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It’s humbling to walk in the shadow of such an enormous geological force of this planet. We enjoyed a few of the viewpoints of Thingvellir National Park, but we were continually drawn back to the majesty of the towering North American tectonic plate cliff.

The main Thingvellir National Park hiking trail passes a nice waterfall along the way and has several offshoots which lead to the valley’s interior hiking trails, to Law Rock or simply to some national park viewpoints.

I love when traveling with kids provides an opportunity to teach our kids about the world. It’s fascinating to think that this cliff is actually the very edge of North America and is slowly drifting away from the other edge of the park at a pace of 1 inch per year. From here, we followed the main path which descends into the Thingvellir National Park rift valley, with a dramatic cliff face running along the left hand side of the path. Past the Thingvellir National Park visitor center there is a lookout platform where you can get your first glimpse of the rift valley, a beautiful grassland with gentle rivers running through it. For additional warmth and to allow ourselves to see more of the Thingvellir National Park in less time, we put both kids in their carriers and set out for our visit. The Golden Circle weather was still cold and wet, so we all dressed in layers, with an additional rainproof layer on top. the Thingvellir National Park map on the side of the highway – haha!), we decided the southeast national park entrance off of Highway 36 looked most interesting for us. Thingvellir National Park is a place of great cultural importance to Iceland, but as nature lovers, we came to this national park primarily because this is where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates diverge, creating a large rift valley.īased on our extensive research (i.e. The Porufoss waterfall was just a pit stop along the way to Thingvellir National Park, our main attraction for our first morning in the Golden Circle with kids.