Geysir

About

The Great Geysir has been active for around 10,000 years, though it rarely erupts these days. Derived from the Icelandic verb geysa (to gush), Geysir was the first ‘erupting hot spring’ made known to Western Europeans and the first to be described in print. While Geysir might be the most historically important geyser in the world, it isn’t the most active. So if you’d like to see some geothermal action after checking out the OG (original geyser), the nearby Strokkur erupts every 5-10 minutes, shooting boiling water up to 40 meters into the air. The entire Haukadalur Valley is filled with geothermal activity, so you can see geysers, steaming fumaroles (cracks in the Earth’s crust), and bubbling mud pots all in one place.