Iceland by mountainbike

After last years vacation on Mount Kilimanjaro, safari and diving, this year asks for another great, but totally different vacation.

The plan
We  want to go to Iceland and make a tour to see all the wonderfull things nature has to offer. Because we have limited time (2 weeks) we only focus on the southern part of this island. We are not going to rent a car…. we are going by mountainbikes

We want to fly in from Amsterdam on Friday, take a bus to Skaftafell on Saturday (11 hours!) and from there bike back to Reykjavik while visiting cool places on the road. This should bring us back to Reykjavik in time for Menningarnótt, a huge party with concerts, fireworks and almost 1/3 of the icelanders attending . After a well deserved day of rest we want to use the second week for visiting the area between Geysir and Keflavik, where we will end in the Blue Lagoon before flying back home.

I really look forward to it. We are still planning a lot of stuff… finding out the route, needed materials, should I buy a new bike or not, etc. If you have any advice: pls comment.