In the summer of 2025, my wife and I embarked on our second major trip to Iceland. We took our own car and once again boarded the ferry, the MS Nørrona of Smyril Line. From Hirtshals in Denmark, we sailed via the Faroe Islands to Seyðisfjörður in the far east of Iceland. We had full five weeks and quite a lot planned. Having already spent four weeks in Iceland in 2018, we wanted to visit some places we hadn't yet seen. Some might say that Iceland is completely overrun and flooded with tourists. This is true for many places, especially the main attractions, particularly those along the Ring Road. We were aware of this. Iceland has changed dramatically in just a few years. Where there were once small gravel parking lots, there are now many huge, paved parking areas with immense capacity. These often cost €10. But this time, we wanted to visit many of the more remote locations. Precisely those for which one doesn't have enough time on the first or even the second visit.

On our first car camping trip to Iceland in 2018, I didn't yet own a drone. Already back then, I had the desire to photograph our car from the air in Iceland's vast landscape. I also wanted to take videos of river crossings or simply landscape shots with the drone. I finally fulfilled this wish on our 2025 camping trip to Iceland, capturing some breathtaking footage. Selected images will gradually find their way onto this website, and I already have plans for the video recordings as well.

We had a rough plan for our trip beforehand, outlining our route and, most importantly, the regions we wanted to see. Our days in Iceland were often long. The great thing about most campsites in Iceland is that they don't have barriers or gates, allowing arrival late in the evening and even at night. We took advantage of this to see some of the best spots in the best light and with the fewest visitors. One day, we were scheduled to cross the highlands on the legendary Sprengisandur, the F26. The Sprengisandur traverses a barren, desert-like plateau right through the heart of Iceland. There are only limited options for overnight stays, and unfortunately, the standards of mountain huts in Iceland aren't what we'd hoped for. So, we decided to cross the Sprengisandur in just one day. We had picture-perfect weather that day, which proved to be both a blessing and a curse. It was fantastic for driving and sightseeing, of course. However, the road was bone dry, and that was precisely the problem. The sand and dust in Iceland's highlands are very fine, and driving leaves a huge dust cloud behind you. Like all pickup trucks, our cargo bed isn't 100% dustproof. When installing the Alucab hardtop, I took great care to seal all the openings to the cargo area. I even sealed the tailgate specifically for this Iceland trip. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough. The following picture shows the completely dust-covered cargo bed after crossing the highlands via the F26.