In Akureyri we take a spectacular river rafting trip through the West Glacial River Canyon. We start with an hour bus ride to the base camp in Skagafjordur where we don our gear, receive our safety instructions (when the guide says "paddle," everyone paddle hard; when he says "down," everyone on their knees in the boat, head down, paddle in the boat; if you fall out, float on your back down the river, do not try to stand up in the swift current), and climb on another bus to the drop-off point.
Our crew ready to go
Getting on the river
Heading out
Continuing
Resting
Our guide has a GoPro camera on his helmet and takes these pictures and the following videos of our journey.
Videos of the trip
Near the end, we stop to allow the more adventerous among us to do some cliff jumping (and quickly swim to shore across the swift current).
Jumping in
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