After four days on Snæfellsnes Peninsula, it was time to leave. We were just 2.5 hour drive from Reykjavík where we had started this road trip some 27 days ago. We were not in a great hurry to leave Iceland so we were going to visit three to four sights before the end of the day and return to Reykjavik the next day.
Gerðuberg Cliffs
Gerðuberg Cliffs was our last destination (attraction) in Snæfellsnes Peninsula and we visited it on the morning we left Snæfellsnes Peninsula. Gerðuberg Cliffs was sited on the southeastern side of the peninsula and was about 42 minutes for our stay, Helgrindur guesthouse.
Gerðuberg cliffs was a natural marvel. It was a series of hexagonal basalt columns that run along a cliff. These tall and slender basalt columns stood side by side, packed closed to each other. There was one particular column tilting away from the rest and looked like it might fall off any time.
During this trip in Iceland we had seen many hexagonal basalt columns so seeing this spectacular cliffs was no longer a novelty. If we had did a clockwise route of the Ring Road1, Gerðuberg cliff would have been one of our earlier sights and we would have been in “awe” when visiting this place.
Grábrók
On the map the distance between Gerduberg Cliffs to Grabrok looked pretty short but there was no direct route to Grabrok. We had to make a “V” route to reach Grabrok. The distance was about 75km and took about 55 minutes.
Grabok was a series of three volcano craters (Lita Grabrok, Grabrok, Grabrokarfell ), one small and two bigger ones. All three craters were dry. The largest of the three craters (Grabrok) was formed about 3.400 years ago in a fissure eruption.
Parking in a small parking area at the base of the craters was free. There was proper broadwalk and stairs that led us up the slope of the craters.
There was a couple of viewing decks where we stopped to have a closer look of the craters. From the viewing deck we also had a gorgeous view of the Borgarfjörður countryside.
Barnafoss
Barnafoss was on the east side of Grabrok. It was our last sight for the day before we stopped for the day at a “stay” sited in between Barnafoss and Grabrok. On this trip we had seen so many waterfalls that we wondered if we should bother with Barnafoss.
Since Barnafoss was about 54km from Grabrok which was not too far and occassionally Barnafoss was listed as one the “must-see” falls in Iceland so we decided to make it our last falls in iceland.
Barnafoss was different from the other gigantic and tall falls in Iceland. It was short but widely spread out.
Barnafoss would have been more beautiful if the volume of water was larger. We were probably viewing in not at its best time. We could imagine that if the water volume was larger the falls would stretch wider and together with the surrounding lush greenery, this falls would look stunning especially if the water was “blue” as was described on some reviews.
Our stay
Our stay was “Sumarhúsin Signýjarstöðum” which was about 10km from Barnafoss. After a total of three hours of driving and visiting three places we did not want to travel far to rest and relax for the night.
Sumarhúsin Signýjarstöðum was a self sufficient unit in the middle of nowhere. There were several such units in the location and we were not sure which was ours. Took us sometimes to identify our unit. The cost of the unit was Eur180 a night.
The view of the surrounding outside our unit was not fantastic or spectacular. There were no sunset view or snow capped mountain. The unit was sufficient and we were able to cook two nice meals (dinner and breakfast) and had a great night sleep.
