An adventurous elopement under the midnight sun
If you’ve ever been on the fence about visiting Iceland, this is your sign to just do it! It’s truly unlike any other place in the world, and being avid world travelers, Katie and Justin chose Iceland for their elopement before continuing on their honeymoon travels to Europe and Africa. Over the course of just one day, we explored cliffside canyons, massive glaciers, a black sand beach nestled at the base of a mountain, and a wild lupine field.
We started off with a hike up to one of the tallest waterfalls in Iceland, brining us to the perfect vantage point to peak over the edge of the cliffside to see down the beautiful canyon below. These two might have been the bravest couple I’ve had in front of my camera when it comes to heights; they were up for anything and excited to get close to the cliff edges. Katie is a fellow photographer, so she saw my vision when it came to certain shots and was excited about it all, too!
After wrapping up at the canyon, we drove to a nearby glacier that you can just walk right up to, which is so crazy! And as if the views of this wild landscape weren’t enough, we got to hear the glacier too. Parts of it shifting and moving creating roaring sounds like a distant thunderstorm. We meandered through nearby lupine fields that were an endless sea of purple just covering the hillside. Fun fact – lupines are actually invasive to Iceland, so that’s why we are able to walk right in the middle of them all. Normally we wouldn’t encourage anyone to walk through wildflowers as they can be incredibly fragile.
To end the day we watched the midnight sun fade into the ocean out on a beach. But not just any beach, it was a classic Icelandic black sand beach with massive mountains towing over it. Having grown up going to the boring flat beaches of Florida, I felt like my mind was playing tricks on me while standing on the sand and looking up at these mountains. Iceland truly is something else. 11/10 would highly recommend eloping here 😆


