Day 5 was full of varied activity. We started outside of Vik and visited the Black Beaches. The volcanic activity in Iceland has created such incredible sights to see, each one so different. The beaches had black sand, and "Sneaker waves". I hadn't heard this term before, but there were warnings all over not to go near or in the water.
The volcanic activity also created these pillars coming out of the black sandy beaches.
We then drove along the southern coast some more towards Hofn, which was our last and final stay. We stopped to do a beautiful hike to yet another waterfall. This one, while beautiful, was not nearly as dramatic a hike, nor waterfall, as the previous ones.
We continued on to the Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon. We could have spent hours watching the slowly moving glaciers find their way out of the lagoon and down to the ocean. There are options to take boat rides through the lagoon, but it was fascinating enough standing on the beach.
We walked across the highway to the ocean where the pieces of glacier are carried to and then float out to sea.
Brian booked our night in Hofn at the Milk Factory, which was the most underwhelming of all hotels. Yet the dinner we stumbled upon (in a run down pizza hut type looking building) was one of the best meals we had all week. While you wait for your table, they have a basement bar filled with games to play. Brilliant.
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