Iceland Adventure

181 Days until departure
May 21, 2025 - May 29, 2025
TourCenter ID: Smith-6882

Iceland Adventure

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Day 1 Start tour
Day 2 Halló Reykjavik
Meet your tour director and check into hotel
Reykjavik tour director-led sightseeing tour
Explore Laugavegur streetBessastaðirHöfði HouseHallgrímskirkja Church visit
Dinner
Details: Reykjavik tour director-led sightseeing tour
Culture, shopping and scenery beckon as you make your way through the first permanent settlement in Iceland’s history. You’ll explore the boutiques and cafes of historical Laugavegur street, walk along the grounds of Iceland’s “White House,” and catch a glimpse of history at the Hofdi House, where Reagan and Gorbachev held their famous summit in 1986. Finally, you’ll take in the beauty of the city and its surrounding mountains from the viewing deck at the Hallgrimskirkja Church.
Details: Hallgrímskirkja Church visit
Hallgrimskirkja, the Church of Hallgrímur, which is dedicated to the most renowned sacred poet of Iceland, Hallgrímur Pétrusson. Hallgrímsjirkja towers over the center of Reykjavik, with a 73m high tower that we can ascend. It is home to an impression 25 ton, mechanical action organ, designed to fill the hall.
Details: Icelandic Saga Museum visit
Go back to the beginning of Iceland’s turbulent history, starting with the earliest settlers and ending with the 16th century, and experience where legend and history collide.
Day 3 Reykjavik--South Shore
Travel to the South Shore
Reynisfjara (Black sand beach)
Details: Lava Centre visit
Hold on tight! Visit the largest volcano & earthquake exhibition in Europe. This educational and interactive exhibition will engage all your senses and put you at the core of a volcanic eruption. Experience it all in 4K HD!
Details: Seljalandsfoss waterfall walk
View the beautiful Seljalandfoss, situated 29 km west of Skogar, a high and wispy waterfall that is one of the most unique in Iceland. This spectacular waterfall allows you to walk behind it on a path, so take a waterproof or umbrella to limit the spray.
Details: Skogafoss waterfall
Take in the impressive Skógafoss waterfall, one of the biggest waterfalls in Iceland, with a drop of over 60 meters. Bring adequate waterproof clothing as you will be able to walk right up to the waterfall.
Day 4 Icelandic landscapes
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 natural marvels. Along with your tour director, make stops at the different mountains, glacial lagoons, raging waterfalls along the way. 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.
Details: Jökulsárlón Glacial Lagoon
Walk along the shores of the Jökulsárlón Glacial Lagoon to see the icebergs that have broken off from the Breiðamerkurjökull Glacier.
Day 5 South Shore--Reykjavik
Dinner
Details: Golden Circle excursion
Experience all the geological diversity that Iceland has to offer with a visit to the Tingvellir National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that falls on a rift between two tectonic plates. Then make your way to the Great Geysir, watch the Hvítá river disappear into the earth at the Gullfoss waterfall, and watch the Strokkur erupt.
Details: Thingvellir National Park visit
Visit Thingvellir National Park, the most significant historical site in Iceland since the Alpingi was established there, the original site of the Icelandic Parliament, founded in AD 930, and situated along the mid-Atlantic ridge. The long deep cracks, running from the north-east to the south west, give the landscape the appearance of a crevassed glacier. The peaks of the national park are covered by snow amongst the country's largest lake, Lake Thingvallavatn. Here you can enjoy a range of spectacular walks with beautiful scenery.
Details: Great Geysir Strokkur
Nearby, the "Great Geysir" Strokkur spouts and sprays water 30-35 meters in the air every 3-8 minutes. Photographers will have to be quick, or they'll miss the eruptions, which last only a couple seconds. Around the site are lots of colorful hot springs, steaming vents, warm streams, and psychedelic algae and mineral deposits.
Details: Gullfoss waterfall
If Iceland had a star attraction, then Gullfoss is certainly it. This waterfall is not necessarily the largest in Iceland, but is by far the most impressive. Here, the river Hvita drops a total of 32 meters in two falls. The canyon above them is 70 meters deep and 2.5 km long. When the sun is shining, you are likely to see a rainbow through the ample spray that forms.
Details: Gelato tasting at Efstidalur farm
Make a tasty stop on the Golden Circle and visit this unique recently renovated farm to take part in a gelato tasting experience. Sit back, enjoy the gelato while watching the cows through the windows.
Day 6 Reykjavik
Dinner
Details: Blue Lagoon visit
Relax and enjoy the world famous bright blue mineral-rich swimming pool, the Blue Lagoon, with geothermally heated water in the middle of a large lava field. A swim in the lagoon can be an amazing experience. Great clouds of vapor rise from the water, parting from time to time to reveal the immense stacks and buildings of power plant and moss-covered lava formations in the back group. The bottom is covered with chalky rocks and slimy white silica mud.
Day 7 Reykjavik--Stykkisholmur
Travel to the Snaefellsnes peninsula
Details: Bjarnarhofn Shark Museum visit
Make a stop at the now notorious Shark Museum. In this collector’s heaven you will find quirky items to marvel at and after an educational video on the history of shark fermentation, the bravest amongst the group, will be able to sample the local delicacy in a tasting session. Get your cameras ready!
Details: Viking Sushi Cruise
Pack a warm coat, your camera and your chopsticks and get ready for an experience like no other. Cruise by the numerous and varied islands of Breidafjördur Bay and observe the birds surviving on the steep cliffs. On your way back to shore, your hosts will cast a net into the sea to provide you with the freshest sashimi you could possibly get. A sea to table experience!
Day 8 Stykkisholmur--Reykjavik
Snaefellsnes peninsula excursion
Gerduberg basalt columnsKirkjufell, the Church MountainRauðfeldsgjá GorgeSnaefellsjoekull National ParkArnarstapi
Travel to Reykjavik
Dinner
Details: Snaefellsnes peninsula excursion
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 takes you by Kirkjufell or the Church Mountain, the most photographed landmark in Iceland.
Day 9 End Tour
Fly home

Tour Includes

  • 5 overnight stays (7 with extension) in hotels with private bathrooms
  • Breakfast daily
  • Dinner daily
  • Full-time services of a professional tour director
  • Guided sightseeing tours and city walks as per itinerary
  • Visits to select attractions as per itinerary
  • Tour Diary™
  • Local Guide and Local Bus Driver tips; see note regarding other important tips
  • Note: Tour cost does not include airline-imposed baggage fees, or fees for any required passport or visa. Optional excursions, optional pre-paid Tour Director and multi-day bus driver tipping, among other individual and group customizations will be listed as separate line items in the total trip cost, if included.
  • Note: On arrival day only dinner is provided; on departure day, only breakfast is provided

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