Iceland Travel Tour 169

1. Arrival to Keflavík Airport. || 63.99659728975712, -22.623826186647264

2. Rental car pick up and drive to hotel

3. Free time 

After settling in, the rest of the day is free for you to explore the vibrant city centre with its abundance of museums, restaurants and bars to suit all tastes. If you're interested in checking out Icelandic design or experiencing the city's thriving coffee culture, head to the main street, Laugavegur, and enjoy its various shops and cosy cafes.

4. Night in Reykjavík. || 64.14672487877195, -21.92592092487349

1. Breakfast at hotel

2. Rental car pick up

3. Þingvellir National Park. || 64.28227722964195, -21.076449201972185

Þingvellir (Thingvellir) is a historic site and national park in Iceland, east of Reykjavík. It's known for the Alþing (Althing), the site of Iceland's parliament from the 10th to 18th centuries. On the site are the Þingvellir Church and the ruins of old stone shelters. The park sits in a rift valley caused by the separation of 2 tectonic plates, with rocky cliffs and fissures like the huge Almannagjá fault

4. Haukadalur. || 64.31628238020117, -20.29555521422851

Haukadalur is a valley with geothermal activity in Iceland. You can see Geysir—the original “geyser”—and its more active neighbour, Strokkur, which spouts water every few minutes.

5. Gullfoss Falls. || 64.32726542646644, -20.11996249662424

Gullfoss is a waterfall located in the canyon of the Hvítá river in southwest Iceland

6. Kerid Crater. || 64.04229050367334, -20.887721522570395 

Kerið is a volcanic crater lake located in the Grímsnes area in south Iceland, along the Golden Circle.

7. Seljalandsfoss Waterfall. || 63.615676995580955, -19.988545167311653 

Seljalandsfoss is a waterfall in Iceland. Seljalandsfoss is located in the South Region in Iceland right by Route 1 and the road that leads to Þórsmörk Road 249. The waterfall drops 60 m and is part of the Seljalands River that has its origin in the volcano glacier Eyjafjallajökull.

8. Free time

9. Night in Vik

1. Breakfast at hotel

2. Dyrhólaey. || 63.40509575098541, -19.118352902880666

Dyrhólaey, formerly known by seamen as Cape Portland, is a small promontory located on the south coast of Iceland, not far from the village Vík. It was formerly an island of volcanic origin, which is also known by the Icelandic word eyja meaning island.

3. Reynisdrangar. || 63.403409968427596, -19.028161764101046

Reynisdrangar are basalt sea stacks situated under the mountain Reynisfjall near the village Vík í Mýrdal in southern Iceland. It is framed by a black sand beach that was ranked in 1991 as one of the ten most beautiful non-tropical beaches in the world. In 2021 Reynisfjara was rated the 6th best beach in the world.

4. Vatnajökull National Park. || 64.78439387844458, -17.209172174903127 

Vatnajökull National Park is a protected wilderness area in south Iceland centered around Vatnajökull glacier. Defined by massive glaciers, ice caves, snowy mountain peaks, active geothermal areas and rivers, the region includes Jökulsárlón, a glacial lagoon with icebergs, and the Svartifoss and Dettifosis waterfalls. Skaftafell is the gateway to the park with a visitor center, campground and hiking trails.

5. Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon. || 64.07443808662907, -16.22233053573356 

Jökulsárlón is a glacial lagoon, bordering Vatnajökull National Park in southeastern Iceland. Its still, blue waters are dotted with icebergs from the surrounding Breiðamerkurjökull Glacier, part of larger Vatnajökull Glacier. The Glacier Lagoon flows through a short waterway into the Atlantic Ocean, leaving chunks of ice on a black sand beach. In winter, the fish-filled lagoon hosts hundreds of seals.

6. Free time

7. Night Hofn

1. Breakfast at hotel

2. Lake Mývatn. || 65.60047529671472, -17.0139294162825 

Mývatn is a volcanic lake in northern Iceland. On the northeastern shore, Reykjahlíð village has an information center and is a base for exploring the area. East of here, Mývatn Nature Baths have a naturally heated man-made lagoon, with mineral-rich waters known for their health-giving properties. A short distance away, near Námafjall Mountain, is Hverir, a hot-springs area with boiling mud pots and fumaroles.

3. Krafla. || 65.71766491249603, -16.754334284117544

Krafla is a volcanic caldera of about 10 km in diameter with a 90 km long fissure zone. It is located in the north of Iceland in the Mývatn region and is situated on the Iceland hotspot atop the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which forms the divergent boundary between the North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate.

