A whirlwind tour of Iceland in summary of our 2 weeks road tripping the country. We drove for nearly 2400 km and made many stops and even more beautiful memories in this stunning place.
Thank you! That little pool was actually on the hill of the back garden of the host of one of our accommodations! It was one of our favourite stays of the trip for sure. If you end up booking there, tell Haraldur I said hi, he's a great guy! 😁 Hope you have a wonderful trip. 🙏 trodnorth.business.site/
@@nettle7005 It's definitely not a guarantee but you can see them under the right circumstances! We got quite lucky and saw them twice over the 2 week period. Best thing to do is keep an eye on the Icelandic weather forecasts who also forecast aurora conditions at en.vedur.is/weather/forecasts/aurora/ and there's also apps like Hello Aurora that notify you about conditions and live reports of people seeing it. Basically the higher KP value, the less clouds and the darker your surroundings all improve your chances of seeing it. 😁 So you gotta keep informed and also get a bit lucky. First time we saw it we knew it was coming that night because everyone we spoke to all day was aware of the forecast and hyped about it, so we were well prepared and on the lookout. Started seeing it faintly from about 10pm on a cloudless night, but there were a lot of bright street lights around our hotel so around midnight we drove 20 mins out of town to a dark side road and stayed there for and hour or two. That was definitely a good call because the difference between dark surroundings and streetlights around you was quite big! Second time we saw it was a lot fainter and shorter but still beautiful. We weren't really expecting it but our airbnb host came excitedly knocking on our door to come see the aurora because he'd spotted it while out smoking a cigarette. Lucky break! 🤣
@@vigneshramani2879 It depends where you want to go and on the weather conditions. We did our whole trip with just a regular non 4x4 car and no F-roads. Only our excursion to Landmannalaugar was guided so the bus took us inland but we could not have done that ourselves because it involved river crossings. The ring road should all be good without a 4x4 this time of year, unless you're really unlucky with weather. But if you want to go off the beaten track and take F-roads (unpaved mountain roads) then you need a 4x4.
Nicely done! You really lucked out with the weather! I'm heading back for my second visit on September 11th!
Very nice video! My first trip coming up in September and this got me very excited 🎉😊
Nice video🙏🏼 im going there this september! I was wondering where the natural pool was located at 6.55 minutes in the video. It looks so serene!
Thank you! That little pool was actually on the hill of the back garden of the host of one of our accommodations! It was one of our favourite stays of the trip for sure. If you end up booking there, tell Haraldur I said hi, he's a great guy! 😁 Hope you have a wonderful trip. 🙏 trodnorth.business.site/
What time of the year did you go? Weather looks perfect 🤩
This was 1 - 14 September 2022! We were very lucky with the weather yes. 😁
@@JoachimC how about nothern lights are they visible at this time?
@@nettle7005 It's definitely not a guarantee but you can see them under the right circumstances! We got quite lucky and saw them twice over the 2 week period.
Best thing to do is keep an eye on the Icelandic weather forecasts who also forecast aurora conditions at en.vedur.is/weather/forecasts/aurora/ and there's also apps like Hello Aurora that notify you about conditions and live reports of people seeing it.
Basically the higher KP value, the less clouds and the darker your surroundings all improve your chances of seeing it. 😁 So you gotta keep informed and also get a bit lucky.
First time we saw it we knew it was coming that night because everyone we spoke to all day was aware of the forecast and hyped about it, so we were well prepared and on the lookout. Started seeing it faintly from about 10pm on a cloudless night, but there were a lot of bright street lights around our hotel so around midnight we drove 20 mins out of town to a dark side road and stayed there for and hour or two. That was definitely a good call because the difference between dark surroundings and streetlights around you was quite big!
Second time we saw it was a lot fainter and shorter but still beautiful. We weren't really expecting it but our airbnb host came excitedly knocking on our door to come see the aurora because he'd spotted it while out smoking a cigarette. Lucky break! 🤣
Do we really need 4x4 cars to drive around in September?
@@vigneshramani2879 It depends where you want to go and on the weather conditions. We did our whole trip with just a regular non 4x4 car and no F-roads. Only our excursion to Landmannalaugar was guided so the bus took us inland but we could not have done that ourselves because it involved river crossings. The ring road should all be good without a 4x4 this time of year, unless you're really unlucky with weather. But if you want to go off the beaten track and take F-roads (unpaved mountain roads) then you need a 4x4.