THE BEST OF ICELAND – 8 Days – 7 Nights

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Reykjavík

Arrival, private airport pickup and transfer to hotel. Check in to your hotel and enjoy Reykjavík on your leisure. Spend the night in Reykjavík.

Overnight Stay at Hotel.

Day 2: Reykjavík City Sightseeing Tour

Breakfast at hotel. Today you will join your guide for Reykjavik sightseeing city tour. See Harpa concert hall, Hallgrímskirkja church, sun voyager, and more. Spend the night in Reykjavík.

Overnight Stay at Hotel.

Extras (if early arrival):

• Whale watching, small group (from INR 9009* (99 EUR pp))
• Sky Lagoon Spa / 7 Step experience (from INR 7189* (79 EUR pp))
• Fly Over Iceland (from 3549* (39 EUR pp))
• Horseback riding in small group (from INR 3381* (69 EUR pp))
• Blue lagoon (from INR 4851* (99 EUR pp))

Day 3: Golden Circle Tour

Breakfast at hotel. Enjoy the well-known Golden Circle tour. Thingvellir is characterised by tectonic rift valley and marks the rifting of the Eurasian and North American plates from each other. In 930 the Icelandic Parliament, the first democracy in the world, was established at Thingvellir.

Thingvellir became World Heritage Site in 2004. Strokkur and the Geysir areawill be visited. See Oxararfoss waterfalls. Near Geysir is the beautiful Gullfoss Waterfall. Enjoy the view from above and walk down the path to get close to the powerful waterfall. Add on: Secret Lagoon or Fontana Spa, is a nature geothermal bath, where you bath in raw nature and relax at the end of the trip. Spend the night in Reykjavík.

Overnight Stay at Hotel.

Extra add ons:

• Snowmobiling tour, small group (from INR 18,109* per person – EUR 199)
  • Snorkeling in Silfra, small group (from INR 12,649* per person – EUR 139)
  • Private Snorkeling in Silfra (from INR 101,829* per group, max 6 pax – EUR 1,119)
  • Fontana spa and geothermal bread making (from INR 4,550* per person – EUR 50)
  • Secret Lagoon Spa (from INR 2,639* per person – EUR 29)

Day 4: South Coast Exploration – Waterfalls & Black Sand Beaches

Breakfast at hotel. Today drive the south coast of Iceland. Seljalandsfoss is 60 m high and it is possible to walk behind it, and get a unique view from behind. Visit hidden gem cave waterfall Gljufrabui. Skógafoss is on of the most famous waterfalls in Iceland. Eyjafjallajökull is

now famous for it ́s 2010 volcanic eruption that disrupted air traffic in Europe. From Dyrholaey is a breathtaking view over the black sand beaches (if accessible). Reynisfjara black beach was, in 1991, ranked as one of the ten most beautiful non-tropical beaches in the world. On the way see Sólheimajökull, an outlet glacier, flowing out of the ice cap Mýrdalsjökull. Spend the night near Kirkjubaejarklaustur.

Overnight Stay at the Hotel.

Extras:

• Glacier hike, all gear provided, small group (from INR 9,009* per person – EUR 99)
• ATV to DC3 plane wreck, small group (from INR 10,829* per person – EUR 119, shared ride)
• Katla Ice Cave, small group (from INR 17,199* per person – EUR 189)
• Crystal Ice Cave, small group (from INR 14,469* per person – EUR 159)

 

Day 5: Vatnajökull National Park – Glaciers & Diamond Beach

Breakfast at hotel. This day will be spent in the National Park of Vatnajökull, with Skaftafell and its famous glacier lagoon, Jökulsárlón and Fjallsárlón. Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon is a beautiful lagoon in front of a calving glacier. Enjoy amazing view of floating icebergs in the lagoon and

walk between them at the black beach, which is sometime referred to the Diamond Beach. Enjoy the natural wonders of Skaftafell National Park and visit Fjarðárgljúfur canyon on this day. Spend the night in Reykjavík.

Overnight Stay at Hotel.

Extras:

• Zodiak boat ride in glacier lagoon, small group (from INR 9,009* per person – EUR 99) (May – September)
• Kayaking in glacier lagoon, small group (from INR 9,009* per person – EUR 99) (May – September)
• Kayaking in glacier lagoon and ATV to DC3 plane wreck Combo tour, small group (from INR 22,659* per person – EUR 249) (May – September)
• Buggy tour from Vík, small group (from INR 15,379* per person – EUR 169) (all year around)

Day 6: Reykjanes Peninsula – Geothermal Wonders & Tectonic Landscapes

Breakfast at hotel. Drive past the Lake Kleifarvatn, which is a Lake formed solely by plate tectonics and rifting of the earth crust, the Eurasian and North American plates away from each other. Seltún is a beautifully coloured geothermal area. The geothermal activity brings to the

surface bubbling mud pools and steaming ground and colorful solfataras. The beautiful colours are due to sulphur and white and yellowish brown sulphates are deposited. The Bridge Between Continents is a small footbridge over a major fissure, which is formed by tectonics and rifting of

the two continental plates, Eurasian and North American plates, from each other. After passing the Reykjanesviti lighthouse, the oldest lighthouse in Iceland, drive towards the sea where high cliffs, black rock formations and breathtaking view of the Atlantic Ocean awaits. Spend the night in

Reykjavík. Add on Blue lagoon or Sky lagoon spa.

Overnight Stay at Hotel.

Extras:

• Blue Lagoon Comfort – Blue Lagoon entrance, silica mud mask, towel, and a drink of your choice in water-bar. (from INR 8,645* per person – EUR 95)
• Blue Lagoon Premium – Blue Lagoon entrance, towel, silica mud mask, the use of a bathrobe, towel, a drink of your choice in water-bar, algae mask, a table reservation with sparkling wine at LAVA Restaurant (if dining) (from INR 10,465* per person – EUR 115)
• Blue Lagoon Retreat – Retreat spa, Blue lagoon entrance, Retreat lagoon, Private changing room, Blue lagoon ritual, Skincare amenities, drink of your choice in water-bar, access to the spa restaurant, Access to 8 subterranean spaces (from INR 27,209* per person – EUR 299, minimum 2 pax)

Day 7: Snæfellsnes Peninsula – The Journey to the Center of the Earth

Breakfast at hotel. On this day venture into one of the most exciting and famous places in Iceland, Snæfellsnes Peninsula, where Julus Verne found inspiration for his book “Journey to the Center of the Earth”. Kirkjufell mountain, located on the northern site of the Snæfellsnes

Peninsula, is one of the most picturesque mountains in Iceland, and with the Kirkjufell waterfall in the vicinity makes a wonderful nature stop. Djúpalónssandur black beach is a bay at the tip of Snæfellsnes Peninsula. The black small pebbles on the beach have been smoothed by the ocean

waves, and amongst them are scattered rusty parts of a wreckage of a ship that stranded in the area in 1948. Lóndrangar cliffs are volcanic plugs of basalt, of 61 and 75 metres of height, that have formed by erosion of the surrounding material. Add on:Vatnshellir lava cave is a lava tube in a 8000 year lava field. The lava was formed in an eruption in a nearby crater Purkhólar. During the eruption the lava flowed downhill, cooling down on the surface while still running below, ultimately draining out and leaving a beautiful lava tube, which is now accessible. Hellnar and Arnarstapi are small and ancient fishing villages. Hellnar beach has amazing rock formation

which will be visited. Visit Ytri Tunga Beach and see wild seals in their natural environment. Spend the night in Reykjavík.

Overnight Stay at Hotel.

Day 8: Departure

Breakfast at hotel. Departure. Private transfer from hotel to airport.