A fun hiking day in the beautiful mountain regions of East-Iceland, you can start your day by driving across Fjardarheidi mountain pass and over to the beautiful little town of Seydisfjordur. The part where the road descends down towards the village is commonly known as the ́ ́waterfall trail ́ ́and you ́ll soon realise why as you ́ll be surrounded by beautiful waterfalls and rivers running down the mountain. Once in the village, turn left and follow the northern side of the fjord until you find the hiking trails around Vestdalsfossar series of waterfalls. Come back over the mountain towards Egilstadir, and turn onto road #94. You are now entering one of Iceland ́s most remote regions and to the village of Bakkagerði in Borgarfjordur Eystri. Traversing the Vatnskarð pass, you ́ll soon catch sight of the Dyrfjöll mountains, arguably Iceland ́s most impressive mountains. Arriving in the village of Bakkagerdi, pass through the village and to the new harbour (Hafnarhólmi) at the outer edge of the village. This is probably the easiest and safest place in Iceland to see and witness the pretty Atlantic Puffin up close, but they are abundant in this area as they nest during the summer.
Today was a shortish drive along reasonable roads, through a long tunnel to the land of waterfalls. It was an amazing winding road with waterfalls on each side and down into Seydisfjordur. I looked through this town for Sasha's sweater, but there was nothing very nice.
(yes, one of the pictures is upside down and I'm too lazy to turn it around....)
I drove through town to the hiking path that took me past the harbor and over to the trail for the Vestdalsfossar series of waterfalls. I was about half a mile from the car and encountered several sheep along the trail line. They were in need of a trim.
The trail was good, BUT I decided to take the trail to the right of the river which was a bit stupid. That trail took me into an area where I was fording several streams (no bridges) and some rather damp areas. I eventually was able to cross back to the main trail which I used for my return journey. Very wild and remote hike.
On my way to Bakkagerdi there were good roads.
The village itself was nothing much and I could not find the harbor referred to in the itinerary. I must have retraced my drive about 3 times and finally got out and walked, but I saw no Puffins, or anything that looked like it should have Puffins or any signs about a new harbor. It was only the next day when someone told me this harbor area was another 40 minutes out of town. Silly me - I though edge meant the edge of town and not 40 minutes further.
I retraced my steps back to my last night at 1001.
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