Snaefellsnes Peninsula

Our final day on the Ring Road before heading back to Reykjavik was driving Snaefellsnes Peninsula.  The word Snaefellsnes means Snow Mount's Peninsula, an apt name for a long peninsula that's got a volcano crowned with a glacier on its tip.

Snæfellsnes peninsula is often called Iceland in Miniature. It holds both a volcano and a glacier, lava fields, craters, waterfalls, black and white beaches, caves, picturesque mountains, calm fishing hamlets, villages and towns as well as gorgeous views along the coastline with rugged rocks jutting out from the Atlantic waves.

Budir is a small hamlet consisting of a hotel and a black church. Búðir church was first erected in 1703, but it, unfortunately, rotted down. It was rebuilt in 1848 in the form you can see today, although in a different location. In 1984 it was moved in one piece from its former location by the old graveyard to its current location. 

Arnarstapi has beautiful seaside views and interesting rocks in the sea surf, and is surrounded by a large lava field. A colony of Arctic Tern resides in the small hamlet.