I was lucky enough to visit the Faroe Islands two years ago.
The islands are just out of this world beautiful. The photos on this article does not do justice.
I have yet to upload many of my images, but some of my photos are here, [1,2,3,4]. The cliffs on Faroe are massive (it much older island formation than the Iceland). For example that light house on picture 1, is that white dot you see on the drone shot on photo 3.
Because helicopter is really needed, it's treated like public transportation. So it's almost like the cost of Uber ride on Bay Area. I think we paid like $20 or so for a 15-20 min flight. However, to reduce tourist abuse, you can only take the helicopter one-way. But when we visited, it was very low season and helicopter was pretty much empty and they allowed us to take a roundtrip flight which was quite amazing.
That being said, on our last full day we took a boat ride. Where the pilot showed us some of uninhabited islands. Like you read this in this article. He would point to a hut on a small abandon island and he would say: no one has lived here since 1998 (or something like that). On that same boat ride we hit some rainy weather, and part of the highlight of the trip is the boat going through this giant rock formation by the cliffs. It was almost like being inside the movie King Kong. It was one of the most thrilling experiences of my life.
One more interesting experience was arriving there. Firstly the airport is on this strange and scary location. Secondly, on arrival (because of high tariff rates) you see people buying cases of Coca Cola, etc at duty-free shop before officially entering into the country.
I highly recommend visiting there.
[1] https://www.eyeem.com/p/121810400
[2] https://www.eyeem.com/p/121804039
[3] https://www.eyeem.com/p/93320647
[4] https://www.eyeem.com/p/93320500
Because helicopter is really needed, it's treated like public transportation. So it's almost like the cost of Uber ride on Bay Area. I think we paid like $20 or so for a 15-20 min flight. However, to reduce tourist abuse, you can only take the helicopter one-way. But when we visited, it was very low season and helicopter was pretty much empty and they allowed us to take a roundtrip flight which was quite amazing.
That being said, on our last full day we took a boat ride. Where the pilot showed us some of uninhabited islands. Like you read this in this article. He would point to a hut on a small abandon island and he would say: no one has lived here since 1998 (or something like that). On that same boat ride we hit some rainy weather, and part of the highlight of the trip is the boat going through this giant rock formation by the cliffs. It was almost like being inside the movie King Kong. It was one of the most thrilling experiences of my life.
One more interesting experience was arriving there. Firstly the airport is on this strange and scary location. Secondly, on arrival (because of high tariff rates) you see people buying cases of Coca Cola, etc at duty-free shop before officially entering into the country. I highly recommend visiting there.
[1] https://www.eyeem.com/p/121810400 [2] https://www.eyeem.com/p/121804039 [3] https://www.eyeem.com/p/93320647 [4] https://www.eyeem.com/p/93320500