Ingólfshöfði Cape is an isolated headland on the coast half way between Skaftafell in Vatnajokull National Park and Jökulsárlón ice lagoon. This historical nature reserve is home of thousands of nesting seabirds, like puffins and great skuas. The cape is named after the first settler of Iceland, Ingolfur Arnarson, who spent his first winter in Iceland there in the year 874 AD. To get to Ingólfshöfði we crossed almost 4 miles of waters, marshes and sands in a tractor-drawn hay cart. The drive took about 25 minutes each way, and we spent about 1-1/2 hours hiking around the cape. The circle we hiked around the nature reserve was about 1.5 miles long. In the beginning we walked up a steep sand slope, but then it was mostly hiking on flat grass land with many photo stops along the way. The Cape is a nature preserve and the birds do not have much fear of humans so that you can approach them very closely. We had a private photographic tour that departed at 6 am -- we had to leave the hotel at 4:30 am. The tour was led by the farmer who owns the land. He is a very interesting guide with great knowledge of the birds and the land. This has been his family’s land for hundreds of years. Above: the group is heading back to the cart for the trip back to the mainland.