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Vik
• Hella • Jokulsarlon • Kirkjubaejarklaustar
Vík is Iceland's most southerly village. Although this
community of 600 inhabitants faces the open Atlantic, Vík is the only
seaside settlement in Iceland left without a harbour due to natural circumstances.
Nevertheless Vík's inhabitants go fishing with the help of their amphibious
boats, which enable them to drive, literally, out to sea. Vík has good
travel services and offers plenty of camping and hotel space. Among the
many aspects of Vík that make it attractive to tourists are the increasingly
popular sea-and-land trips in the above-mentioned boats; sight-seeing
flights; snowmobile trips on the Mýrdalsjökull glacier; excellent salmon
and trout fishing; and horseback riding, to list a few. The natural beauty
of the area is spectacular. Just east of the village's outskirts lies
one of Europe's biggest arctic tern breeding grounds. South of Vík is
a beautiful beach, which the international ISLANDS Magazine named one
of the world's ten best island beaches in 1991. A short hike within the
close vicinity of Vík is sure to satisfy all serious nature lovers and
bird watchers. To the south of Reynisfjall mountain, a spectacular set
of rock columns called Reynisdrangar rise majestically out of the Atlantic
Ocean
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