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.
Day 1 -
Depart London Heathrow - Arrive Reykjavik
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On arrival at Keflavik Airport, transfer to the Hotel Reykjavik for overnight bed and breakfast.
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Day 2 -
Reykjavík-Gullfoss-Geysir-Skaftafell
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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. Overnight is near Skaftafell National Park.
Meals included:
Breakfast, Dinner
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Day 3 -
Walking in Skaftafell
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The whole day is spent walking in Skaftafell.
Meals included:
Breakfast, Dinner
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Day 4 -
Skaftafell-Fljótsdalshérað
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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
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Day 5 -
Walking in Fljótsdalshérað
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Most of the day is spent walking in the area.
Meals included:
Breakfast, Dinner
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Day 6 -
Fljótsdalshérað-Askja-Herðubreiðarlindir-Mývatn area
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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
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Day 7 -
Walking in Mývatn area
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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
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Day 8 -
Whale watching-Hljóðaklettar-Dettifoss-Ásbyrgi
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We start the day with a 3 to 4 hour whale watching cruise from the picturesque village of Húsavík, weather permitting. In the afternoon 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
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Day 9 -
Lake Mývatn area-Hella
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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
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Day 10 -
Landmannalaugar
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The entire day is spent walking in and around spectacular Landmannalaugar, one of Iceland’s outstanding scenic highlights.
Meals included:
Breakfast, Dinner
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Day 11 -
Þórsmörk - Reykjavík
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Our journey continues to the broad valley of Þórsmörk, with its wild and romantic rolling hills, narrow canyons, wooded valleys and colourful flowers. It is surrounded by three majestic ice caps, which feed the powerful glacial rivers that wind through the moraines. We return back to Reykjavík in the afternoon. Overnight bed and breakfast at the Hotel Reykjavík in the city centre.
Meals included:
Breakfast
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Day 12 -
Reykjavík
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After breakfast, transfer to Keflavik airport for your return flight.
Meals included:
Breakfast
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Prices
| Dates |
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28/06/2009 - 09/07/2009
12/07/2009 - 23/07/2009
26/07/2009 - 06/08/2009
09/08/2009 - 19/08/2009
| £3,010 |
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Prices are per person, based on two adults sharing. All departure dates are above
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Prices for single travellers:
| Dates |
Price |
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28/06/2009 - 09/07/2009
12/07/2009 - 23/07/2009
26/07/2009 - 06/08/2009
09/08/2009 - 19/08/2009
| £3,536 |
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All departure dates are above
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What's Included?
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Return flights with Icelandair from London Heathrow to Reykjavik
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All airport taxes and security charges
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Hotel/guest house accommodation sharing a twin/double room with private facilities on a half board basis (plus picnic lunch on Day 6 and 9)
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Transportation by bus
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English-speaking guide
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3 to 4 hour whale watching safari (weather permitting)
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visit to Nature Baths
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Boat trip on Glacier Lagoon
What's NOT Included?
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Return airport transfers in resort
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Optional activities such as horse riding and river rafting
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