Iceland - The Westfjords (PDF Chapter)
The Westfjords is where Iceland’s dramatic landscapes come to a riveting climax and where mass tourism disappears. Leave plenty of time, unpaved roads weave around fjords and over pothole-pitted mountain passes, but the scenery is never short of breathtaking.
- explore an ethereal rosy beach and azure lagoon while looking for basking seals at Rauðasandur
- rove saw-toothed cliffs while spying on Arctic foxes in Hornstrandir Nature Reserve
- let the mists of the majestic Dynjandi waterfall swirl around you as you climb its dizzying cascades
Coverage includes: South Coast, Reykhólar, Flókalundur, Brjánslækur, Southwest Peninsulas, Látrabjarg Peninsula, Patreksfjörður, Tálknafjörður, Bíldudalur, Central Peninsulas, Þingeyri, Dýrafjörður, Önundarfjörður, Flateyri, Suðureyri, Ísafjörður, Bolungarvík, Ísafjarðardjúp, Hornstrandir, Strandir Coast, Hólmavík, Drangsnes, Bjarnarfjörður, Reykjarfjörður and Norðurfjörður.
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