Most tours of Iceland's South Coast start before sunrise and return you to Reykjavík by late afternoon. This one is built differently. The day begins at noon - you sleep in, take your time, and leave the city at a civilised hour - because the real highlight of this tour does not happen until the evening, in a candlelit barn on a Viking farm deep in the South Iceland countryside.

The afternoon belongs to the coast at its most spectacular. Seljalandsfoss is one of the few waterfalls in the world where you can walk all the way behind the curtain of falling water - a perspective that stays with you long after you have dried off. Just around the corner, Gljúfrabúi hides inside a narrow gorge that most South Coast visitors walk straight past, its cascade pouring unseen into an enclosed stone chamber. Skógafoss follows with pure scale: 60 metres of falling water, a permanent mist, and a staircase alongside that climbs to views across the entire coastal plain. At Sólheimajökull Glacier, the afternoon light hits ancient ice in a way that photographs genuinely cannot capture. The dramatic headland at Dyrhólaey closes the coastal leg with panoramic views across the black sand shore stretching far in both directions.

Then, as the sky darkens over South Iceland, the evening begins.

Efri-Úlfsstaðir is a working farm near Hvolsvöllur that sits on the historic land of Brennu-Njáls Saga - one of the greatest medieval tales ever written, and one of the most violent and beautiful stories in Icelandic literature. The Viking Story Night here is not a show. It is a gathering: guests are welcomed into the stable to meet the Icelandic horses before moving to the saga barn, where long wooden tables are lit by candlelight and a local storyteller named Valdimar shares the sagas alongside tales of Icelandic elves, trolls, and a thousand years of farm life. A tasting of traditional Icelandic foods - shark, dried fish, and smoked lamb - is served as the stories unfold. It is intimate, unhurried, and completely unlike anything else available on the South Coast.

The drive back to Reykjavík passes through the quiet Icelandic night. By the time you arrive, you will have seen the South Coast and heard the stories that have shaped this country for a thousand years - and you will have done it all without a single early morning alarm.

Please note: the Viking Story Night fee at Efri-Úlfsstaðir is not included in the initial price but can be added at the checkout page.