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Natural Wonders of Iceland Kirkjufell Mountains NATURAL WONDERS OF Activity Level: 2 ICELAND 28 Meals Included: June 2, 2021 – 17 Days 16 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 11 dinners A tour all around the island! Fares: Iceland offers unspoiled nature, breathtaking $10,660 pp double, $12,980 pp single Please add 0.4% GST landscapes and vibrant culture. Everywhere Experience Points: you turn there are glaciers, waterfalls, lava Earn 196 points on this tour fields, rainbows, streams and mountain Redeem 196 points if you book by February 24, 2021 ranges. We begin by exploring the capital city of Reykjavik, and then visit the boiling hot springs and hissing fumaroles in the Geysir area. We take a boat excursion around the rocky islands of Breiðarfjörður viewing many nesting birds including puffins. An awesome sight awaits us at Vatnajökull, the largest glacier in Europe. Then, at the Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon, we board an amphibious boat and sail among huge floating icebergs. A soothing swim in the beautiful Blue Lagoon hotspring is a must. We will also visit an Icelandic horse farm and enjoy a whale watching excursion. ITINERARY Day 1: Wednesday, June 2 Hveragerði has many greenhouses that grow Transportation is provided to Vancouver airport. vegetables and flowers, and are heated with We fly on Icelandair non-stop to Keflavik natural warm water. Next is the Geysir area International Airport, located 50 km west of where we walk around boiling hot springs and Reykjavik. hissing fumaroles, and admire Strokkur Geysir which erupts every 5-10 minutes. Nearby is one Day 2: Thursday, June 3 of Iceland´s favourite waterfalls, Gullfoss, which After arrival at Keflavik, our Icelandic guide and plunges 30 metres into Hvítá Canyon. Later, we driver are waiting to greet us and we drive to admire two more waterfalls, Barnafossar which Viking World for breakfast under the Viking ship tumbles under a natural bridge, and Hraunfossar Íslendingur. Afterwards, we enjoy a soothing which pours from under a lava flow. Nearby swim in the Blue Lagoon, a natural geothermal Deildartunguhver is one of the world’s most pool in the middle of a dramatic lava field. The powerful hot springs producing 198 litres per 40-degree Celsius mineral-rich water and white second of boiling water that is piped to coastal sediment is known for its healing properties. A towns for heating. Next is Snorrastofa Museum, mud mask and towel are included. Then we named after Snorri Sturluson, a poet, historian, drive into Reykjavik, the northernmost capital of and 13th century Icelandic character. Our Europe. The name translates as “Smokey Bay” overnight stop is at Fosshotel Reykholt. because the first settlers of Iceland saw steam Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner rising from a cave in a geothermal area. We stay Accommodation: Fosshotel Reykholt two nights at Fosshotel Lind which has an excellent downtown location. Day 5: Sunday, June 6 Meals included: Breakfast It is a short drive to Stykkisholmur where we Accommodation: Fosshotel Lind take a boat excursion around the rocky islands of Breiðarfjörður, viewing many nesting birds Day 3: Friday, June 4 including puffins, kittiwakes, cormorants, During the morning, there is a sightseeing tour fulmars, and possibly the king of Icelandic birds, of Reykjavik. Weaving through narrow alleys the white-tailed eagle. After some net fishing by framed with old timber houses, we learn about the crew, enjoy a taste of some very fresh the life of the city from its beginning to the scallops. At Helgafell, we see the grave of present. We visit the landmark Hallgrimskirkja Guðrún dating from 1008. Legend says that you Church, the harbour, the University, the giant can get three wishes fulfilled by climbing the hill relief map of Iceland at City Hall, and Höfði above the grave. Our last stop is at the House where the Reagan/Gorbachev summit Bjarnarhöfn Shark Museum which produces took place in 1986. We also enjoy the panorama hákarl (fermented shark meat), a traditional of Reykjavik from the Perlan viewing deck. The Icelandic dish. There are exhibits about this afternoon is leisure time to enjoy the multitude culinary curiosity, the family's fishing boats, and of shops along Laugavegur near our hotel. their tools. You can also taste a sample of shark Meals included: Breakfast meat. We stay two nights at Hotel Accommodation: Fosshotel Lind Stykkisholmur. Day 4: Saturday, June 5 Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner We drive through an agricultural area with a Accommodation: Hotel Stykkisholmur mixture of farms and summer cottages. Day 6: Monday, June 7 Accommodation: Hotel Kea Today is spent on Peninsula Snæfellsnes with Day 9: Thursday, June 10 views of Snæfellsjökull where, according to Our first stop is at Goðafoss (waterfall of the Jules Verne, the entrance to the centre of the gods) where, in the year 1000, a chieftain threw earth is found. Along the south coast, we see a his pagan statues to prove his loyalty to the new rare light