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REYKJAVIK SIGHTSEEING |
Price per person 27
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An ideal orientation to the capital including the little fishing
village of Hafnarfjorour. Visit the cosmic looking Perlan nestling
on a hill overlooking the city; continue to Hafnarfjorour via the
Presidential Residence and the fish market; then to Hotoi, the
Lutheran Cathedral and Hallgrim's Church. Hotel pick-up at 8.30 am
for 2.5 hours. |
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GOLDEN CIRCLE CLASSIC |
Price per person 57
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Available all year round and an all-day scenic extravaganza that
bombards the senses. First stop the landscapes south of Lake
Pingvallavatn before the national park Pingvellir. From there
continue to Gullfoss, the Golden Waterfall, with its foaming,
thundering waters invariably over-arched with a rainbow. Continue to
the Geysir area with its spouting water geysers and bubbling mud
pots with time for lunch (not included). Return to Reykjavik via the
cathedral at Skalholt, the extraordinary crater Kerid and the
greenhouse community Hveragerdi. Daily all year. Hotel pick-up at 8am for 9 hours. |
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BLUE LAGOON & REYKJANES PENINSULA |
Price per person 37
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The ideal way to spend your last day in Iceland: Visit Grindavik
Harbour and the Reykjanes Peninsula's bird
cliffs with their colonies of gannets and puffins and foam seas
crashing on the cliff face. Continue to the Blue Lagoon with
turquoise blue water lying amongst black lava rocks: not only fun
but also good for you since there is all sorts of scientific
evidence the Lagoon's mineral salts help
you relax and its white silica mud nourishes and softens the skin.
Continue on to Keflavik Airport. Hotel pick-up at 8.30 am for 6
hours. Entrance to the Blue Lagoon payable locally. May 15 - Sep 15. |
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BLUE LAGOON AND KEFLAVIK TRANSFER |
Price per person 22
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If you want some time for last minute shopping this is a short
form of our other Blue Lagoon excursion leaving out the Reykjanes
Peninsula, so you need not check out of your hotel until midmorning.
An ideal way to make the most of your last few hours in Reykjavik.
Hotel pick-up at 10.30am leaving the Lagoon at 2 pm for your flight
back to the UK. Entrance to the Blue Lagoon not included. |
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WHALE SPOTTING |
Price per person 40 |
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A 3 to 3.5 hour boat excursion leaving from Reykjavik Harbour
outside of which you have a good chance of spotting Minke Whales and
occasionally Humpback and Orca along with white beaked dolphins and
harbour porpoise. Invariably you will also be overflown by puffins,
fulmars and gannets. Hotel quayside transfers are included and whale
sightings of ninety percent plus have been recorded. Hotel pick-up
at 8.15 and 12.15, May-Sep as well as 16.15 (Jun-Aug). |
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WHALE SPOTTING AND SNAFELLSNES |
Price per person 110 |
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At the tip of the Snafellsnes Peninsula is the tiny village of
Olafsvik offshore from which are the summer feeding grounds for the
larger specie of whales including the Blue Whale, the worldfs
largest mammal. This day long excursion follow the road along the
southern edge of the peninsula for a 3 hour trip out to sea on a
especially adapted catamaran from which you will be spotting
dolphins, Orca and Minke Whale as well as the mighty Blue. The
coastline is marked by rugged cliffs with colonies of nesting
seabirds including Puffins and Kittiwakes. The return route is along
the northern shore with stops at Bjarnarhofn for a taste of shark
meat and Stykkisholmur a delightful little fishing village.
