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8 Days ~ Iceland
This scenic circular tour has
beautiful travelling days, frequent
stops for viewing and fantastic photo
opportunities.
The average temperature in Iceland is
15C during the summer; all visits are
weather
permitting.
The standard of accommodation
available outside
Reykjavik is not First Class – it
is similar to Tourist Class, however, the
rooms are always clean and with private
facilities. Porterage is not provided but
your Tour Director and driver will be
ready to help if you cannot manage to carry
your own suitcases. Please keep your
luggage to a minimum for this reason.
Due to the weather conditions, it is
important to bring warm clothing and
good walking shoes. Icelandic road
conditions
mean that coaches are considerably more
robust than in the rest of Europe. The
terrain
is rugged and this destination is quite
different from any other in Europe,
therefore
guests should come well-prepared and
with an open mind.
DAY
1 – SUN – UK -
REYKJAVIK
Welcome to Iceland! With its
lack of traffic,
trains, pollution and people, Iceland is
a strangely wonderful wilderness with
icecaps,
glaciers, hot pools, geysers and lava
fields. On arrival at Reykjavik’s
Keflavik
Airport, there will be complimentary
transfers to your tour hotel. The rest
of the
day is at leisure. Hotel: Radisson SAS
Saga.
DAY 2 – MON
– REYKJAVIK – VIK
Take an orientation tour of Reykjavik
before heading
south to Hveragerdi,the market gardening
centre of the island. Continue inland to
visit the former archbishop’s
residence at Skalholt, followed by
Geysir, the
spectacular area of hot springs where
hot sulphurous water shoots into the air.
See the Gullfoss, the Icelandic
equivalent of Niagara, before continuing
to your
hotel in Vik to enjoy a Welcome Drink
with your fellow passengers before
dinner. Hotel: Edda Vik/Dyrholaye.
(BB,D)
DAY 3 – TUE
– VIK – HöFN
Continue along the southern coast of
Iceland,
driving beside the blackbasalt-sand
beaches. The highlight of the day is the
National
Park at Skaftafell where you will see
the largest glacier in Europe,
Vatnajökull.
Travel on to Lake Jokulsarlon, which
provided the dramatic setting for scenes in
the James Bond film, Die Another Day.
Hotel: Asgardur. (BB,D)
DAY 4 – WED –
HöFN – EGILSSTADIR
Explore the beautiful eastern coastal
region,
where Irish missionary monks lived 1100
years ago. Drive throughthe mountain pass
of Almannaskard,then follow the
magnificent fjords to the beautiful area
of Egilsstadir.
Visit the 120 metre high waterfall
Hengifoss then continue to your hotel
near one
of the largest forests in Iceland.
Hotel: Edda ME/Herad.
(BB,D)
DAY 5 – THU
– EGILSSTADIR –
AKUREYRI
Drive through the sand desertof
Mödrudal
to the lake Myvatn, an internationally
renowned bird-watching site. This area
offers
a wide spectrumof geological formations
and theintense geothermal activity produces
mud pools and spectacular coloured
deposits. Afterwards, view the Godafoss,
known
as ‘The Waterfall of the
Gods’, before continuing to your
hotel in Akureyri. Hotel: Edda Hotel
Plus/Kea. (BB,D)
DAY 6
– FRI – AKUREYRI –
BORGARNES
Take an orientation tour of Akureyri,
the capital
of northern Iceland, which was first
established as a trading centre in 1602.
Travel
past mountains, waterfalls and into
green coastal regions where distinctive
Icelandic
horses are bred. Return to the
south-west coast in the afternoon to
stay in Borgarnes. Hotel: Borgarnes.
(BB,D)
DAY 7 – SAT
– BORGARNES –
REYKJAVIK
Travel southwards to Thingvellir,
where the first
meeting of the Icelandic parliament was
held in 903. This is a remarkable natural
site because it lies on the Great
Atlantic Rift where the American and
European
tectonic plates meet. Back in Reykjavik,
maybe take the option of visiting the Blue
Lagoon to bathe in its hot mineral
waters. Hotel: Radisson SAS Saga.(BB)
DAY 8 – SUN –
REYKJAVIK - UK
Your tour ends after breakfast when
there are
complimentary transfers to Keflavik
airport. (BB)
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