kleifarvatn lake

Lovely and quiet place with a great road to drive down through this area to the coast. We did it in snow and it was beautiful but I would imagine it is all times of the year. Could be a good picnic spot if you can find somewhere to park and if the weather is good.It could also be good for walking in the summer too.

The thing is that the Blue Lagoon is the magnet of the Reykjanes Peninsula, making it so that all the other stunning pearls of the peninsula are almost forgotten - very regrettably! Lake Kleifarvatn is a paradise for landscape photographers, for example, particularly for those aiming for a good spot for northern light photography. It's dark over there. But the lake itself is just sooo beautiful, as a place to relax and simply enjoy the silence. In the early hours of the day the lake's surface is just like a mirror. And there're lots of geologic features all around it, and it even has a beach!It's a gravel road along the lake, by the way.

Kleifarvatn Lake is quite stunning! Well worth the effort to take a look. This lake appears in Arnaldur Indridason's book The Draining Lake, which prompted me to take a look a couple of years ago. I wanted to go back and spend some time taking pictures which I did this year. I think the best approach is from the North, over the top and down into the south side of Reykjanes. If you continue along the road you will arrive at Seltun hot spring area.

Это озеро было первой целью нашего путешествия. Двигались против часовой стрелки по всему острову. Немного отъехали в сторону и оказались у шикарного озера, народу нет, тишина и спокойствие! Посещение этого озера задало тон всему нашему путешествию.

Всего полчаса от Рейъкявика и вы у красивого озера. Это удивительно, но народу здесь почти нет, а посмотреть есть на что. Однозначно стоит небольшого крюка при поездке из/в аэропорт.

On roule tranquillement au milieu de splendides paysages quand apparait ce lac, magistral au milieu de la lave. Des plages de sable noir. Un havre de paix si on y vient hors saison. Nous étions seuls au bord de ces plages à admirer. De l'autre coté de la route, le travail de l'érosion dans toute sa splendeur.