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The journey
Discover Iceland on a value-packed 5-day winter journey combining Reykjavík city highlights with some of the country’s most iconic natural sights. Travel through Southwest Iceland to experience geothermal landscapes, waterfalls, black-sand coastline, the Golden Circle, and the famous Blue Lagoon, while enjoying time in both the capital and South Iceland.
This itinerary is designed for travellers hoping to experience the magic of winter in Iceland, with two evenings dedicated to the Northern Lights program. Along the way, you’ll visit places such as Reykjanes Peninsula, Seljalandsfoss, Skógar, Reynisfjara, Gullfoss, Geysir, and Þingvellir National Park, with the option to add a glacier hike for even more adventure.
If the night is clear, you might see the Northern Lights swirling in a wild and carefree dance across the heavens in dramatic shapes, colours, patterns and sizes.
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Day by day
Individual transfer by Flybus shuttle bus from Keflavik airport to your accommodation in Reykjavik. You may explore Iceland’s capital city on your own if time allows.
Overnight location:
Hotel Cabin (Standard room is 10m²) or Hótel Klettur (Comfort version), Reykjavík. Dinner is on your own. (50km / 31mls)
At 09:00 meet your tour guide who shows the group the highlights of Iceland’s exciting capital. Then we head out to the Reykjanes Peninsula with its hot springs, mountains, moon-like landscape, bird cliffs, lighthouses and fishing villages. In the afternoon we bathe in the Blue Lagoon.
Drive along the south coast to arrive in the village of Hella where we stay for two nights in simple cottages. There is an option to upgrade to studio rooms at the Stracta Hotel in Hella.
In the evening, we hear about the Northern Lights from our tour guide. Naturally, once darkness falls, you are out in the garden waiting for the Northern Lights.
Overnight location:
Arhus Cottages or Hotel Stracta (Comfort version), Hella. Breakfast included. Lunch & dinner is on your own. (220km / 137mls)
Today we travel along the south coast. We reach the area beneath the Eyjafjallajökull volcano and glacier. We stop at Seljalandsfoss waterfall and visit Skógar folk museum of early Modern Iceland with its turf houses. At lunch, we visit the Skógarfoss waterfall.
In the afternoon you can book a optional glacier walk on Sólheimajökull glacier tongue. The Glacier Hike can be booked here or with GJ Travel. The price per person is 130 EUR (subject to availability).
If you book a trip without the glacier hike, the tour continues further south where you walk on the famous Black Lava Beach at Reynisfjara, observe the Cap of Dyrhólaey and the Reynisdrangar Sea Cliffs before visiting the charming village of Vík.
In the evening there is another presentation about the Northern Lights. If the night is clear, you might see the Northern Lights swirling in a wild and carefree dance across the heavens in dramatic shapes, colours, patterns and sizes.
Overnight location:
Arhus Cottages or Hotel Stracta (Comfort version), Hella. Breakfast included. Lunch & dinner is on your own. (200km / 124mls)
In the morning we learn about the Icelandic horse, its unique qualities and history and visit a geothermal greenhouse. Then we travel the Golden Circle route, see steam rising from the Geysir geothermal fields and admire the double waterfall of Gullfoss. We end the afternoon at Þingvellir National Park, the location of the ancient Viking Parliament and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
An optional Northern Lights evening cruise can be booked for this day if the weather conditions are right.
Overnight location:
Hotel Cabin (Standard room is 10m²) or Hotel Klettur (Comfort version), Reykjavík. Breakfast included. Lunch & dinner is on your own. (210km / 130mls)
Individual transfer by Flybus shuttle bus from your accommodation in Reykjavik to Keflavik International Airport.
Breakfast included. (50km / 31mls)
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