Description
Summary
Description
See Godafoss Waterfall and the highlights of Lake Myvatn by day, then go out hunting for the northern lights in the evening on this small-group winter package from Akureyri.
The day tour departs from Akureyri with a local guide. You drive along Eyjafjordur Fjord to Godafoss Waterfall, the "Waterfall of the Gods," on the way to Lake Myvatn.
Lake Myvatn formed about 2,300 years ago in a basalt lava eruption. Around the lake, you visit the Skutustadagigar Pseudocraters and the Hverir Geothermal Area, with its mud pools and the steam vents of Hverarond in Namaskard Pass.
You also see the Grjotagja Rift, part of the rift between the Eurasian and North American continents, and Grjotagja Cave, an old bathing cave. The tour then takes in Mount Namafjall and the Dimmuborgir Lava Fields, with lava pillars known as the "Dark Castles."
Some of these places were filming locations for Game of Thrones, including Hofdi, where scenes north of the Wall were filmed, and for Star Wars.
The day tour also stops at Earth Lagoon Myvatn, a geothermal lagoon in the lava fields. You can bathe in the lagoon or relax in its restaurant.
After the day tour, you're dropped off at your requested location in Akureyri for a short rest before the northern lights tour.
On the evening tour, your guide drives you out of town into the countryside, away from the city lights, to look for the aurora and shares Icelandic tales along the way.
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