Today we headed for Askja, an enormous caldera with a large lake in the middle and a smaller hot pool by the lake side.
The scenery of the Icelandic highlands on the way there is absolutely amazing!
You go from vast a-ha lava fields to barren ash planes with scattered lava blocks scattered here and there. It’s really all too much to take in.
The road to get there, no. F910, offers a few river crossings and ensures your back needs a long rest, but it’s really worth it once you reach the campsite (no wild camping in the highlands, as the whole area in a National Park).
We got a little further and took a nice 5 km walk inside the caldera, up to the lake.
The caldera ring is immense and windswept. I guess the night will be pretty cold up here…
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