We crossed the biggest high mountain plateau in Northern Europe with vast plateaus, deep, lush valleys and high mountains, glaciers in the far distance, waterfalls, and azure fjords. Hardangervidda offers a variety of experiences starting from where the road snakes lazily across the wide...
After Gaustatoppen we drove to Hardangervidda National Park. It is the largest national park in Norway. This vast mountain plateau offers excellent hiking opportunities; unfortunately, we did not have so much time, so we took just a 5 km hike from Gvepseborg. We used the Krossobanen Cable...
We have visited Skaftafell – a hiker’s paradise with stunning glaciers and some of the highest peaks of Iceland. The national park is located at the South East Coast of Iceland at the roots of Vatnajökull, the biggest glacier in Europe. The geographical and natural diversity makes...
On the way to Þingvellir National Park, we made a short stop at the abandoned Akranes lighthouse. In wintertime, this location is a popular place to shoot the Northern lights. Later we have explored Iceland’s oldest National Park and the only one listed in UNESCO. Park is covering an area...
Last night we slept under Kirkjufell – the most photographed mountain in Iceland! Kirkjufell (463 m) is a beautifully shaped and symmetric, free-standing Mountain. It got its name, which means ‘Church Mountain’, probably because of its shape reminding a church tower. The...
Jökulsárgljúfur is the northernmost part of Vatnajökull National Park, with separate boundaries, but geographically connected to the rest of the park by the glacial river Jökulsá á Fjöllum. The river’s source is in Vatnajökull glacier, near the subglacial volcano Bárdarbunga...
After a good sleep, we made a short hike around Hizha Banderitsa with an excellent alpine landscape and Baikushev’s pine – 1380-year-old tree. This national park is also home to bears and wolves and well known for the high-altitude Vihren Peak, with forested ridges and...
We arrived at the beach inside National Park Divjakë-Karavasta, it’s located near the Adriatic Sea. We did overnight just on the great long lonely sandy beach. The park spans a territory of 222,3 square kilometers with wetlands, salt marshes, coastal meadows, floodplains, woodlands...
On the first day, we did a great full-day hike through the deep forest around the Black Lake (glacial lake, 1416 m). After the hike, we refreshed ourselves with local tasty Niksicko beer. This breathtaking national park was formed by glaciers and is traversed by rivers and underground...
We made it through the narrow curvy road to the top and parked next to the lake, where we slept. In the morning we have enjoyed a nice hike around the lake and its virgin forest at Biogradska Gora National Park. It is the site of one of the last three large virgin forests in Europe. The...