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Opening hours

Open nonstop

Time requirement

Less than 1 hour

Difficulty

Low difficulty

Parking

Dedicated parking lot

Food & drinks

Kids

Kids friendly

Dogs

Dog friendly

Drone

Drone ban

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Reynisfjara beach is one of the most famous and photographed places in Iceland – a combination of black sand and beautiful cliffs. It is located in the south of the island, near the village of Vík í Mýrdal. The beach is famous for its black sand, which is made up of volcanic ash and other volcanic rocks. The beach is also known for its basalt cliffs that rise above the sea. These cliffs are called Reynisdrangar and are home to a variety of birds, including seagulls and sea eagles.

Reynisfjara is not only beautiful, but unfortunately also a very dangerous place, especially for “inexperienced” tourists. It has happened several times that sneaker waves (which can be translated as creeping waves), which appear insidiously fast and unexpectedly, dragged tourists who had their backs to the ocean and were not paying attention to this danger into the water.

But Reynisfjara is far from the only black beach in Iceland, there is another black beach nearby, basically on the border of the town of Vík, which offers similarly beautiful views and the absolute minimum of people, which unfortunately cannot be said about this more famous beach.

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