Iceland Break
Encounter Iceland on an authentic winter experience!
Highlights: Professional driver guide (photographer Haukur Snorrason), Golden Circle, South Coast, Glacier lagoon Jökulsárlón, Northern Lights tour, Blue Lagoon, staying on a remote farm in the country side, Icelandic cuisine by gourmet cook Hadda Bjork Gisladottir, small group with maximum 10 people
- An authentic experience in Iceland with the locals
- Guaranteed departures with minimum 2 guests only
- Northern Light tour inclusive
- Home-made meals by gourmet cook Hadda
- Staying in the countryside on a remote and cozy farm
- Family dinner in Reykjavik at an Icelandic home with hotpot
- Experience Iceland in the winter
| Tour information: | |
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| Operation: | October 2010 – April 2011 |
| Departures on: |
07 Oct (THU) – 10 Oct (SUN) (guaranteed with 2) 21 April (THU) – 24 April (SUN) (guaranteed with 2) * We can arrange individual departures if number of |
| Duration: | 4 days/ 3 nights |
| Group size: | 2-10 people |
| Price/Person in DBL: | ISK 170.000,- |
| Price/Person in SGL: | ISK 185.000,- |
| Price includes: |
Accommodation: Farm or similar with private facilities Day 1 Meals: Breakfast from day 2 till last day 4, Transportation & guiding: Airport pickup, Activities and fees: Blue Lagoon entrance fee |
| Rate of difficulty: | short and easy walks |
| Optional: | Easy Glacier walk at Skaftafell: EUR 60,- (2 hours walk) |
| Meeting us: | On the day of departure the passengers of the various arriving flights are expected to have gathered at 16:00 at the tourist info in the arrival hall. Here the guide will meet them. Passengers already staying in Reykjavik will be picked up at their accommodation around 15:00, before driving to the airport. |
| Cuisine: | Modern Icelandic cuisine is based on local ingredients, especially lamb and seafood. The meals will be catered by Hadda Bjork who is known for her good cooking skills and will include delicious dishes from lamb to various seafood. |
| Hrífunes: |
Hrifunes, our accommodation, has a unique location close |
Tour outline:
Day 1, Thursday: Arrival and Blue Lagoon
We meet and greet you at Keflavik international airport in the afternoon and start the tour with a visit to the fantastic Blue Lagoon. After relaxing there we continue to your hotel, about an hour’s drive east of Reykjavik. Here we stay for one night at Hotel Eldhestar – a horse farm hotel in Hveragerði.
Accommodation: Hotel Eldhestar or similar
Day 2, Friday: Golden Circle
We start the day by visiting the most interesting historic and geographic place in Iceland, Thingvellir, to be the first place to receive UNESCO’s nomination of world heritage. Here we can eyewitness the rift splitting the American and European continents. Thereafter we set the course to the amazing natural sights of waterfall Gullfoss and spouting Geysir (Strokkur). Having visited these places we drive through South Iceland to the farm Hrífunes between the villages Vík and Kirkjubæjarklaustur.
Depending on weather conditions we will head for a Northern Light hunt on one of the evenings.
Accommodation: Hrífunes Farm
Day 3, Saturday: NP Skaftafell and Glacier Lagoon
After a good breakfast we drive further east to National Park Skaftafell. Skaftafell is a wooded area surrounded by expanses of sand desert deposited by glacial rivers and a massive glacier named Vatnajökull. Here we have the oppurtunity to go on an easy glacier walk and search for ice caves. From Skaftafell we continue to the famous glacier lagoon Jökulsárlón with its floating icebergs calving from majestic glacier Vatnajökull. We return to our cozy farm Hrífunes where we relax and enjoy another great dinner prepared by Hadda.
Accommodation: Hrífunes Farm
Day 4, Sunday: South Coast
We leave the beautiful Hrífunes farm behind and head through South Iceland back to Reykjavik. On our way we stop at the varied sights along the south coast, like the basalt formations Reynisdrangar and the beautiful waterfalls Skógafoss and Seljalandsfoss. The tour finishes in Reykjavik with a convivial evening at the home of Haukur and Hadda with the possibility of enjoying relaxation in the hotpot in their garden.
Accommodation: on your own in Reykjavik
