This is our last day in Borgarnes town. We left from hostel at 8.30 AM and left for our first stop at Eldborg Crater. This is one of the most complete crater in Iceland that formed from low viscosity magma. It is mainly built up by layers of scoriacious (dark colored lava rock with lots of large gas bubbles) lava. Unlike most craters we have seen in the past, this was very steep – more than 150 ft tall from base to the rim, and perfectly symmetric. Nearest parking access was 3 km from this, so it was pretty intense walking through lava fields to get to the crater and hike up to the top of it through steep sides. It was well worth it.
We were planning to go to Snæfellsjökull National Park on the western peninsula. However, we were told that it was not built as part of the original itinerary, so the bus driver was not allowed to go that far. We were disappointed, but were content with what we were able to see in the short number of days we stayed in Iceland.
What a place this is. The 6 km hike wiped us all out and we spent the reminder of the bus journey half-asleep. Suddenly the bus slowed down and we woke up to what looked like a toll booth. After passing through it, we came across the tunnel that goes below the deep fjord. It was 6 km long tunnel and it was amazing how well kept it was. Completely dry, clean, and well lit. Such an engineering feat to have been able to do it.