coloured beach at Búðir and walk the Christian God. During the drive all around clifftop at Arnarstapi past two natural bridges shallow Lake Mývatn, we explore natural and lots of birdlife. The tip of Snæfellsnes and wonders such as the moon-like crater Hverfjall, its north coast feature magnificent seascapes the bunkhouse for trolls, and the colourful with dramatic cliffs, black sand beaches, and boiling mud pots at Námaskarð. A special treat pounding surf. is the soothing 40 degree waters of Mývatn Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner Nature Baths. We stay two nights at Fosshotel Accommodation: Hotel Stykkisholmur Husavik. Day 7: Tuesday, June 8 Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner We head east through green valleys, across Accommodation: Fosshotel Husavik ancient lava, and past nicely sculpted fjords Day 10: Friday, June 11 before arriving in Skagafjörður, known as the The city of Húsavík is on the north coast and “valley of horses”. We learn the secrets and best known for an abundance of whales. We importance of the Icelandic horse during the take a whale watching excursion, most likely Gauksmýri Farm horse show. Next is Glaumbaer seeing the minke. The Húsavík Whale Museum Folk Museum where turf buildings of the 18th has impressive exhibits about the habitat and and 19th centuries have been preserved. We ecology of whales, including several gigantic also visit the turf church of Víðimýri which was skeletons. built in 1834 under the guidance of Jón Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner Samsonarson. Our destination is Akureyri, Accommodation: Fosshotel Husavik capital of the north and a big city on the Icelandic scale with 15,000 people. The next Day 11: Saturday, June 12 two nights are at Hotel Kea, located in the Our morning drive follows the rugged coastline shopping district. Get your picture taken with of the Tjörnes Peninsula and the island of the troll statues nearby. Grímsey can be seen – the only place in Iceland Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner located above the Arctic Circle. In Accommodation: Hotel Kea Jökulsárgljúfur National Park, we take walks into Asbyrgi Gorge and to awesome Dettifoss, Day 8: Wednesday, June 9 Europe’s largest waterfall. We follow the long We take the short ferry ride to Hrísey, Iceland’s valley of Jökuldalur to the farming region of second largest island. The bird life is fantastic Fljótsdalshérað. The next two nights are at with lots of plovers, arctic terns, and ptarmigans. Icelandair Hotel Hérað in Egilsstaðir. The island is also unique because cars are rare Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner and most people get around on bicycles. We Accommodation: Icelandair Hotel Hérað take a tour of the island on a wagon pulled by a tractor. Back in Akureyri, there is a short driving Day 12: Sunday, June 13 tour, then the rest of the afternoon is leisure Lake Lagarfljot is said to be home to a time. legendary giant lake-worm. Near the lakeshore, Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner we take an interesting walk through a rare Icelandic forest at Hallormsstaður Arboretum. glacial outwash with a kilometre-long bridge. Next is an exciting drive over a rugged pass to Tonight’s lodging is at remote Hotel Laki. the fishing village of Borgarfjörður-Eystri on the Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner east coast. It is noted for a church altar painted Accommodation: Hotel Laki by Jóhannes Kjarval, an art gallery with local Day 15: Wednesday, June 16 stones, and a puffin colony. We stroll the sandy beach at Vik, walk to the Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner base of 60-metre tall Skogafoss, and venture Accommodation: Icelandair Hotel Hérað behind the Seljalandsfoss waterfall. The newly- Day 13: Monday, June 14 opened Lava Centre is an interactive, high-tech Today’s drive goes through exhibition depicting volcanic activity, Fáskrúðsfjarðargöng, a 6-km long road tunnel earthquakes and the creation of Iceland over between two fjords, Reydarfjörður and millions of years. Entering Þingvellir National Fáskrúðsfjörður. We admire Petra Sveinsdóttir’s Park, we learn about the National Assembly vast local stone collection, then drive through which was founded here in 930 AD to rule the green valleys and along the wild coastline to country, and we take a walk through the old reach Berufjörður. The town was a busy place in parliament site. Þingvellir is not only important the 16th century with Danish traders and for Icelandic history, but also for geology offshore is the Island of Papey where Irish because the meeting of two drifting continental monks lived a thousand years ago. We stay plates can be seen here. There is a shopping overnight in the fishing village of Höfn at Hotel opportunity for handicrafts at a woollen mill. Höfn. The icy tongues of Skalafellsjökull are This afternoon, we are back in Reykjavik, across the sea plain. completing our grand circle drive around Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner Iceland.
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