Would you like to experience the dramatic and mystery northern lights dancing in front of you? In the winter months, Iceland is a perfect place to see this wonderful aurora. Furthermore, a lot of good day tours you can join as well. This package tour includes all the wonder Iceland can offer to you. Dont hesitate, contact us and we will make your dreams come true.
Itinerary:
Day 1: Airport pick up in the morning. The bridge between the continents, Gunnuhver Hotsprings. Blue Lagoon. Transfer to Reykjavík. Overnight at Reykjavík.
Day 2: City Tour. Overnight at Reykjavík.
A brief Reykjavík city tour visiting Hallgrímskirkja Church, Harpa concert hall and the Pearl Exhibition, Fly Over Iceland. Overnight at Reykjavík.
Day 3: Golden Circle — Þingvellir National Park, Geysir Hot Spring and Golden Waterfall. Overnight at Hella.
Þingvellir National Park: the site of the old parliament from the year 930 to 1798 and the tectonic boundary separating the North American and the Eurasian plates. Þingvellir is on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Geysir Hot Spring: Geysir has remained dormant, but Strokkur is very active spouting 24 hours a day, seven days a week and never takes a summer break. Here you are going to witness Strokkur spout.
Gullfoss the Golden Waterfall: Gullfoss is called the “Golden Falls”, since on a sunny day the water plunging down the three-step staircase and then tumbling in two steps down into the 32 m deep crevice looks truly golden.
Day 4: South Coast tour. Overnight at Kirkjubæjarklaustur.
Seljalandsfoss: drops 60 metres (200 ft) over the cliffs of the former coastline. It is possible to go behind the waterfall.
Skógafoss: one of the biggest waterfalls in the country with a width of 25 metres (82 feet) and a drop of 60 m (200 ft). Due to the amount of spray the waterfall consistently produces, a single or double rainbow is normally visible on sunny days.
The Black Sand Beach Reynisfjara: In 1991, the US journal Islands Magazine counted this beach as one of the ten most beautiful beaches on Earth. In the beach there are plenty of beautiful basalt columns called the pipes. Out in the sea are the Reynisdrangar Rock Stacks. According to legend the stacks were formed when two trolls dragged a three-masted ship to land unsuccessfully and when daylight broke they were turned into rocks.
Day 5: Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, the Diamond Beach. Overnight at Kirkjubæjarklaustur.
Jökulsárlón-Glacial Lagoon: is one of Iceland´s natural wonders. Situated at the head of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, it developed into a lake after the glacier started receding from the edge of the ocean. Four Hollywood movies have been set in Jökulsárlón: A View to a Kill, Die Another Day, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Batman Begins as well as the “reality TV” series Amazing Race.
Amphibian Boat Ride: Enjoy a ride in the Lagoon where you get to see the icebergs upclose and get to taste this 1000 years old ice.
Diamond Beach: The icebergs have been carved and washed by the waves onto the beach and because they look like diamonds, hence the name.
Day 6: Fjaðrágljúfur Canyon, Katla Ice Cave Tour. Overnight at Vík.
Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon: is a magnificent and massive canyon, about 100 meters deep and about two kilometres long. The canyon has sheer walls, and is somewhat serpentine and narrow. It offers stunning views of the canyon in several viewing platforms after a walk from the parking lot.
Ice Cave tour: Hop into a modified 4 x 4 super jeep which transfers you to Myrdalsjökull Glacier. Underneath the glacier lies Katla volcano which has been dormant for more than 100 years. One can see picturesque landscapes that have been formed and shaped by the might and power from the previous Katla eruptions. Sights include real Game of Thrones Dragon-Glass , volcanic glacier ice mixed with lava from Katla and stunning ice formations. This tour includes a super jeep transport, all required glacier safety equipment like helmet, headlamp, and crampons and takes 3-4 hours.
Day 7: Dyrhólaey. Urriðarfoss the Salmon Waterfall. Transfer to Borgarnes. Overnight at Borgarnes.
Dyrhólaey is a promontory. One can have a breathtaking view towards all directions once coming up on top of the headland. To the north one can see Mýrdalsjökull glacier, to the east one can see the beautiful black lava rock stacks Reynisdrangar on the black sand beach at Vík and to the west one can view the endless black coastline and then in front of the headland there is a massive lava arch reaching out into the sea which the place has got its name from.
Urriðarfoss the Salmon Waterfall: beautiful waterfall before the government decides to take action in the constrction of a dam.
Day 8: Snæfellsnes Tour with Kirkjufell and its waterfall, Djúpalónssandur, Lóndragar, Arnarstapi. Overnight at Borgarnes.
Snæfellsnes peninsular is said to be the miniature of Iceland. In this tour, you will see everything Iceland can offer to you, including glaciers, national park, black sand beach, lava fields, waterfalls, amazing coastlines as well as strange rock formations. We will show you the diverse and magnificent landscape of this 100km long peninsular, which is crowned by the Snæfellsjökull Glacier. According to Jules Verne, this glacier is supposed to be the center of the earth.
Day 9: Hraunfossar, Barnafoss, Deildartunguhver Hot Springs, geothermal spa at Krauma. Overnight at Reykjavík.
Hraunfossar Lava Waterfall: a series of waterfalls formed by rivulets over a distance of 900 meters, out of the Hallmundarhraun, a lava field which flowed from an eruption of a volcano under the glacier of Langjökull. This waterfall is unique and offers you stunning and amazing views of the waterfall.
Barnafoss the Children’s Fall: Just a stone up the Hraunfossar Lava Fall is the Children’s Fall. According to legend Barnafoss takes its name from two children who fell into the waterfall.
Deildartunguhver: Europe’s biggest hot springs.
Krauma spa: Enjoy a geothermal spa at Krauma. The hot water originates in Europe’s most powerful hot spring Deildartunguhver, at a temperature of 100°C (212°F). Krauma has a total of six baths, five warm and one cold. No extra chemicals are needed to keep the pools clean, as the water is constantly being replaced because of the rapid natural flow rate of the hot springs.
Day 10: Transfer to the airport. End of service.
One of these nights will be a hunt of the northern lights, depending on weather. Because the northern lights are a natural phenomenon, we cannot guarantee sighting of the lights. Unlike other big companies which have a regularly-run tour, we operate this tour only for a certain group. Hence if there is no sighting of the lights in the tour, it is not our policy to offer the same group for a free tour.
We operate this tour from the end of August to the end of October and April, assuming that flight landing is in the afternoon.
