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Mountain Highlights– Iceland –10 days / 9 nights, Reykjavik - Gullfoss - Geysir - Skaftafell - Vatnajökull - Jökulsarlon - Lake Myvatn - Husavik - Dettifoss - Godafoss - Landmannalaugar - Thingvellir With the world at your feet, average three hours walking a day in some of the most beautiful parts of Iceland. Highlights include the National Parks Thingvellir, Skaftafell and Jökulsargljufur, the wonders of Landmannalaugar and Lake Myvatn. Including the Dettifoss Waterfall. Weather permitting, a 3-hour whale watching cruise. The hotels used on tours are often "summer hotels" which are simple and clean.
| Operation | June 25 - August 6, 2012 |
| Departure | Mondays: June 25 - July 4 July 9 - July 18 July 23 - August 1 August 6 - August 15 |
| Price | $3,475 per person in double room $4,270 single room |
| Included | 9 nights Hotels and Country guesthouses with private facilities, based on double room Scandinavian breakfast buffet daily 2 x Picnic lunch on days 5 & 8 9x dinner (3-course or buffet) from dinner on the first day to breakfast on the last day Visit to three National Parks Whale watching tour (weather permitting) Average of 3 hours walking a day Visit to two Nature Baths Boat trip on the Glacial Lagoon Sænautasel farm visit Hotel taxes and service fees |
| Not Included | International airfare & airport taxes Pre & post nights in Reykjavik Gratuities Optional horse riding and river rafting Personal insurance / personal items Alcoholic beverages $25 Service fee |
| Please Note | All tours depart Mondays at 09:00 From our office at Borgartun 34 and returning Wednesdays between 16:00 - 18:00. Group size: from 8 to 24 passengers * Accommodation is provided in Hotels and Country Guest Houses with private facilities. The hotels used on tours are often "summer hotels", used most of the year as boarding schools or country hotels which are simple and clean. All tours depart Mondays at 09:00 From our office at Borgartun 34 and returning Wednesdays between 16:00 - 18:00. Easy to moderate- average 3 hours of walking per day, except on days 3, 9 and 10 where most of the day will be spent walking. The tour is not difficult, but you can always return earlier back to the base if you do not want to walk the whole day. Good walking boots are needed on all activity tours, as well as waterproof clothing. Lunch stops will be made at restaurants of coffee-shops en route. |
| Tour Options | Pre & post nights in Reykjavik Optional horse riding Optional river rafting on Jökulsa, day 3 Blue Lagoon excursion Blue Lagoon with transfer to Keflavik Airport Greenland Excursion |
| More Information | Mountain Highlights map |
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Day 1 REYKJAVIK - GULLFOSS - GEYSIR - SKAFTAFELL (D) The day starts with a drive to the famous Geysir and the Queen of Iceland's waterfalls, Gullfoss. We then travel along the south coast, which is overlooked by mountainous cliffs and magnificent waterfalls. We stay for the next two nights near Skaftafell National Park.
Day 2 HIKING IN SKAFTAFELL (B, D) The entire day is spent hiking through the Skaftafell National Park.
Day 3 SKAFTAFELL - FLJOTSDALSHERAD (B, D) We drive south of Vatnajökull, Europe's largest glacier, which dominates the landscape with its glacial tongues calving into a Glacial lagoon. Next, amongst the icebergs, a boat trip on the Jökulsarlon lagoon. Continue through the beautiful Eastern fjords, and spend the next two nights in the neighborhood of Egilsstadir.
Day 4 HIKING THROUGH VIKING TRAILS (B, D) A full day hiking in the beautiful Eastern mountains.
Day 5 FLJOTSDALSHERAD - IGHLAND DESERT - LAKE MYVATN AREA (B, D) Today we walk up to Hengifoss, one of Iceland's highest waterfalls. In the very remote area in the highlands of Iceland we visit Sænautasel, an old farm that was the main model for the setting of the novel: Independent People by Nobel Prize Winner Halldor Kiljan Laxness. We continue to Mödrudalur, a farm that has been inhabited from the early Icelandic settlers through to the present day. We travel through desert landscape before reaching our accommodation for the next three nights in the Myvatn area.
Day 6 HUSAVIK WHALE WATCHING - LAKE MYVATN AREA (B, D)
We start the day, with a 3-hour whale watching cruise, weather permitting, from the picturesque village of Husavik. A short drive to Lake Myvatn, a unique area that features strange lava formations, attractive bays, pseudo craters and prolific bird life. We stroll through the lava field of Dimmuborgir ending with a walk to the rim of the ash crater Hverfjall. We relax in Myvatns Nature Baths, before we head back to our accommodation.
Day 7 WALKING IN HLJODAKLETTAR - DETTIFOSS - ASBYRGI (B, D) We visit Hljodaklettar with its strange formations and the magnificent and puzzling canyon Asbyrgi, said to be a hoof print of the eight legged horse of the ancient God Odinn. We walk along the west bank of the mighty Jökulsa river where we see Europe's most powerful waterfall Dettifoss.
Day 8 LAKE MYVATN AREA - HELLA (B, D) We visit Godafoss waterfall and on our way south across the highland desert we travel either the Sprengisandur or Kjölur route, with its views of the distant ice-caps. This area became shrouded in mystery and folktales of ghosts, giants and outlaws and is today one of Europe's last wilderness. We spend the next two nights in Rangarvallasysla.
Day 9 HIKING IN LANDMANNALAUGAR (B, D) The entire day is spent hiking in the geothermal area of Landmannalaugar, a jewel in the Icelandic landscapes. The surroundings rhyolite mountains have the feel of another planet, ranging in colours from beige to red and from blue to black. We will have the opportunity to enjoy a bathe in a pool of warm spring water.
Day 10 THINGVELLIR - REYKJAVIK (B) Today we visit the historic sites of the first Icelandic Parliament at Thingvellir National Park where we enjoy the last walks of our tour before returning to Reykjavik.