Iceland Southern

Vic is the southernmost village in Iceland, located on the main ring road around the island. Despite its small size (291 inhabitants as of January 2011) it is the largest settlement for some 70 km around and is an important service center for the inhabitants and visitors to the coastal strip between Skogar and the west edge of the Myrdalssandur glacial outwash plain. In 1991, the US journal Islands Magazine counted Vic's beach as one of the ten most beautiful beaches on Earth.

Höfn is an Icelandic fishing town in the south-eastern part of the country, located on a peninsula in the south-east of Iceland near Hornafjörður fjord. Höfn contains several museums, including the exhibition about the Vatnajökulsþjóðgarð in Gamlabúð which has a variety of displays on the geology, ecology and history of the glacier. A cultural highlight of the town is the annual Humarhátíð (lobster festival) held on the first weekend of July. During the summer season, the Glacier Exhibition is held in the old supermarket building.

Selfoss is a town in southern Iceland on the banks of the Ölfusá river, located on the southwestern coast of Iceland, 50 km from Reykjavík. In early August, the town holds a festival called "Sumar í Selfoss", meaning "Summer in Selfoss". Local residents decorate their gardens with ribbons, coloured according to neighbourhood, and a fete is held. The fete involves selling of homemade goods on small stalls, performances by musicians and magicians.

Skógar is a small Icelandic village with a population of roughly 25 located at the south of the Eyjafjallajökull glacier, in the municipality of Rangárþing eystra. The area is known for its waterfall, Skógafoss, on the Skógá river, which springs from 60 metres at the top of an eroded cliff. At Skógar is a folk museum, Skógasafn, open daily, all the year, as well as a museum on transport in Iceland. Not far from Skógar is the Kvernufoss fall. Further upstream on the Skógá river there are many other spectacular falls. While climbing in the small forest behind the old school, some ruins of old farms can be seen and easily accessed.