Iceland – Day 9: Icelandic Horses, volcano crater, Barnafossar, and Hraunfossar

This trip took place in December 2021. This day was December 30, 2021.

Spending 6 days with the same group of people can be tiring. I was looking forward to breaking away to badly charge my introvert batteries and be on my own again. But alas, one who does not drive cannot be a chooser when attempting to explore Iceland's Ring Road.

The morning of December 30, 2021, I woke up in Bifrost. Just outside of Hotel Bifrost is a volcano crater called Grábrók.

You can hike up to the top and takes about 40 minutes.
Grábrók crater

This was the last day and we visited an Icelandic horse farm! We drove to a town called Reykholt and visited Sturlureykir Visiting Horse Farm.

The woman who confidently hosted us was well-spoken and probably had a lot of practice. I learned that she was only 14 years old 🤯

Then we stopped at Barnafossar for lunch and sightseeing which is a storied waterfall that resembles a series of rapids through a narrow passage of volcanic rock.

Barnafossar
Hraunfossar Waterfall

Then we returned to Reykjavik and the tour bus dropped everyone off at their individual hotels. I stopped by Sandholt for a snack:

Sandholt Reykjavik

Finally, I checked into Hotel Odinsve for the remaining 2 days in Iceland for New Year's Eve.

The next day was Day 10, and the last day of my Iceland series. We celebrated outside Hallgrímskirkja church. Stay tuned.