Luxury Iceland Escorted mountain holiday
Iceland Escorted mountain holiday

Iceland : Mountain Highlights

Escorted walking tour of Iceland's scenic highlights


 The world is at your feet, with an average of three hours a day in some of the most beautiful parts of Iceland. The highlights of the tour include 3 National Parks or Þingvellir, Skaftafell and Jökulsárgljúfur but also the wonders of Landmannalaugar and Lake Mývatn, for its latitude the most fertile area in the world. There are waterfalls included too, the awesome Dettifoss, the most powerful in Europe. The tour also includes a 3 to 4 hour whale watching cruise, from Húsavík, weather permitting. There are lots to see but little to carry, as the tour bus will convey your luggage. Accommodation is provided in hotels with private facilities. The hotels used on tours are often “summer hotels” or country hotels which are simple and very clean.



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Day 1 - Depart London Heathrow - Arrive Reykjavik

On arrival at Keflavik Airport, transfer to the Hotel Reykjavik Centrum for overnight bed and breakfast.

Day 2 - Reykjavík-Gullfoss-Geysir-Skaftafell

Reykjavík-Gullfoss-Geysir-Skaftafell After breakfast, you will be picked up from the Hotel Reykjavik for your tour. The day starts with a drive to the famous Geysir and the Queen of Iceland´s waterfalls, Gullfoss. You will then travel through the sandy desert of the south coast, overlooked by mountainous cliffs and waterfalls. The next two nights are spent near Skaftafell National Park.
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 3 - Walking in Skaftafell

Walking in Skaftafell The whole day is spent walking in Skaftafell.
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 4 - Skaftafell-Fljótsdalshérað

Skaftafell-Fljótsdalshérað We drive south of Vatnajökull, Europe's biggest glacier that dominates the landscape with its glacial tongues calving into a glacial lagoon. We take a boat trip on Jökulsárlón lagoon among the icebergs.Continuing through the beautiful Eastern fjords. Overnight for the next 2 nights is in the neighbourhood of Egilsstaðir town.
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 5 - Walking Through Viking Trails

A full day walking in the beautiful Eastern mountains.
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 6 - Fljótsdalshérað-Askja-Herðubreiðarlindir-Mývatn area

Fljótsdalshérað-Askja-Herðubreiðarlindir-Mývatn area Today we travel through the uninhabited highlands to Askja caldera. Askja is the caldera left when a volcano collapsed into itself. Inside the caldera is Iceland's deepest lake Öskjuvatn and beside the lake explosion crater Víti. We travel through Herðubreiðarlindir nature reserve, before reaching our accommodation for the next 3 nights in the Mývatn area.
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 7 - WHALE WATCHING - LAKE MÝVATN AREA

We start the day with a 3 hours whale watching cruise, weather permitting, from the picturesque village of Húsavík. A short drive to Lake Mývatn, a unique area that features strange lava formations, attractive bays, pseudo craters and thousands of birds. We stroll through the lave field of Dimmuborgir, ending with a walk up to the rim of the asah crater Hverfjall
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 8 - Hljóðaklettar-Dettifoss-Ásbyrgi

Today we visit Hljóðaklettar with its strange formations and the magnificent and puzzling canyon Ásbyrgi, said to be a hoof print of the eight legged horse of the ancient God Óðinn. We walk along the west bank of the mighty Jökulsá River, and not far upstream is Europe's most powerful waterfall Dettifoss.
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 9 - Lake Mývatn area-Hella

South across the highland desert of Sprengisandur, with its views of the ice caps Vatnajkull and Hofsjökull to Nýicalur. From there we continue south through Sprengisandur to our accommodation in the south.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 10 - Landmannalaugar

The entire day is spent walking in and around spectacular Landmannalaugar, one of Iceland’s outstanding scenic highlights.
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 11 - Þingvellir - Reykjavík

 Þingvellir - Reykjavík Today we visit the historic sites of the first Icelandic Parliament at Þingvellir National Park where we enjoy the last walks of our tour before returning to Reykjavík. Overnight bed and breakfast at the Hotel Reykjavík Centrum in the city centre.
Meals included: Breakfast

Day 12 - Reykjavík

After breakfast, transfer to Keflavik airport for your return flight.
Meals included: Breakfast



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