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HOLIDAYS TO ICELAND
A HIGHLAND ADVENTURE
8 days from £1260 pp
Uninhabitable and impassable for all but two months of the year, the Sprengisanour highland road is an awesomely stark route down through the middle of the island and the dramatic centrepiece of this itinerary.
DAY 1 UK–REKJAVÍK Scheduled flight to Reykjavík. Transfer to Hótel Leifur Eíriksson for two nights.
DAY 2 REKJAVÍK Day free for optional excursions. The one to do is that known as the Golden Circle taking in Gullfoss, the famous block curtain waterfall fed from the Hvítá river and Geysir with its steaming fumeroles, and bubbling mud pits and Strokkur spouting impressively.
DAY 3 REKJAVÍK-SKAGAFJÖRUR Collect car hire, drive out of town and under the Borgarfjörður and stop at Borgarnes with its interesting settlement centre before continuing through rolling farmland to Gauksmýri in the heart of the island’s horse breeding region. Overnight at Gauksmyri Horse Centre.
DAY 4 SKAGAFJÖRUR-MVATN Drive through the Oxnadalsheiði pass lined with moss clad jagged peaks, past Góðafoss, a graceful block waterfall to the lush and surreal Lake Mývatn. Overnight at Hotel Reykjahlíð for 2 nights.
DAY 5 MYVATN Day at leisure with options to hike at Dimmuborgir; enjoy the turquoise warm waters of the Nature Baths or drive out to Ásbýrgi Gorge, the Tjornes Peninsula and Dettifoss.
DAY 6 MYVATN-ALONG SPRENGISANDUR To quote journalist Sankha Guha ‘an amazing journey with a sense of remoteness you usually have to go to the other side of the world for’. The Sprengisandur which is closed for all but 2 months of the year takes you right down through the mountainous heart of Iceland. Overnight at Hotel Highland.
DAY 7 HRAUNEYJAR-HELLA Follow the road into Landmannalaugar with its sweeping mountainscapes of varying colour and hot springs round into Þórsmörk and extraordinary habitat that is home to more than 170 plant species nestled in a carpet of dwarf birch trees.
DAY 8 HELLA-UK Drive out to the Reykjanes peninsula, drop off hire car & return flight to UK.
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