Day 0  |  OVERNIGHT FLIGHT to Keflavik, Iceland

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Day 1  | ARRIVE IN ICELAND

• Your guide will be waiting for you in the Arrival Hall at Keflavik (KEF) airport.

• 9:00am Whale watch is just a stone's throw from your hotel.
  Get ready for some action!

• Get a glimpse of the vividly monochrome nature of Iceland on our way to the city of Reykjavik. Visit the new and old parts of the city, grab a lunch and explore or stroll around while you wait for your room.

• Overnight at the  Fosshotel Reykjavik or similar.

Day 2  |  REYKJAVÍK - AKUREYRI

• Your group will be picked up after breakfast from the lobby by your guide to set out on your journey.

• On your way north towards the Arctic Circle. You'll will stop at Borgarnes, the Turf House museum at Glaumbaer and travel through the Skagafjordur Valley, where the Icelandic horses roam free.

• Drive through lush valleys, mountain roads, and the fjord of Eyjafjordur.

• Your destination today is Akureyri, possibly the most charming town in Iceland.

• Overnight at Icelandair Hotel Akureyri or similar.
   

Day 3  |  MYVATN

• The beautiful waterfall Goðafoss is one of the awesome things you will see on today's trip before you arrive at the famous Lake Myvatn. Your group will spend the day exploring the otherworldly volcanic nature, lava pillars, caves, craters, boiling mud pits, hot springs and varied bird life.

• Take a dip in the Myvatn Geothermal Nature Baths. Immerse yourself in the healing waters!

• Overnight at Icelandair Hotel Mývatn or similar.

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Day 4  |  TJORNES PENINSULA AND DETTIFOSS

• Head to the coast and visit briefly the fishing village of Húsavik.

• Follow the coastline of the Tjörnes peninsula stopping at the spectacular Canyon of Ásbyrgi.

• Head inland towards Europe’s most powerful waterfall Dettifoss.

• Travel through desert mountain landscapes of the Northeast interior of Iceland to the tranquil town of Egilsstaðir where your group stays overnight at the Icelandair Hotel Herad or similar.

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Day 5  |  EAST FJORDS

• Follow the coastline and the majestic tall mountains of the East which cascade down into the ocean with just enough space for small fishing villages to be nestled and to the foot of a mountain in every fjord. You will continue your drive around the southeastern coast and stop for the day at the small fishing village of Hofn. 

• Overnight at the Hotel Glacier Lagoon or similar.

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Day 6 | SOUTH COAST  

• Leaving Hofn you are sure to be stricken by the pristine beauty of the black beaches, mountainous glaciers, and desert like landscape of the southeast.

• Stop by the glacier Vatnajokull, at Jokulsarlon and diamond beach where glacier ice looks like velvet on the black sands.

• Be treated to a 90-min Zodiac Boat ride through a Glacial Lagoon by Vatnajokull on a large rubber dingy.

• You will be mystified by the famous lava pillars of Reynisdrangar. See some of Iceland’s most beautiful waterfalls, Skogafoss and Seljalandsfoss.

• Spend the night in the town of Fludir at the Icelandair Hotel Fludir or similar. 

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Day 7  |  GOLDEN CIRCLE  

• It wouldn't be a trip to Iceland without visiting the Golden Circle. Gullfoss, Geysir, Þingvellir National Park are included in the days exploration. The spouting hot spring Strokkur, massive waterfall at Gulfoss and the North Atlantic continent drift at  Þingvellir are must sees. Close the loop on this route around Iceland in Reykjavik.

• Overnight at Fosshotel Reykjavik or similar.

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Day 8  |  GOOD-BYE ICELAND

• Our coach will pick you up at your hotel in Reykjavik for the transfer to the airport for your flight back home.
  Stop at the famous Blue Lagoon where you will have an invigorating dip in the hot spring.

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