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HOLIDAYS TO ICELAND
AN ISLAND ADVENTURE
10 days from £1099 pp
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Circumnavigate the island for a surfeit of ‘wow’ factor sights and dramatically contrasting scenery ranging from black sand beaches, eerily misty fjords, steaming fumaroles to lush green moorland, fertile glacier plains and waterfalls.
DAY 1 UK – REYKJAVÍK Scheduled Icelandair flight to Reykjavík. Collect hire car, drive to and overnight at Hótel Leifur Eíriksson.
DAY 2 THE SOUTH – INLAND TO THE SOUTH COAST Scenic Highlights: Pingvellir National Park: Viking Parliament: Geysir: Strokkur: Gullfoss: Seljavellir: Skógar Folk Museum. Overnight at Dyrhólaey Hotel.
DAY 3 THE SOUTHEAST COAST Drive along the southeast coast with bridges fjording several dramatic outwash plains interspersed with black sand beaches. Overnight at Litla-Hof Farmhouse Hotel for 2 nights.
DAY 4 SKAFTAFELL AREA Scenic Highlights: Skaftafell National Park: Vatnajökull.
DAY 5 THE EAST COAST AND FJORDS Scenic Highlights: Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon: East Fjords and fishing villages. Overnight at Guesthouse Egilsstair.
DAY 6 EGILSSTAIR-MÝVATN Overnight at Vogarfarm Guesthouse for 2 nights.
DAY 7 LAKE MÝVATN AREA Time to explore the extraordinary scenery and wildlife in the area: the wooded headland at Höfði with its lava pillars; contorted black towers of Dimmuborgir; the pastel coloured Námafjall ridge with its steamy surroundings and smouldering, sulphurous Krafla.
DAY 8 AKUREYRI AND THE NORTH Scenic Highlights: Akureyri: Skagafjörur: Glaumbær Turf Farm/Folk Museum: Víimri: Vatnsdalshólar. Overnight at Gauksmyri Farm Hotel.
DAY 9 THE NORTH AND THE SOUTHWEST Scenic Highlights: Borgarfjörur: Grábók Crater: Borgarnes Activity option: Guided Saga Tour. Overnight at Hótel Leifur Eíriksson.
DAY 10 REYKJAVÍK-UK Morning at leisure. Drive to Keflavík Airport and return hire car. Scheduled Icelandair flight to UK.
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