From Laki, you can continue along the F‑road to the west and drive along the crater row of Lakagígar. About halfway along the route, you will pass another parking lot with a ranger station. This is a great place to take a break as there are some tables next to the hut.
The parking lot also offers access to the Tjarnagígur crater, just a few hundred meters away. This crater is the only one in the series that is filled with a lake. The beauty of the lake comes into its own from the elevated perspective. I still had permission to fly the drone here*.
However, you can also clearly see the traces of tourism here, with dark tracks of visitors running through the moss around the crater. For many years, access to the crater has been restricted to one path, partly laid out as a boardwalk. As the moss is still not recovering, attempts are even being made here with moss implants.
For me, it is particularly important that I stick to the rules of the national park. I stay on the signposted paths and only fly the drone where I don’t disturb people or animals and have permission to fly. If you want to know more about ethics in landscape photography, Nature First explains it very well.
* Drone image with permission from Vatnajökull National Park
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