CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Vík day out · Surtsey
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 316 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 42
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Vík
Vík í Mýrdal is a tiny village on the south coast of Iceland with a red-roofed church on a hill, a long black beach below, and a reputation far larger than its size. A few hundred people live here, mostly in low houses below the cliffs, and the Atlantic crashes onto the sand in front of them with ceaseless force. Offshore, a group of tall basalt sea stacks called Reynisdrangar rises from the surf, and legend says they are trolls who were caught by the sun while trying to drag a ship to shore and turned to stone.
Read the complete Vik write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Vík is where the day begins. Next is Surtsey.
2. Þorlákshöfn
Planning note
back through Surtsey, late in the day. Next is Vik.
3. Vík
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Vik write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Vik. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Vík to Þorlákshöfn
Vík → Þorlákshöfn is 158 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.