Description
Summary
Description
Travel the whole Ring Road around Iceland and explore the Snaefellsnes Peninsula on this small-group tour from Reykjavik, with 6 nights in hotels with private bathrooms and breakfast included.
A professional English-speaking guide leads the tour, and you travel by bus with free Wi-Fi on board. You usually cover about 186 miles (300 kilometers) a day, with 4 to 5 hours of driving and frequent stops for sightseeing, breaks, and lunch.
On day 1, you're picked up in Reykjavik and drive the Golden Circle. You visit Thingvellir National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in a rift valley, the Geysir Geothermal Area, where the Strokkur Geyser shoots hot water into the air, and Gullfoss Waterfall, where you stop for lunch. In the afternoon, you head to the South Coast to see Seljalandsfoss Waterfall, which you can walk behind, Skogafoss Waterfall, and Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach, with its basalt columns and sea stacks. You spend the night at a hotel on the South Coast.
On day 2, you visit Vik Village, with views of the Reynisdrangar Sea Stacks. You can add an ice cave tour at your own expense: from October to April, you visit the Crystal Ice Cave in Vatnajokull Glacier from Jokulsarlon, and from May to September, you visit the Katla Ice Cave beneath Myrdalsjokull Glacier. After lunch in Vik, you walk along the rim of Fjadrargljufur Canyon and continue east to Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon, with its icebergs, and Diamond Beach, where chunks of ice wash up on the black sand. You spend the night in Hofn Town.
On day 3, you head into East Iceland, stopping at the fishing village of Djupivogur and in Egilsstadir Town for lunch. Then you visit Borgarfjordur Eystri Fjord, home to one of Iceland's largest puffin colonies, where you can see puffins from mid-April to mid-August. You can also add a visit to Vok Baths on the shore of Lake Urridavatn, at your own expense, before your hotel in Egilsstadir.
On day 4, you visit Studlagil Canyon, with its basalt columns and blue glacial river, and Dettifoss Waterfall, one of the most powerful waterfalls in Europe. Then you explore the Lake Myvatn area, with the Namaskard Geothermal Area, the lava formations of Dimmuborgir Lava Fields, and the Skutustadagigar Pseudocraters. After a stop at Godafoss Waterfall, the "waterfall of the gods," you spend the night in Akureyri Town.
On day 5, you can join a whale-watching tour from Akureyri, at your own expense, or explore the town. After lunch, you visit Vidimyri Turf Church, built in 1834 and one of the few turf churches left in Iceland, and Thristapar, the site of Iceland's last execution in 1830. Then you see Kolugljufur Canyon, named after the giantess Kola of local folklore, with its waterfalls, before your hotel in Laugarbakki.
On day 6, you walk to the rim of Grabrok Crater, see the Hraunfossar Waterfalls flowing through a lava field, and visit Sturlureykir Horse Farm to meet Icelandic horses. After a stop at Deildartunguhver Hot Spring, the most powerful hot spring in Europe, you spend the night in Reykjavik.
On day 7, you explore the Snaefellsnes Peninsula, often called "Iceland in miniature." You see Kirkjufell Mountain and Kirkjufellsfoss Waterfall, Djupalonssandur Black Sand Beach, and the fishing village of Arnarstapi, with its cliffs, rock formations, and birdlife, before driving back to Reykjavik.
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