Fire, Ice & the Blue Lagoon - winter

Details

Transportation

Day tours in small minivan and private transfer to and from airport.

Included

• Meet & Greet service at hotel
• Private airport transfers
• 3 nights at centrally located 3.5 star hotel in Reykjavik
• 1 night at local hotel by the Blue Lagoon
• Daily breakfast
• Golden Circle small group day tour
• South Coast small group day tour with a glacier hike
• Entrance to Blue Lagoon
• Transfers to the Blue Lagoon
• 24-hour emergency service
• Taxes and service fees

Not Included

• Meals not specified in the itinerary
• Gratitudes and items of personal nature
• Travel insurance
• International or domestic flights

Itinerary

Day 1 - Arrive Reykjavik

On arrival, make your own way to the hotel. Meet and Greet with our local guide on your arrival. The afternoon and evening is yours to explore this compact city. Be sure to check out the new Harpa Opera house on the harbour.

Accommodation

Alda hotel or similar

Restaurants

Optional Add Ons

Day 2 - Round trip day tour visiting the Geysir Hot Spring, Gullfoss Waterfall, Þingvellir National Park and visit to a secret lagoon

Small group day tour to the Golden Circle region. Visit all three attractions of the famous Golden Circle with an added visit to the unique Secret Lagoon. You will be picked up by small minivan and explore Þingvellir National Park. The home of Iceland’s ancient Viking parliament and listed as a UNESCO’s World Heritage site will be our first stop. There you will take a walk to experience firsthand the geological phenomenon that is the Mid-Atlantic ridge before visitng Gulfoss the Golden Waterfall and Geysir spouting water sometimes up to 40m high.

While you are in Iceland, there is a “must do” to try all that authentic Iceland has to offer. You get the chance to bathe in one of Iceland’s natural hot pools before returning to Reykjavik in the late afternoon.

Meals

1 Breakfast

Accommodation

Alda Hotel or similar

Day 3 - South Coast Highlights: Skógafoss Waterfall, Seljalandsfoss Waterfall, Reynisfjara Black Beach and Sólheimajökull Glacier Hike

On this 11-12 hour Iceland South Coast small group tour (max. 10 travellers) you will be picked up from your hotel between 07:30 and 08:00. Seljalandsfoss waterfall is the first stop, with a walking trail that leads behind it. On sunny days you can see a beautiful rainbow and if you are lucky, a unicorn sliding down. Then, straight up, Skógafoss waterfall is the second stop.

Then it is time to go glacier hiking on the Sólheimajökull Glacier. Walking on a glacier with Iceland’s most powerful volcano lying underneath it is a surreal experience.

Reynisfjara or Black Sand Beach is the last stop. This is where Game of thrones was filmed and this is where the troll is out in the ocean towing 3 mast ship to shore. This is where you see the famous beautiful basaltic rocks in the mountain.

Be sure to carry warm clothing, rain gear and good shoes.

Meals

1 Breakfast

Accommodation

Alda Hotel or similar

Day 4 - Blue Lagoon afternoon of relaxing

After exploring the Icelandic capital this morning, transfer to the Blue Lagoon for a therapeutic afternoon and evening in the healing waters of the Blue Lagoon. Stay overnight at the Northern Light Inn, which is just a stone's throw from the international airport.

Meals

1 Breakfast

Accommodation

Important Information

Lunch can be purchased along the way during the day trips or bring your own. Boots can also be hired if necessary.

The program is flexible and can be tailored to your preferences.

SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL:

Your accommodation in Iceland is part of small group of Icelandic hotels which we have selected due to their standout environmental credentials. They achieved international environmental certification ISO 14001 in 2015 and are the only hotels in Iceland to achieve this certification, which provides complete transparency to customers on their environmental standards. They have been awarded numerous awards for their efforts in sustainability over the years, including 'Environmental Company of the Year' 2017. They pledge to; reduce waste and increase recycling, choose nature-friendly products and services, emphasize using local products and Icelandic ingredients, to follow the current environmental legislation and aim to exceed it, inform guests about their environmental policy and how they can participate and help educate employees and service providers about environmental issues.

Your boutique stay near the Blue Lagoon uses geothermal heating and electricity throughout the hotel, has replaced all light sources with LED bulbs, providing recycling facilities in all rooms and offers electric cars for rent for guests.

The Blue Lagoon, as well as being one of Iceland’s most iconic tourist attractions, has equally impressive credentials, and are winners of the 2021 'Environmental Company of the Year'. Their renewable electrical and thermal energy is provided by a nearby geothermal power plant and other recent projects include the installation of electric charging stations, education for employees about the effects of climate change, raised awareness regarding food waste in the staff canteens, a general overall reduction of other forms of waste and an increase in recycling, and offsetting all of their emissions.