6. Kleifarvatn Lake
Iceland’s biggest lake on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Kleifarvatn Lake presents tourists with a calm but enigmatic natural environment. The lake’s depth and the black sand beaches around provide a stunning contrast against the craggy mountains that round it. The site gains mystery from local stories of a legendary beast inhabiting its waters. Along its coast, the area boasts various hiking paths that offer several angles of view of the lake and access to secret hot springs. Geological activity in the lake causes variations in water level that expose interesting shoreline trends. During quiet, photographers especially like the lake’s mirror-like surface for producing ideal reflections of the surroundings.
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