Beyond Selidor

Thank you! This is all super useful advice. What you've said about the road matches the other advice I've been given (I also posted about this on Facebook, as a lot of my 'real life' friends have lived in Iceland for extended periods of time), so I've asked my mother what she feels about driving. She's never driven on the 'wrong' side of the road, though, and I get the impression she's a bit nervous of it, given that last year she and my sister went to the US and made certain trips by car on the condition that my sister would do all the driving. However, I think you're right that it would take a lot of the pressure away about destinations, journey times etc.

Any particular recommendations about waterfalls, glaciers etc to visit? We're already planning to go to Vík, and to Jökulsárlón.

Thank you for the warning about accommodation. We're looking at getting that sorted in the next two weeks (basically once we've decided whether we're hiring a car or not, and whether we'd be based in Reykjavik or drive from place to place, staying wherever we go), but it's good to know that things book up fast.

Thanks also for the warnings about the weather, and the food. We have good wet weather gear (including hiking gear), and have been hiking in Norway, so we know a little of what to expect in terms of the weather. We're also prepared for expensive food prices — Norway prepared us somewhat, although I know that in Iceland it will be even more expensive.