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HOLIDAYS TO ICELAND
ICELAND'S NATURALWONDERS
9 days from £1235 pp
Take in Gullfoss and Geysir and then follow the South Coast for the best of Iceland's natural wonders: Seljalandsfoss; Skogafoss, Dyrholaey, Jokulsarlon Glacial Lagoon, Seydisfjoryur and the magical Lake Myvatn area.
DAY 1 UK – KEFLAVÍK Scheduled flight to Reykjavík. Transfer on arrival to Northern Lights Inn for overnight stay.
DAY 2 KEFLAVÍK-SKÓGAFOSS After breakfast, time to start the day with a bathe in the Blue Lagoon before collecting your hire car and setting off via Gulfoss to Skogar. Scenic Highlights: Gullfoss: Geysir: Keri: Seljalandsfoss. Overnight at Hotel Skógar.
DAY 3 SKÓGAR-SKAFTAFELL Visit Dyrhólaey and then drive along the southeast coast with its outwash plains fjorded by bridges, interspersed with black sand beaches. Overnight for 2 nights at Hotel Skaftafell.
DAY 4 SKAFTAFELL An ideal day for hiking amongst the icecaps and glaciers that struggle to meet the coast against a backdrop of ice, ice-scoured rock and interwoven braids of rivers slicing across the sandur.
DAY 5 SKAFTAFELL-SEYDISFJÖRUR The highlight of this day’s journey is the Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon undoubtedly one of Iceland’s wow factors. Continue on and over the eastern mountains before descending to Seydisfjörur. Overnight at Hotel Aldan.
DAY 6 SEYDISFJÖRUR-MÝVATN Vast seemingly endless deserts of glacially crushed rock are the hallmark of the day before arriving at the contrastingly lush Mvatn. Overnight at Hotel Reynihild for 2 nights.
DAY 7 MÝVATNN Time to explore the extraordinary scenery and wildlife in the area: the wooded headland at Höfði with its lava pillars; contorted black towers of Dimmuborgir; the pastel coloured Námafjall ridge with its steamy surroundings and smouldering, sulphurous Krafla.
DAY 8 MÝVATN-REKJAVÍK Early afternoon drive to Akureyri, drop off hire car and flight down to Reykjavík. Self transfer to and overnight at Hotel Centrum.
DAY 9 REYKJAVÍK–UK Morning at leisure and lunchtime transfer to airport for return flight to UK.
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