Iceland is the second largest island in Europe. Looking around the world, you won't find a second country with such an ever-changing natural landscape. The gentleness, roughness, grandeur, strangeness, strangeness, illusion, and even cruelty and helplessness of the great forces of Iceland's nature make people feel that it is absolutely incredible to appear in Iceland, a small country with an area of only 70,000 square kilometers. On this island, you can enjoy glaciers, hot springs, geysers, active volcanoes, ice sheets, tundra, ice sheets, snow peaks, volcanic deserts, waterfalls and craters, and Neifer Peak, the entrance of Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth".
When you first arrive in Iceland, you will feel that you are at the end of the world: there are no trees. On both sides of the road are endless yellow-green volcanic deserts. At the end of the sky is a volcano. No wonder American astronauts experienced the feeling of being on the moon in the desert of Iceland before landing on the moon.
The climate in Iceland is changeable, and there is a famous joke: "If you don't like the weather in Iceland at this time, please wait another 5 minutes, then it may be worse than now." Because of Iceland's high terrain, half of the land is dominated by plateaus over 400 meters, so the rainfall is extremely high. There is no mainland around the island, so the wind on the island is also evil. This is probably why there are few trees on the island. Icelanders boast three treasures: fish, geothermal and Icelandic horses. The North Atlantic warm current and Icelandic cold current meet here, making Iceland one of the largest fishing grounds in the world, and fishery resources become Iceland's lifeline; Geothermal is the only way for Icelanders to keep warm. Because there is no need to burn coal, Iceland's beautiful buildings are spotless It has thus become the cleanest country in the world. Speaking of Icelandic ponies, people who like horses regard this five-step tame horse as a treasure.
Iceland has one of the longest life expectancy in the world. In the struggle with nature, Icelanders have developed a very strong physique and an optimistic spirit of being content with happiness and not complaining about others. No wonder Icelanders are recognized as the happiest people in the world! Traveling to Iceland is the most beautiful in summer. You can take Reykjavik, the capital, the cleanest pocket city in the world as your base camp. After visiting the symbol of the city-the church of Hagelin, which is expected to rise from the ground like a spaceship, and enjoying the geese tuning in the downtown lake, you can start to set out for the real Iceland.
If the time is only two or three days, you can go to the Dead Volcanic Lake near Reykjavik, the largest waterfall in Europe-Golden Waterfall, and the wonders of Iceland-Gecer Geyser. You can also stroll through Capitol Hill National Park where the American plate meets the European plate, and you can also drive through the vast and beautiful pastures in southern Iceland. Visit the fourth glacier "Myrdal". There, you can drive your own snowmobile, experience this thrilling sport under the guidance of a tour guide, and visit two famous waterfalls in Europe-Forest Waterfall and Shepherd Waterfall.
If you stay in Iceland for a long time, you can choose more tourist routes: you will have the opportunity to go deep into the hinterland of Iceland by cross-country jeep and explore inaccessible wasteland and glaciers; I have the opportunity to stay in the pasture for two days and make good friends with clever ponies and herders there: I have the opportunity to fly to northern Iceland and watch whales there in the bay; I also have the opportunity to fly to Greenland, the largest island in the world, to experience Eskimo life.
When you return to Reykjavik contentedly and exhausted, don't forget to take a bath in the Blue Lagoon Hot Spring when you bid farewell to this island, which is suitable for all seasons to ensure fatigue and fitness.
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Location: Located in the middle of the North Atlantic, near the Arctic Circle,
Population: 276,000 (2002). The vast majority are Icelanders, belonging to the Germanic nation. The official language is Icelandic and English is the common language. Nearly 90% people believe in Christian Lutheranism.
There are national parks and nature reserves all over Iceland, the most spectacular of which are Myvatn Nature Reserve and Tingvellir? Kulsárgljuúr (Jagushalon), Skaftafell and other national parks. The most famous scenic spot in Scafa National Park is Svaty Falls. Jiegu Salon Lake in Jiegu Salon National Park is a lake formed at the bottom of glacier, with a depth of 100 meters.