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Iceland Travel Essentials:
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items If you are planning a trip to the Land of Fire 🔥 and Ice🧊, you’ll want these staples in your suitcase…
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What to Wear 🥾
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Packing Needs 🧣
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Where to Go 💛
What to Wear 🥾
You will need layers, layers, and MORE LAYERS! Here's what I wore and couldn't take off:
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This half zip fleece was the perfect under layer for the windy cold days! Not too bulky under a proper rain jacket, but still super warm. I wore it all throughout the trip, including on our whale watching boat tour. Kept me nice and warm! Can’t recom...
Women's Glacial IV Half Zip Fleece
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Wore this hat the ENTIRE TRIP! Even hiking to waterfalls, this hat stayed nice and warm and never stayed damp somehow. Plus the puffball just snaps on, so it can easily be removed and stuffed in a pocket until the rain is gone.
I still wear this bac...
FURTALK Womens Winter Knitted Beanie Hat
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The perfect bottom layer! I got these in some adorable pastel colors and they were perfect for when the top layers needed to come off (in a restaurant, to dry off after a waterfall snafu lol). Can't recommend enough!
NELEUS Women's 3 Pack Athletic Compression Tee
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Loved these pants too! Warm and water resistant
baleaf Women's Fleece Lined Water-Resist Pants
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The. Perfect. Leggings.
Women's Fleece Lined Leggings & Tights | Warm Clothing
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These waterproof pants were perfect for slipping on before a waterfall hike! Kept my leggings dry and were super easy to dry off afterwards.
Columbia Women's Storm Surge Pant
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Socks for any temp and dry easily!
Merrell Women's 3 Pack Performance Hiker Socks
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The only gloves I brought, they were perfect! Especially useful on our whale watching boat, where it got very cold but I needed to take lots of pictures!
Bodvera Thermal Insulation Fingerless Wool Gloves
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LOVED this jacket!! Wore it every single day, it was perfect for hikes and waterfalls. Tons of pockets to hold hat/gloves/phone/wallet. I got it in the cutest mint green :) my friends got bright colors like the yellow which made the pictures so speci...
Rain Jackets - Outdoor Ventures
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Enough practicality! Iceland has some beautiful sights and we want amazing pictures to take home. My friends and I got these bright, colorful skirts to take pictures in on the gorgeous black sand beaches. They turned out to be some of our favorite pi...
v28 Women Full Ankle Length Pleated Maxi Skirt
Packing Needs 🧣
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Bought this suitcase specifically for this trip, but I have used it many times since, even on a trip to Bolivia! I love it and if it ever breaks (which I doubt it will), I will be racing to this link to buy another.
Coolife 28" Expandable PC+ABS Spinner Luggage
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Packing cubes! Something for each type of later you will be bringing and all the toiletries in between.
10/8 Set Packing Cubes for Travel Gifts
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FOR THE PLANE! Full transparency, I spent most of my time in Iceland with COVID and didn't realize until I tested back in the States. So protect your trip and your health!
LEMENT 5-Layer Cup Dust Safety Face Mask
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I used these on another trip and felt great the whole time. HIGHLY recommend taking these before and throughout your trip to stay healthy!
Airborne 1000mg Vitamin C + D & Zinc, 30 Tabs
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You already know!
EnergyCell Pilot 4GS 12000mAh Power Bank
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Easy to pack and super useful!
TESSAN EU Travel Plug Adapter w/ 2 USB Ports
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Still using to travel today! So easy to refill and take to each stay along the Ring.
DEPOZA 16 Pack TSA Leak Proof Travel Bottles
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This was my purse for the trip! Made it so easy to hold everything, including a zipper pocket on the back where I kept my passport! Loved it.
LATMAP 3L Small Sling Bag Fanny Pack
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My carry-on backpack! Could fit so much in here, which was so nice because I have a crippling fear of the airline losing my luggage. Everything important goes in here!
Rinlist 40L Travel Backpack, Flight-approved
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For great pictures :)
70.6" Phone Stand & Selfie Stick Tripod w/ Remote
Where to Go 💛
Links to activities/places we loved!
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Gorgeous waterfall you can hike behind! Bit of a walk there, but SO worth it
Seljalandsfoss (2025) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Reviews)
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This was a pretty tough hike to get to the top, but it was so worth it!
Dynjandi (Fjallfoss) (2025) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Reviews)
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The most beautiful blue water of the trip. We walked down the side and filled our water bottled from the falls :)
Bruarfoss Waterfall (2025) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Reviews)
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Another beautiful waterfall you can hike behind! This one was so tranquil and the birds flying above it made it so breathtaking
Kvernufoss (2025) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Reviews)
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This spot was where we saw ALL the puffins. We were ecstatic because we had been told they would all be out to see by then. But there they were!
Dyrholaey (2025) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Reviews)
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BY FAR our favorite lagoon, much better than blue lagoon even. It felt so much more natural and serene. The walk up bars were stunning and the blunt drop off to the see was GORGEOUS. We even opted in for the spa steps here with the cold plunge and th...
Sky Lagoon (2025) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Reviews)
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Once in a lifetime sights!
Fjadrargljufur Canyon (2025) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Reviews)
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This was a pretty cool stop! You can hike around the perimeter and the color of the water is beautiful! You can stop to learn more about it, but we kept chugging along lol
Kerid Crater (2025) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Reviews)
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DIAMOND FREAKING BEACH. This was so beautiful and yes it really looks like that. We woke up at dawn to get pictures here in our colorful skirts and they were the best pictures from the trip. And we even saw a SEAL in the water. 10/10 recommend
Diamond Beach (2025) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Reviews)
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Definitely the longest hike to a waterfall but it was so worth it! It was so beautiful and there were plenty of sights to stop and see along the way <3
Svartifoss Waterfall (2025) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Reviews)
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You have to. It's Kirkjufell.
Kirkjufell Mountain (2025) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Reviews)
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Another stunning waterfall. You'll love it.
Godafoss (2025) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Reviews)
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If you're going to see one waterfall on your trip to Iceland, it has to be SKOGAFOSS!!! Such a mighty beauty and it's unforgettable to get close to it.
Skogafoss (2025) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Reviews)
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ONE OF MY FAVES. The restaurant next to the parking lot for the beach was one of my favorite. I was always getting the lamb stews but my friends got "normal" food that they loved. As for the beach, it was a little crowded (people all on the basalt co...
VÃkurfjara Black Sand Beach (2025) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Reviews)
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Iceland's quintessential spot. We weren't amazed after the beauty of Sky Lagoon, but we got the appeal! The lava rock on the way there was so cool to see and the lagoon itself was still nice! Definitely crowded and the walk up bar lines were pretty l...
Blue Lagoon (2025) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Reviews)