Stóragjá — Attraction in Iceland

Warning: you should be a decent swimmer. The water is very deep here (30+ ft) so perfect for diving!

This was definitely one of the highlights of our trip! We parked next to some horses maybe 1km down from 1 on 848 though it looks like there was parking right before turning off onto 848. I think the parking spot was on the south side of highway 1. Follow signs and head towards the canyons. Be careful of steep drops through bushes if you go off trail. Keep the crevice to your right and you'll eventually come upon a metal staircase leading you down into the caves. There's so many nooks and crannies to explore with a pretty easy and simple trail to follow out and back. Plenty of climbing and scrambling opportunities but the gems were definitely the swimming caves. They're very well secluded. We found two main entryways, one earlier with a rope and another further down with a ladder. This is the place to skinny dip, it's so secluded and the water, though not hot, was tepid/warm. The water was crystal clear. We got lucky with the timing and the sun shone through the hole, straight into the water illuminating rocks around us. It may look dark when you peek in but let your eyes adjust and you'll see just fine! There's lots of places to swim around rocks and...

Quite cool to check out as it's deserted and not as much visited as the Grotja nearby. It took me a bit to find it. Park your car at coordinates 65.639808,-16.909603 which is a bit of a distance away from where this place is marked on the map. In front of you you will see three directions markers of which one points to Storagja. It's just a 5 minute walk to get there. They've replaced the little steel stairs with a fixed solid steel stair going down into the crack. Can't really miss seeing it from the trail. Once down below you will see a blue rope which leads to the hot water pool hidden between the rocks. You need to use it to get out of the water. Water is nice and warm. Wouldn't go here with kids. Grotja is much warmer and nicer to visit if you just want to see a hot water pool in a cave and don't care about the swim. Visited March 27. Path was covered with snow where you could fall...

Beautiful, yet small cave with crystal clear, blue water. Very difficult to get into the cave. There’s a small flight of stairs going down into a fairly large crack in the ground. When down in the crack you’ll see a small area with a chain and a rope that you can use to go down into the water. If you walk to the opposite side of the crack, there’s a shifty ladder going into the cave. Water temperature is fairly warm - around 27 C. If you could only chose one grotto, I’d pick the Grotagja that is only a...