Glacier Trek, Waterfalls, 'Blue Lagoon' highlights of Iceland Trip

A few months back GearJunkie, ECCO, and Iceland Naturally hosted the “Boot Up” sweepstakes, which awarded ECCO gear and a trip to Iceland. The winner, Zachary Wist of Seattle, and his wife, Jackie, just returned from the journey. Wist shared these photos and a letter on the experience he had in Iceland last week. Happy to see the trip was a success! —Stephen Regenold

Snapshots: Zachary and Jackie Wist journeyed through Iceland last week

Scenes from a glacier trek

Famous waterfalls of Iceland

At the Blue Lagoon

05/16/13 — Jackie and I had the best time in Iceland. After years of wanting to go, we finally had the chance of a lifetime. We stayed in a great hotel in the center of Reykjavik and spent as much time hitting up all the spots that the locals recommended. Iceland has some of the best food I have ever had, not to mention the local micro-brews are top notch as well. The people of Iceland are really some of the friendliest I have ever met — no one ever hesitated to teach us more about their culture.

We started our trip off with a three hour hike up a glacier using crampons. This was one of the biggest highlights for us. On the way back to Reykjavik we stopped to check out Skogafoss and Seljalandsfoss, which are two waterfalls I have always wanted to see.

We also did another tour that would take us to Geysir and Gullfoss, two other “must-see’s” in Iceland.

On the last full day, we checked out the Blue Lagoon, which is a natural geothermic pool that is filled with minerals and is warmer than a Jacuzzi. We spent a few hours there before going back to the city to do some trekking around town.