REYKJAVIK SIGHTSEEING

£35 pp

An ideal orientation to the capital including the little fishing village of Hafnarfjordur. Visit the cosmic looking Perlan nestling on a hill overlooking the city; continue to Hafnarfjordur via the Presidential Residence and the fish market; then to Hotoi, the Lutheran Cathedral and Hallgrim's Church. Hotel pick-up at 8.30 am for 2 1/2 hours.

GOLDEN CIRCLE CLASSIC

£65 pp

Available all year round and an all-day scenic extravaganza that bombards the senses. First stop the landscapes south of Lake Pingvallavatn before the national park Pingvellir. From there continue to Gullfoss, the Golden Waterfall, with its foaming, thundering waters over-arched with a rainbow or frozen as giant stalactites. Continue to the Geysir area with its spouting water geysers and bubbling mud pots with time for lunch (payable locally). Return to Reykjavik via the cathedral at Skalholt, the extraordinary crater Kerid and the greenhouse community Hveragerdi.  Hotel pick-up at 8.00 am for 9 hours.

GOLDEN CIRCLE SUPER JEEP CLASSIC

£152 pp

The white-knuckle ride of all time - a whole day tour following the classic Golden Circle (see panel above) route of Gullfoss, Geysir, Pingvellir and the Keri crater in a specially equipped Icelandic Super Jeep. Between Gullfoss and Keri on to hangjöbull glacier for a snowmobile tour. Every view from one is that little bit more special - every journey that little bit more exciting.

NORTHERN LIGHTS

£45 pp

Climb aboard for an evening hunt for the beautiful auroras known as the Northern Lights. Sometimes white, wispy and elusive and at others rainbow coloured, swirling and dramatic. The Norwegian, who first gave an explanation as to how they came about was driven mad (literally) by them: if you are lucky enough to catch a sighting your reaction may be a touch more muted!  Hotel pick-up at 9.30 am for 3/5 hours. By super jeep £75pp.

BLUE LAGOON, GULLFOSS & GEYSIR

£ 85 pp 

A full day excursion beginning with the Blue Lagoon whose warm, turquoise blue waters lie amongst the black rocks of a lava field: not only fun but also good for you, since there is now all sorts of scientific evidence that the Lagoon’s mineral salts help you relax and its white silica mud nourishes and softens the skin. From here you travel to Pingvellir where the early Viking settlers decided to stop raping and pillaging and set up a parliament instead. And then, on to Gullfoss, in winter a giant mass of frozen stalagmites and stalagtites overflowing with foaming water, before arriving at the famous Geysir area. Return to Reykjavik.  Entrance to the Blue Lagoon payable locally. Hotel pick-up at 8.30 am for 10 hours.

BLUE LAGOON & KEFLAVIK TRANSFER

£ 35 pp 

If you want some time for last minute shopping this is a short form of our other Blue Lagoon excursion leaving out the Reykjanes Peninsula, so you need not check out of your hotel until midmorning. An ideal way to make the most of your last few hours in Reykjavík. Hotel pick-up at 10.30 am leaving the Lagoon at 2 pm for your flight back to the UK. Entrance to the Blue Lagoon payable locally.

SUPER JEEP LOBSTER FEST

£ poa 

Iceland’s lava fields are so surreal they seem as though they belong to another world (in fact, NASA uses them to replicate the surface of the moon), but when illuminated by the blues and greens of the Northern Lights, they will take your breath away. We believe this tour, in which you negotiate the tricky mountain tracks from the astounding comfort of a luxury superJeep (a specially converted version of the world’s largest SUV, complete with four-foot wheels and deflatable tyres for gliding across the ice), is the way to experience them in true style. Depart from Reykjavik just as the sun begins to set, and drive under the stars down to the fishing village of Fjorubordid. Round off the evening by settling down to a platter of freshly caught lobster in butter and garlic. Hotel pick-up at 6.30/7.00 am

SOUTH COAST & ÞÓRSMÖRK

£ 110pp

Iceland’s Southern shore is an exquisite contrast between the hay meadows lying back from the shoreline, the backdrop of the Hekla volcano and the Mýrdalsjökull glacier ; black sand beaches fringed with white foaming sea and the plunge waterfalls Seljandfoss and Skogafoss. The star attraction here is Þórsmörk where melt waters converge in the Malkarflöt river which empties black volcanic sand on the beaches by Skogar. A protected nature reserve surrounded on 3 sides by glaciers and mountains, the torrenting streams make for adventurous crossings amongst the carpet of dwarf birch covering the ground. In the event of weather conditions restricting access, your route will be to Vik and Skogafoss. Hotel pick up at 08:30 for 10 hrs

BLACK SAND BEACHES & MÝRDALSJÖKULL GLACIER

£ 169pp 

Iceland’s Southern shore is an exquisite contrast between the hay meadows lying back from the shoreline, the backdrop of the Hekla volcano and the Mýrdalsjökull glacier; black sand beaches fringed with white foaming sea and the plunge waterfalls Seljandfoss and Skogafoss. Your day takes in all these as well as the bird cliffs alongside Vik (trivia note: vik is old Norse for bay, hence the etymology of Vikingpeople of the bay) and a hardcore drive up on the Mýrdalsjökull glacier on which you can snowmobile(optional and payable locally). Return via Hveragerði, the greenhouse village heated geothermally, back to Reykjavik.