traditional Icelandic fish called Plokkari which is minced potato onion and milk mixed with small chunks of cod fish. Taste a bit like baby food but quite nice tasting but not v filling.

By then our big day tour bus was having difficulties navigating the narrow roads in thick snow, fog and hailstorm condition. Halfway, the bus became so battered by the weather that the bus plate dropped off and the bus lost power.....meaning it can only move at turtle speed.

The most iconic structure in Snaefellsnes Peninsula is this Kirkjufell mountain also known as church mountain. As we were the first few to get off the bus we were lucky to take a snapshot of this before it gets completely covered by clouds.


Next stop is Lava Cave Vatnshellir. 

It was completely dark inside the cave, thus we were given torchlight and helmet.

Going down this long spiral staircase in the dark was no easy feat. It was cold and wet and v narrow.

We experienced total darkness in the cave when we switched off our torchlight. There’s no difference between closing and opening your eyes at all...

After that, we slowly made our way back to Reykjavik in the broken down bus. The guide had to call for another bus to come pick us up in a location. By the time we were picked up, our bus had already crawled its way almost 1/2 of the journey. 

It was already dark around 9pm by the time we were dropped off at the Grayline bus terminal in Reykjavik city and amazingly, we were treated to another free sighting of aurora! It was v strong as it can be seen v clearly in the city with all the other light pollution. A great end to a day filled with drama and bad weather!