{"id":13611,"date":"2020-08-16T15:18:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T12:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ants-in-pants.com\/?p=13611"},"modified":"2020-08-19T10:30:06","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T07:30:06","slug":"snaefellsnes-peninsula-iceland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ants-in-pants.com\/en\/blog\/snaefellsnes-peninsula-iceland\/","title":{"rendered":"Sn\u00e6fellsnes peninsula (Iceland)"},"content":{"rendered":"

While most of people coming to Iceland try to make a circle around the island using the main road \u21161, we decided to concentrate on several particular regions instead, some of them less visited. Among them is Sn\u00e6fellsnes peninsula<\/strong> in the West part of Iceland, much less crowded compared to the more popular destination, yet, not less fun! You can make a circle in one day and save some more time next morning too to see the Shark museum!
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Eldborg crater<\/strong> is one of the most symmetrical and beautiful craters in Iceland. You may choose to ascend it (2.5 hours walk) or watch the volcano which has last erupted 50000-60000 years ago from below.<\/p>\n

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\nA long wall of basalt columns is at Ger\u00f0uberg. You can easily see it from route 54, but we recommend you take a detour to see it up close. Some columns are 3 meters high.<\/p>\n

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At this point of your trip in Iceland, you give up taking pictures of the waterfalls: there are too many of them<\/strong><\/a>.
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\nOn this road you will see a lot of lava, though without moss unlike the route to the east of Vik<\/strong><\/a>.
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Yutri tunga beach<\/h3>\n

Yutri tunga beach is a well-known seal colony<\/strong>, and this became our favourite place in Sn\u00e6fellsnes peninsula. Here you can see two Icelandic seal species. The harbor seal is most common in Icelandic waters, but also everywhere in the world. They are very social and often stick in groups. The grey seal is much bigger than the harbor seal, they are more shy and prefer to keep away from the shore.
\nAt first we were watching the seals from very far. Can you find one on the picture? Well, they are actually here, and this picture was taken on a 10xzoom.
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Hunting the seals for pictures is a demanding work.<\/p>\n