4. Námaskarð. || 65.6481229046303, -16.826409423054983

Geothermal area featuring a lunar landscape dotted with boiling springs & steaming fumaroles.

5. Lava field Dimmuborgir. || 65.59136916258139, -16.91219881150366 

Dimmuborgir is a large area of unusually shaped lava fields east of Mývatn in Iceland. The Dimmuborgir area is composed of various volcanic caves and rock formations, reminiscent of an ancient collapsed citadel. The dramatic structures are one of Iceland's most popular natural tourist attractions.

6. Skútustaðir. || 65.5683665195118, -17.037895407537366 

Skútustaðahreppur is a former rural municipality located in East Iceland, in Northeastern Region. Its seat was in the village of Reykjahlíð. In 2022 the municipality merged with Þingeyjarsveit under the name of the latter.

7. Free time

8. Night in Lake Myvatn

1. Breakfast at hotel

2. Skagafjörður. || 65.76373294252171, -19.653057021146726

Skagafjörður is a municipality that covers most of the land area of the region around the fjord with the same name in northern Iceland.

3. Goðafoss Waterfall. || 65.68293919892591, -17.550156345874093

Goðafoss is a waterfall in northern Iceland. It is located along the country's main ring road at the junction with the Sprengisandur highland road, about 45 minutes from Akureyri. The water of the river Skjálfandafljót falls from a height of 12 metres over a width of 30 metres.

4. Akureyri. || 65.68177130943657, -18.083218646542605

Akureyri is a city at the base of Eyjafjörður Fjord in northern Iceland. In the center, the 1940 Akureyri Church has stained-glass windows portraying scenes from Icelandic Christian history. There are views of the fjord from the forecourt. Nearby, the Akureyri Art Museum displays contemporary art from Iceland and farther afield. To the south are the Botanical Gardens, with specimens from across Iceland.

5. Free time

6. Night in Skagafjörður

1. Breakfast at hotel

2. Head to Reykjavik. || 64.14882076892387, -21.946520289166006

Use this day to explore more of Lake Mývatn and its unique surroundings. You might want to take a drive through the Jökulsárgljúfur part of Vatnajökull National Park to take in more of the sights. Don’t miss the imposing horseshoe-shaped Ásbyrgi canyon formed by ancient glaciers. Or, join a whale watching tour at the nearby village of Húsavík. This charming settlement is known as “the whale watching capital of Europe”. Spend another night in the Lake Mývatn area.

3. Grábrók. || 64.782862475878, -21.561853785224177 

Mountain in Iceland.

4. Borgarnes. || 64.54466677646542, -21.911717036124386

Borgarnes is a town located on a peninsula at the shore of Borgarfjörður in Iceland and is the largest town in the Borgarbyggð municipality with a population of about 3800 residents. It is a main junction in Iceland and the gateway to the Snaefellsnes National Park.

5. Deildartunguhver. || 64.66373110600368, -21.410642573059718

Deildartunguhver is a hot spring in Reykholtsdalur, Iceland. It is characterized by a very high flow rate for a hot spring and water emerges at 97 °C. It is the highest-flow hot spring in Europe. Some of the water is used for heating; it is piped 34 kilometres away to Borgarnes and 64 kilometres away to Akranes.

6. Hraunfossar. || 64.70343052330875, -20.976914227265187 

Hraunfossar is a series of waterfalls formed by rivulets streaming over a distance of about 900 metres out of the Hallmundarhraun, a lava field which flowed from an eruption of one of the volcanoes lying under the glacier Langjökull. The waterfalls pour into Hvítá, from ledges of less porous rock in the lava.

7. Barnafoss. || 64.70199321027629, -20.97238628840093 

Barnafoss, also known as Bjarnafoss, is a waterfall in Western Iceland on the river Hvítá in Borgarfjörður, about 100 kilometres from Reykjavík. Located directly upstream from Hraunfossar, the two waterfalls flow out of the Hallmundarhraun lava field.

8. Free time

9. Spend the night in central Reykjavík

1. Breakfast at hotel

2. Reykjanes Peninsula. || 64.1465184081727, -21.927550087560885 

Southern Peninsula is an administrative unit and part of Reykjanesskagi, or Reykjanes Peninsula, a region in southwest Iceland. It was named after Reykjanes, the southwestern tip of Reykjanesskagi. The region has a population of 27,829 and is one of the more densely populated parts of the island.

3. Flight check in

4. Flight back to USA