Vatnajokull, Vatnajokull National Park

My favorite experience in Iceland. The Blue Lagoon comes in at a close second, but nothing can compare to walking through these ice caves as the rapids that carved them rush past you. The meeting point was across from Diamond Beach, and had a cute little mini hike up and down some hills to overlook a lagoon. As we waited for the tour, we saw a few seals swimming about! 🦭 The tour started with jumping in these giant jeeps which made for an incredibly fun off roading adventure to the start of the hike. (See the 7th picture). Our tour guide's father started this ice cave tour company originally when him and his buddies made these cars in their garages for off-roading on the weekends. Then there sparked interest in these cars as a business. They started giving tours to hard to get to places (like the ice caves). Today they even use the cars to drive actors and movie production teams around Iceland for filming! A lot of movies in space or other worlds were filmed in Iceland, like The Martian and Game of Thrones 👑 . The jeeps could only drop us off so far, so we had to hike to the ice cave. (See last photo). It was about a mile away, but the views of the glacier getting larger and looming over us as we approached made it all the more impressive. Actually entering the ice caves, well have a look at the photos above ☺️. The first two pictures are towards the entrance of the cave. The 3rd picture was of our guide, Finn 🤣. The next photos are as we got deeper in the cave. The 6th photo was one of my favorites as it's in the deepest part of the cave with the rapids rushing by.

Ever wondered how amazing it would feel to sail across Europe's biggest glacier??? The most best part of the visit to this glacier was spotting 3 cute seals napping on a small log of ice and sailing away at their own pace🥺 Spotted a few puffins😍 This place is a must visit for all those beautiful shades of blue ice!! Was very sad to know though that the glacier is retreating every year by 200-300 meters !!