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Day 13 of 21 · Húsavík · The Uncharted Volcanic Loop & Wild Peninsulas

Day 13 — Fossil Cliffs of Tjörnes Peninsula

TRANSFERbeach walk

An active day to your new base in Húsavík, with 1 h 47 on the road.

Fossil Cliffs of Tjörnes Peninsula
Puffins on the northernmost tip of Tjornes peninsula © photographed in 2007 by Honza and Ivana Ebr — CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Stage 10 · Húsavík · Iceland

We sleep at Tungulending Guesthouse, 8.7 km away

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day 13 1 night 1 h 47 on the road120 kmclimate favourable

Interest of the place — nature 15 · culture 15. Based on: lighthouse; viewpoint reached from the stage (Tjörnes Cliffs).

programme
6 h 30
road
1 h 47
  • Coastal walk along the black sand beaches of TjörnesInterest culture 15

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    4 h
  • Search for ancient fossils at Tjörnes CliffsInterest nature 15Place Puffin cliff, 7.6 km away · nearby point, to check

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    2 h 30

To add if time allows: Sea kayaking near the cliffs of Húsavík (3 h) · Relaxing soak in the Geosea Geothermal Baths (3 h)

Bad-weather option — something else that day — Relaxing soak in the Geosea Geothermal Baths

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