Mon/Wed/Fri hotel pick-up at 7.30 am for 10-11 hours. (June 11 - Aug
31) |
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PORSMORK
THE GLACIER VALLEY
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Price per person 86
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A full day excursion to Porsmork, a valley shielded on three
sides by glaciers and mountains, as well as being surrounded by ice
caps and glacier rivers. Beginning with a drive across the
Hellisheidi plateau and a visit to Hvolsvollur, the tour stops at
Seljalandsfoss waterfall where you can take a walk behind the
scenery, before continuing to Stakkholtsgja Gorge. Remote and
inaccessible for much of the year, Porsmork is an extraordinary
habitat to over 170 plant species nestled in a setting of low birch
trees. Fri/Sun hotel pick-up at 8.00 am for 10
hours and Tue from May to Sept inc. |
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LANDMANNALAUGAR |
Price per person 91
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Sometimes known as the 'pearl of the central highlands',
Landmannalaugar is a landscape of sweeping mountains dotted with hot
and cold springs and a bathe in one of them is a highlight of the
day. Millennia of volcanic activity have left mountains of varying
colours and hues which change throughout the day as the sun arcs
above them. The route there is through the exquisitely beautiful
Pjorsardalur Valley with a stop at Hjalparfoss Waterfall along the
way and the return takes in Mount Hekla, Iceland's most active
volcano believed to be the gateway to Hell. Mon/Wed/Sat hotel
pick-up at 8 am for 10 hours. (June 18 - Sep 6) |
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CENTRE OF THE EARTH
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Price per person
94 |
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A full day excursion to the Snaefellsnes peninsula and the
ice-filled, cone shaped crater of the Snaefellsjokull volcano, from
where Jules Vernes adventure Journey to the centre of the earth
is said to have started!. On arrival there are excellent
opportunities for hiking and bird watching, snowmobiling on the
glacier or a boat trip around the Arnarstapi Circle. A skilled
local guide is on hand throughout the day to ensure you get the most
from this uniquely beautiful area. Mon/Wed/Fri hotel pick-up at
7.30 am for 11 hours. (Jun-Aug) |
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PRE-BOOKABLE SUPER JEEP
EXCURSIONS |
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Something of an
Icelandic phenomenon, the Icelandic Super Jeep is the ultimate
boys toy which makes any excursion that much more exciting and
gets you to places neither cars nor buses can reach. Super Jeeps are
customised versions of some of the worlds largest SUVs with
reinforced chassis, heightened wheel clearances and 4 foot diameter
wheels. Each is fitted with an air compressor and deflatable tyres
to give traction on lava fields and across ice. They also come
fitted with a sat nav system, gyro compass and lots of other
high-tech add-ons. To add luxury to utility, the ones we use have
wide and well upholstered seating for 7 on which we seat a maximum
of 6 and our driver guides are some of the most experienced and well
qualified in Iceland, invariably with an emergency service or
paramedic background. |
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GLACIAL VISTAS |
Price per person 154
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To the uninitiated glaciers are simply big blobs of ice; to
environmentalists, frozen mines of information stored for thousands
of years; to the adventurous, playgrounds to snowmobile or husky
safari on; to the everyday traveller, simply awesome sights to gaze
at. Above all they are living breathing things, compacting from
falling snow at their centres, negligently crushing rock at their
sides and irrigating their edges with melt water. This trip takes
you across barren wild terrain past weathered moors, waterfalls,
volcanoes and mountains to the edge of a glittering glacier. Once
there you clamber aboard a caterpillar-wheeled former rocket
launcher to cross the deep fissured edge up to the top where,
depending on weather and season, you can take an optional snowmobile
safari (85 per person). Hotel pick-up at 8.30 am for 9-10 hours. |
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PORSMORK |
Price per person 154 |
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'Thorswood' lies between three glaciers and is a unique canvas of
rock faces, birch trees and wild flowers carpeting the valley,
reached along a trail stretching across glacial rivers that your
Super Jeep easily brushes aside. The scenery here contrasts
dramatically with the black sands of the south coast on the way back
and the glacial lagoon Gigjokull. Whilst in the orsmork Valley
itself you can take a hike up the Stakkoltsgja fissure.Hotel pick-up
at 8.30 am for 9-10 hours. |
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SUPER JEEP CLASSIC
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Price per person 197
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The whiteknuckle ride of all time. First stop the landscapes
south of Lake Pingvallavatn before the National Park Pingvellir.
From there continue to the Geysir area with its spouting water
geysers and bubbling mud pots with time for lunch (not included).
CAnd then to Gullfoss, the Golden Waterfall, with its foaming,
thundering waters over-arched with a rainbow or frozen, in winter,
as giant stalactites before carrying on to Langjkull for a
snowmobile tour on top of the glacier. Return to Reykjavik via the
cathedral at Skalholt, the extraordinary crater Keri and the
greenhouse community Hverageri. Hotel pick-up at 8:30 am for 8-10
hours. |
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WEST ICELAND & LANGJKULL |
Price per person 197 |
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The tunnel under Hvalfjrur (the Whale Fjord) leads to a stretch
of West Iceland with some its most iconic attractions:
Deildartunguhver the largest thermal spring in Iceland; Hraunfossar
a nine hundred metre span of lava rock from which water streams in
rivulets into the Hvit river and Barnafoss a waterfall running into
a deep ravine. From there your jeep continues to Hsafell and off
the road along a highland trail to the Langjkull glacier where you
climb aboard a snowmobile for a tour on top of the glacier. The
journey back is through the Kaldidalur valley to ingvellir and
alongside the lake back to Reykavik. Hotel pick up at 08:30 for 9-10
hours. |
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MIDNIGHT SUN LOBSTER FEST |
Price per person 139
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Iceland's lava fields are stark and surreal and look as though
they belong to another world (in fact, NASA used them to replicate
the moon's surface) but under the Midnight Sun they will take your
breath away. Depart from Reykjavik just as the sun doesn't
begin to set and drive down to the fishing village of Fjorubordid.
Round off the evening by settling down to a platter of freshly
caught lobster in butter and garlic, whilst your guide tells stories
of Iceland's national treasure, medieval warlord Snorri Sturluson.
Hotel pickup at 6.30 pm for 4-5 hours (Apr-Sep). |
