Iceland · East from Reykjavík
Iceland’s South Coast is the drive that turns first-time visitors into lifelong returnees. Heading east from Reykjavik along the Ring Road, you string together a remarkable run of waterfalls, black-sand beaches and glacier tongues, with the green farmland of the lowlands on one side and the white shoulders of the ice caps on the other.
You will start at Seljalandsfoss, where a footpath leads right behind the falling water, then carry on to Skogafoss, a sixty-meter curtain so wide you feel the spray long before you reach it. Further along, the basalt columns and roaring surf of Reynisfjara give the coast its drama, and a short detour brings you to a glacier tongue you can walk on with a guide.
It is an easy day trip, but the South Coast rewards those who slow down. We often build in a night near Vik so you can catch the waterfalls at first light, watch for puffins in summer, and keep driving east toward the glacier lagoons at your own unhurried pace.
