On Thursday I had a long drive from Höfn till Hella, all along the road 1 in the south, 375 km in constant pouring rain – it felt like driving in one big rain cloud all the way.
But I had a bit of luck, because the woman from my guesthouse in Höfn told me to stop at Fjaðrárgljúfur and I did so. 50% of my time there it was more or less not raining but it suddenly started again and I got totally wet and my pictures are also a bit off. But it was worth to get off the road 1 and stop there.
Fjaðrárgljúfur is a canyon in south-east Iceland. This canyon has steep walls and winding water and is up to 100 m deep and 2 km long. Its origins dates back to the cold periods of the Ice Age, about 2 million years ago.
In May 2019 this canyon became „famous“, authorities closed the canyon to visitors after it appeared in a music video by Justin Bieber. The resulting stream of visitors threatened to damage the canyon’s environment, but nowadays it can be visited again after small fences and marked paths have been installed.