Best of Iceland

This day follows the itinerary of our day tour Golden Circle and Farm Lunch.

Spend a wonderful day discovering all the wonders of the most popular tour in Iceland: The Golden Circle. We will begin by diving right into both icelandic nature and culture, when we visit the National Park of Thingvellir. Our journey then takes us to a hot spring ,which flows inside the lake of Laugarvatn.

Now it's time to eat something. And today, we start with dessert. In the dairy farm: Efsti-Dalur, you will taste the best ice-cream in Iceland!

We are now heading to the waterfall of Gullfoss. A gigantic waterfall with a name that means "Golden waterfall". It gave its name to the Golden Circle route. Our next stop will be Strokkur, a geyser gushing every 5 to 10 minutes. Strokkur is the little brother of Geysir, the (now dormant) geyser that named all the geysers in the world.

Finally lunch time, that we will have in the tomato farm of Friðheimar. Inside of a greenhouse, we will enjoy a delicious meal, surrounded by tomato plants and bumblebees. How do we manage to grow tomatoes all year round in Iceland? Come and find out!

You will spend the night around the Golden Circle or on the South Coast.

This day and the next one follow the itinerary of our 2 day tour South Coast Splendours.

From Reykjavík to Vík, the Icelandic South Coast is a true land of wonders. Between glaciers and volcanoes, one can feel the real essence of Iceland, and the power of its contrasts.

You will see the most famous and most impressive waterfalls in the country: Seljalandsfoss and Skógafoss. You will get close to the glacier of Sólheimajökull, an ash covered glacier. And finally, you will walk on the black sand beach of Reynisfjara, where its sea pillars and basaltic columns will leave you speechless.

If you have been watching the series "Game of Thrones", you will for sure recognize many sites of the South Coast.

You will spend the night in Reykjavík.

The glacier of Vatnajökull is the biggest glacier in Europe, and covers about 8% of the country. Surrounding it, is the National Park bearing the same name.

Inside of the park, are located the most beautiful places in Iceland. On this second day, our focus will be on ice and glaciers. We will visit the glacier lake of Fjallsarlón. But the most impressive and magical place of all will be the Jökulsarlón Glacier Lagoon and the so-called "Diamond Beach".

If global warming is a core concern globaly, and in Iceland in particular as we see our glaciers shrinking year after year, it did one thing right. It created the glacier lagoon: Jökulsarlón. As the Vatnajökull glacier is retreating due to climate change, it breaks down in chunks of ice, often bigger than houses. At the same time, the water from the ocean penetrates the land and fills in the void that was left in place of the glacier. This creates absolutely magical and unique landscape. Once those icebergs are done drifting all the way to the sea, the waves washes them back on a black sand beach, where they will eventually finish to melt. This beach is known by travelers as "Diamond Beach".

Activities for Day One:

What would you think about going for a dip? There actually are two possibilities to do so. First, in the National Park of Thingvellir, in the Silfra fissure. There, in a dry suit, you can snorkel between two tectonic plates, with a visibility up to a hundred meters. If you prefer warm water, why not go to Fontana Spa, and soak into their hot geothermal pools?

Activities for Day Two and Three:

During these next two days, there also is a whole plethora of options. You can opt to get a better understanding of volcanism in Iceland with the Lava Center and the Lava Show. You can also choose to explore the glaciers, either with a private glacier hike or inside of an ice cave (winter only). Why not also hop on a boat to sail between the icebergs of Fjallsarlón?