Day 1 Start tour
Day 2 Halló Reykjavik
Meet your tour director and check into hotel
Icelandic Saga Museum visit
Blue Lagoon visit
Details: Reykjavik guided walking sightseeing tour
Culture, shopping and scenery beckon as you make your way through the charming streets of Reykjavik. From the boutiques and cafes of Laugavegur, to a walk along the grounds of Iceland’s “White House”, your Icelandic experience won’t soon be forgotten. You’ll catch a glimpse of history at the Hofdi House, where Reagan and Gorbachev held their famous summit in 1986. And you’ll take in the majestic beauty of this captivating city and surrounding mountains from the viewing deck at The Hallgrimskirkja Church.
Day 3 Reykjavik--South Shore
Travel to Kirkjubæjarklaustur via Hveragerði & Dyrhólaey
Kirkjubæjarklaustur 12th-century Catholic convent
Details: Hveragerði visit
Built upon a collection of geothermally active volcanic hot springs, Hveragerdi offers visitors a truly unique experience. With occasional earthquakes (of the minor variety) rattling the area, you’ll be surprised and amazed to watch the locals go about their daily business as if nothing were amiss. Populated with an abundance of greenhouses, the area is well known for its fresh produce and vibrant flora.
Details: Dyrhólaey Nature Reserve visit
Along the south coast of Iceland, Dryholaey provides spectacular views of some of nature’s most astounding expressions. One can’t help but be taken in by the big glacier Mýrdalsjökull to the north, while the black lava columns of Reynisdrangar jut out of the sea to fight for your attention. One feature of the area that simply cannot be ignored is the collection of puffins that call the cliffs of Dryholaey home.
Day 4 Icelandic landscapes
Jökulsárlón Glacial Lagoon
Details: Skaftafell National Park excursion
Formed over thousands of years by the continuous blending of volcanic fire and glacial water, Skaftafell National Park is home to striking mountains, glacial lagoons, raging waterfalls, and some of Iceland’s most agreeable weather. But perhaps its most impressive feature is the Vatnajokull Ice Cap—the largest glacier in Iceland. It is here that, on one of the many sunny days the area is known for, you’ll have an opportunity to enjoy the world’s longest sight line, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Day 5 South Shore--Thórsmörk Valley
Travel to Thórsmörk Valley
Hellisheiði volcanic plateau hike
Seljalandsfoss waterfall walk
Thorsmörk Glacial Nature Reserve
Day 6 Thórsmörk Valley--Reykjavik
Golden Circle excursionÞingvellir National Park visit, Great Geysir, Gullfoss waterfall, Strokkur hot springs
Travel to Reykjavik
Day 7 Reykjavik--Stykkisholmur
Travel to the Snaefellsnes peninsula
Details: Vidgelmir Cave visit
At 148,000 cubic meters, Víðgelmir is the largest cave in Iceland and one of the largest lava caves in the world. It has beautiful ice formations and deep inside there are lava stalactites and stalagmites. Bones and jewelry from the Viking age are part of the archeological remains found in the cave in 1993, prompting its preservation.
Details: Into The Glacier visit
Get ready for a truly unique experience. You will get the opportunity of a lifetime to enjoy one of the world’s greatest wilderness—Iceland’s second largest glacier—from the inside! You’ll get to drive in a specially modified glacier vehicles on the glacier, explore the glacier environment, enjoy a view out of this world and go into the glacier to experience its beauty from the inside including the beautiful blue ice at the heart of the ice cap glacier. An experienced guide will lead the way the whole time to make sure everyone is enjoying themselves to the fullest.
Day 8 Stykkisholmur--Reykjavik
Travel to Reykjavik
Details: Snaefellsnes peninsula excrusion
With a crashing coastline, natural hot pools, basalt columns formed by cooling lava, volcanoes, and glaciers, the Snaefellsnes Peninsula encapsulates just about everything Iceland is known for within a 90-kilometer-long peninsula. This excursion includes a visit to the Gerduberg basalt columns, one of the longest stretches of basalt columns in Iceland. You’ll also see Rauðfeldsgjá Gorge, a stunning rock formation where you can climb into the crack where a small stream runs out from further up on the rocks. The excursion culminates at Kirkjufell or the Church Mountain. You’ll often see Kirkjufell depicted on postcards as it is common to see the Northern Lights dancing above the cone-shaped peak when weather conditions cooperate.
Tour Includes:
- 5 overnight stays (7 with extension) in hotels with private bathrooms
- Full-time services of a professional Tour Director
- Breakfast daily
- Dinner daily
- Guided sightseeing tours and city walks as per itinerary
- Visits to select attractions as per itinerary
- Tour Diary™
- Note: Tour cost does not include airline-imposed baggage fees, or fees for any required passport or visa. Please visit our Fees FAQ page for a full list of items that may not be included in the cost of your tour.
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