What you’ll experience: This is a geothermal area with hot springs, steaming vents and mud pots. The dramatic, rugged landscape features volcanic craters, caves, lava fields, geothermal waters and hot springs. You will drive to the Álftanes peninsula and pass Bessastaðir, the residence of Iceland’s President, then to the town of Hafnarfjörður, situated picturesquely on an ancient lava flow. On towards Lake Kleifarvatn, set in fascinating, stark, moon-like surroundings. Near the lake’s southern end lies Krísuvík with powerful jets of steam escaping from deep below the earth’s crust and sulphurous steam rising from numerous vents of a geothermal field. We continue under low mountains along the shore with craggy cliffs rising sheer from the sea and dotted with bird’s nests then to the town of Grindavík with its large fishing fleet.