Varmá River and the western Laki Crater

The ford of the Varmá River is very special because you first have to drive through a narrow, partly flooded channel in the volcanic rock before you cross the actual river. The river is crossed near the western end of the Laki craters, the F‑road passes through the row of craters shortly afterwards and then runs for long stretches through the lava field of the western Laki craters.

You can see this better in the second picture, where you view the craters from bottom right to top left and behind them the vast lava field. At the same time, the great structure of the water landscape of the Varmá comes into its own.