MAGI

Itinerary

The Flybus shuttle brings you from Keflavík International Airport to the accommodation in Reykjavík where you spend the night.We provide you with ideas how to explore Iceland's capital on your own.

DAY 2: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE ROUTE

At 08:30 meet your tour guide and start the escorted tour program with a short introduction to Icelandic geology.At the Volcano House you can experience a hands-on geological exhibition where you can examine various pieces of pumice, ash and lava from Icelandic volcanoes. Later on we depart from Reykjavik and drive to Thingvellir National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site, and where the Althingi, the oldest legislative assembly in the world was founded. And thenExploring the hot springs at Geysir.we travel to Gullfoss, "the golden falls", which is a double waterfall that tumbles 34 meters into the Hvítáriver. Gullfoss is one of Iceland's most beautiful waterfalls.We stay for one night in simple cottages in South Iceland.

DAY 3: VATNAJÖKULL NATIONAL PARK & GLACIER LAGOON

A long drive brings us to a world of glaciers, ice and icebergs. We travel to Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon filled with floating icebergs. We explore this extraordinary site and perhaps see some seals swimming in the arctic waters. You can walk on the black sandy beach where large icebergs get stranded.Then to Vatnajökull National Park.We stay for one night at FosshotelNúpar in the Vatnajökull region.

DAY 4: SOUTH COAST

Today, we head across the Laki lava field to the village of Vík where we make a photo stop. We take a stroll on the black lava beach and along the bird cliffs at Reynisfjara beach in South Iceland. We pass the glacier Mýrdalsjökull and the infamous volcano Eyjafjallajökull and continue to Skógafoss waterfall which is 60 meters high and belongs to the most impressive waterfalls in the country.There's a trail that goes behind the fall which is interesting – if you are prepared to get wet! In the evening you return to Reykjavik for one last night. An optional Northern Lights bus tour or fjord cruise can be booked on the spot, if the weather conditions are ideal. We stay for one night in Iceland's capital.

DAY 5: DEPARTURE HOME

Individual transfer by Flybus airport shuttle from your guesthouse accommodation in Reykjavík to Keflavík Airport.

Best Of Europe – AURORAS, VOLCANOES & GLACIER LAGOON

Arrival & departure airport transfer by FLYBUS Plus shuttle (no guide)
Fully escorted 3-day bus tour with an English-speaking guide
4 nights accommodation in simple tourist-class hotels and cottages including breakfast
2x 2-course dinner and 2x midnight refreshment on day 2 and 3
Entrance to Kerið volcano crater
Visit to a multi media presentation at the Volcano House in Reykjavík
Northern Lights program during 2 evenings with a combination of lectures, presentations, film and guided searches for the Northern Lights
Use of winter & Northern Lights explorer equipment: simple non-slip snow & ice grippers spikes for shoes and a flash light that is helpful when walking in the dark and operating your photo camera at night