Elephant Rock
The rock looks identical to an elephant drinking from the water with some of its.
Elephant rock. Elephant rock is definitely worth a stop if you are visiting the valley of fire state park. The elephant rock can be visited by those who rent a car or take a westman islands tour then take a ferry from landeyjahöfn or þórlakshöfn to the westman islands. It was a short 10 minute easy walk to the rock from the east park entrance parking lot recommended following the trail and not walking up to the rock along the road. These look like elephants in the water.
The elephant rock was most likely formed in 1973 in a big eruption on heimaey island. Elephant rock private safari lodge boasts five well appointed air conditioned luxurious suites including one family unit. The basalt rock structure is completely natural but remarkably largely resembles that of an elephant. There is a picture that went viral on the internet a while ago.
A short walk from the car park and from greens pool you come across the elephant rocks. Elephant rock elephant rock is a natural rock formation in heimaey part of the westman islands or vestmannaeyjar the islands are a visitor attraction in their own right but elephant rock is the main draw. The car park can get busy however with the upgrade program taking place this may get easier after june. The real icelandic elephant rock is the close up elephant face but the aerial picture is actually another elephant rock from asia.