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We decided that the best weather window would be on the morning of Day 7, so we took a trip to Laki to explore the craters, where in 1783 a 25km long fissure opened and lava flew out of the craters for almost 12 months. Smoke from the eruptions affected the European climate for many years and 25% of Iceland population was also killed.
The drive to the volcano involved a hair raising 45km drive on a track with a number of exciting river crossings, even with 33” wheels.
The area was very strange with many lava tubes and craters to explore. The return trip in our bus was even more exciting as the rivers had risen due to the non stop since we crossed them earlier in the day.
Over dinner in the evening we rechecked the forecasts and our weather window was now forecast to close by lunch tomorrow and we made the decision to start much earlier than we had originally planned.
The drive to the volcano involved a hair raising 45km drive on a track with a number of exciting river crossings, even with 33” wheels.
The area was very strange with many lava tubes and craters to explore. The return trip in our bus was even more exciting as the rivers had risen due to the non stop since we crossed them earlier in the day.
Over dinner in the evening we rechecked the forecasts and our weather window was now forecast to close by lunch tomorrow and we made the decision to start much earlier than we had originally planned.
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