Kjolur (Iceland)

Description: The second largest road in Highlands of Iceland.

Newest Review: ... bus. The last bus of the year in fact, just about all Icelanders have cars and there isn't really a proper public bus service. Just a bus company that works for two or three months during the summer connecting various sightseeing destinations. By the end of August, the majority of them have either ended or are about to end. We boarded the early morning bus from Akureyri and there was never ... more

... more than about 8 people on the bus the whole way. The bus itself was an attraction with humongous ground clearance and the most enormous wheels that would definitely make the Mesopotamian who invented the wheel proud. Initially on the ring road, I g...more

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Kjolur (Iceland): Traverse Iceland the bumpy way (566 words)
by - written on 11/05/09 (Very useful, 15 readings)
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The Kjolur is a highland road in Iceland which goes from just after the hamlet of Varmalid some kilometres west of Akureyri to The Golden Circle close to Reykjavik. Although it is passable without a 4WD, it would have been ny on impossible when we went despite it being August. Puddles were so huge on the road that anything less than a tank struggled to plough through them. Rental cars don't allow you to take them offroad in Iceland and as we didn't have our own car with us (what am I talking about.. I can't even drive yet!), the amount of traffic looked extremely minimal and to ensure at least one overland journey during our visit - we opted for the easiest ... Read the complete review

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