A short winter trip to Reykjavik and the Icelandic countryside with an optional glacier hike - 5 days / 4 nights. This budget holiday offers great value for money! During the day we explore Southwest Iceland, known for its natural wonders and cultural sights. Spend two nights in Iceland's capital and two nights in South Iceland, an ideal location for the search for the Northern Lights.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔  Use of winter & Northern Lights Explorer equipment: simple non-slip snow & ice grippers spikes for shoes and a flashlight that is helpful when walking in the dark and operating your photo camera at night
✔  Northern Lights program during two evenings with a combination of lectures, presentations, film and guided searches for the Northern Lights and midnight refreshments
✔  Visit to Icelandic horse stables & geothermal greenhouse
✔  On-board WiFi
✔  Blue Lagoon, including use of towel
✔  Fully escorted 3-day bus tour with an English-speaking guide
✔  Arrival & departure airport transfer by FLYBUS Plus shuttle (no guide)
✔  In-vehicle air conditioning
✔  4-nights budget accommodation, in rooms with private shower/wc
✔  Breakfast
✔  Parking fees
✖  Additional meals, drinks and services
Pickup Locations
1.  Hotel Cabin
2.  Hotel Klettur
Additional Info: Upon arrival look for the Reykjavik Excursions Flybus shuttles located just outside the airport terminal. A Flybus voucher will be provided upon booking. If you need assistance, contact the Reykjavik Excursions/Flybus representative at their sales counter in the arrival hall. The transfer takes about 45 minutes to the BSI bus station in Reykjavík. There you might either continue with the same bus or be transferred to a smaller coach to your accommodation in Reykjavík according to instructions of the driver. Your tour guide will meet you at Hotel Klettur & Hotel Cabin before the 09 AM departure.
Itinerary

Welcome to Iceland. Individual transfer by Flybus shuttle bus from Keflavik Airport to your accommodation in Reykjavík.

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Reykjavik Relax at your hotel or explore Iceland’s capital city on your own if time allows. The hotel is ideally located to explore the city on foot.

Duration:  4 hours

Reykjavik City Tour, Blue Lagoon & Reykjanes Peninsula

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Reykjavik At 09:00 meet your tour guide in the hotel lobby. Enjoy the highlights of Iceland’s exciting capital.

Duration:  60 minutes

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Reykjanes Peninsula Discover the wonders of the Reykjanes peninsula with old lava flows, the grand barrenness, rough shore-side, spectacular breaking surf, hot spring areas, small fishing villages and abundant bird life. We stop near a tall lighthouse close to sea stacks. The peninsula steams with volcanic features - hot springs, sulfates and mud pools and a couple of small shield volcanoes and some fissures through the lava fields. You get the unique chance to cross a small bridge between two continents, the American and Eurasian continental plates.

Duration:  3 hours

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Blue Lagoon The Blue Lagoon is one of Iceland’s most popular attractions, a geothermal pool in the middle of a large and dramatic lava field and an oasis that owes its existence to a nearby geothermal power plant. Admission and towel included.

Duration:  2 hours

South Iceland with optional Glacier Hike

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Volcano Eyjafjallajokull Under Eyjafjallajökull glacier is the famous volcano that erupted in the spring of 2010. Although a relatively small eruption, it cased a huge disruption to air traffic across Europe for a week.
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Seljalandsfoss A graceful ribbon-like waterfall, which drops from an overhanging lava cliff. It is possible to walk behind it, but do not expect to stay dry!

Duration:  40 minutes

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Skogar Museum Visit one of Iceland’s finest folk museums. This museum contains an outstanding collection of farm and domestic artefacts from Iceland’s past and several turf-built houses

Duration:  60 minutes

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Skogafoss In the small village of Skógar there is Skógafoss waterfall which is 60 meters high and is one of the most impressive waterfalls in the country

Duration:  30 minutes

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Solheimajokull Glacier In the afternoon you can go on a optional glacier walk. On this fun, safe and easy to moderate glacier walk you get to explore the wonderland of ice sculptures, water cauldrons, ridges and deep crevasses on the breath-taking Sólheimajökull glacier. While enjoying all the features of the glacier and its spectacular surroundings, you will learn more about the behavior of glaciers and their impact on nature. No technical requirements are needed for the tour as an experienced glacier guide will teach you how to use basic glacier equipment, such as crampons and an ice axe which are provided for glacier walk tours. Duration of this activity is approximately 3 hours in total, about 90 minutes on the ice and about 30-40 min walk (one-way) from the car park to the glacier edge itself. Minimum age for the glacier hike is 10 years. You need to bring warm clothing, rain gear and hiking boots.

Duration:  3 hours

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Reynisfjara Beach Take a stroll on the black lava beach and along bird cliffs at Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach. Interesting caves and impressive rock formations can be seen, including columnar basalt.

Duration:  40 minutes

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Vik Visit the village of Vík where we make a photo stop. The black lava beach with high bird cliffs and pounding waves is awe-inspiring

Duration:  30 minutes

Golden Circle & Visit Icelandic Horses

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Fridheimar Learn about the Icelandic horse, its unique qualities and history and visit a geothermal greenhouse.

Duration:  60 minutes

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Geysir There is a variety of hot springs and bubbling pools. The original geyser is now dormant but has been replaced by Strokkur, "the Churn", which erupts at 5-10-minute intervals.

Duration:  1.5 hours

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Gullfoss Waterfall The mighty waterfall of Gullfoss - the Golden falls - perhaps the most beautiful in the country. The glacial river of Hvítá (white river) tumbles 32 meters (105 ft.) in a double cascade. On a sunny day a rainbow is very likely in the massive spray.

Duration:  40 minutes

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Thingvellir National Park UNESCO World Heritage site since 2004. Stroll around the country’s most sacred site, home of the oldest existing national parliament in the world, the Alþingi, and major events in the history of Iceland. Thingvellir is a place of fascinating natural beauty, a spectacular geological vista, set on a vast plain flanked by large fissures, right by Iceland’s largest lake, Thingvallavatn.

Duration:  45 minutes

Departure Day - Individual transfer by Flybus shuttle from your accommodation in Reykjavik to Keflavik Airport

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Reykjavik Relax at your hotel or explore Iceland’s capital city on your own if time allows. The hotel is ideally located to explore the city on foot.

Duration:  4 hours

Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Additional info
•  Suitable for all physical fitness levels