Iceland from the Air

Weather being very changeable, we were extremely fortunate to have a clear and sunny day for our helicopter tour….. first, over the volcanic area near Reykjavik, where there was an active eruption as recently as a year ago!

From there, over some amazing inland water features…..

And across glaciers and over the Highlands in the central part of the country, which are accessible on the ground only by 4-wheel drive vehicles, and then only for a couple of months in the summer.

Iceland has innumerable waterfalls…. The pilot landed the helicopter so we could approach and admire this one, Haífoss, on foot.

Sightseeing from the air is such a treat….. this video illustrates the thrill of rising over a landscape that is breath-taking from any angle.

We moved on from the Reykjavik area north to a peninsula called……

Henry enjoyed walking along the beach; most of them here feature black sand derived from volcanic material…. Here he is with the “lava” his life:

And a pilgrimage to a Game of Thrones filming site, known in the show as Arrowhead Mountain, north of The Wall.

It was mostly covered in snow and ice in the film…… spectacular in any event!