Iceland - Ring Road north

We booked an 8:30 boat tour from Húsavík to see whales and puffins, so no time for the geothermal pool in the morning. On the boat, we donned the provided 1-piece suit over our coats. The boat went first to an island with many puffins, then went looking for whales. We saw a humpback whale surface a number of times, then moved to a different location and briefly saw a harbor porpoise. We didn’t have a high-end camera and lens like many of the passengers, so don't have the best pictures.

It's a 45-minute drive to Ásbyrgi canyon, but we did it, and did the short hike at the base by the pond and a longer hike along the base and top of one of the sides. It looks like Þingvellir and tectonic plates, but the ranger said no, the cliffs were formed by the river. 

Next was the 37-foot-high 520-foot-wide horseshoe-shaped Goðafoss waterfall. The west side was closed for renovations, but views were good from the east side. The flow was high, so water went horizontally before dropping vertically.

The only toll on the Ring Road is a tunnel east of Akureyri. We drove an extra 15 minutes over the mountain to avoid the ISK 1500 toll.

Dinner was at Noa Seafood in Akureyri. We both had the catch of the day, which was spotted wolf fish in a very tasty sauce.