Top Things to do in Kirkjubaejarklaustur
Top Restaurants in Kirkjubaejarklaustur
The 7 Best Geologic Formations in Kirkjubaejarklaustur, South Region
Discover the best top things to do in Kirkjubaejarklaustur, Iceland including Laki Craters, Skaftarstofa, Systrastapi - Sister's Rock Pillar, Skaftareldahraun, Kirkjugolf, Eldhraun Lava Field, Fagrifoss.
Restaurants in Kirkjubaejarklaustur
1. Laki Craters
2. Skaftarstofa
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 7 reviews
Tourist information center located in Kirkjubaejarklaustur. Get all the information you need about the area, check out our exhibition about moss and see a film about the Laki eruption.
Reviewed By 267peggyj - Waterlooville, United Kingdom
Very helpful staff at visitor centre- so a very good place to stop if you need a rest on Route 1. We watched a film about the Laki visiting eruption in 1482-83 and how it had really affected Iceland- it killed 20% of the population immediately- and that was 10,000 people, as population then 50,000. People also dies all over Europe immediately - about 1 million people in all! I felt bad, as we were affected as a family by the 2010 Icelandic eruption of Eyjafjallajökull. Although relatively small for volcanic eruptions, it caused enormous disruption to our family's air travel, as all flights were stopped by it, across western and northern Europe in April 2010, when our family were trying to fly back from Lisbon after an Easter holiday! People in Iceland also dies after the Laki eruption, as the acid rain and ash caused by and from the eruption, caused livestock to die after becoming emaciated due to insufficient food, because nothing could grow due to the acid rain.
3. Systrastapi - Sister's Rock Pillar
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
4. Skaftareldahraun
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 32 reviews
Reviewed By dgjohansson - Ronneby, Sweden
After driving along the strange landscape of mossy rocks (?), this place gives you a chance to stop and experience ehat it is you have been seeing. This is one of very, very few possible stops along the road since it's illegal to drive off-road/stop at the side of the road or just stop on top of the road. Here you have a rest stop with signs and a small track to follow around in the lava field and see what it is all about. And yes *spoiler*, it is mossy lava blocks you've been seeing.
5. Kirkjugolf
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 107 reviews
Reviewed By 267peggyj - Waterlooville, United Kingdom
Close to Route 1 and Kirkjubaejarklaustur and shouldn't be missed by anyone driving past, as useful rest stop. We were first visitors on day after a lot of snow, so interesting 5 minute walk from the car park, alongside stream and over a small bridge. We told the next visitors the route, as not entirely clear in the snow. We had to brush the snow off it to see it. It is a flat pavement composed of the tops of mostly hexagonal basalt pillars. The completely natural result of water and ice erosion, this looks like a stone floor created by a master craftsman. Sorry about typos on description of photos but takes too long to change and upload all the photos again!
6. Eldhraun Lava Field
Overall Ratings
3.0 based on 1 reviews
