A 3 day tour, which includes stops at at Vestmannaeyjar Island and puffin watching, Laki & Lakagígar volcano, Eldgjá Volcanic Canyon, Landmannalaugar, Icelandic Highlands. It includes 2 nights at Adventure Hótel Geirland and breakfast.
Day 1 - In the morning of the first day of your tour, you'll get picked up from your accommodation in Reykjavík. The tour will then head to the southern part of Iceland. The first stop of the day is at Landeyjarhöfn harbour where you will embark on a ferry to Vestmannaeyjar Islands. After about a 30 min ferry ride to Vestmannaeyjar Island, we will go straight to the southernmost part of the main island, Stórhöfði Cape. It's an ideal location to get up close to the oldest inhabitants of the island, the Atlantic Puffins. Next up is Eldheimar Museum, a volcano museum of remembrance of the volcanic eruption of 1973, when the entire population had to be evacuated from the island to the mainland in the middle of the night. After the museum, you will have the opportunity to do a short hike up the volcano Mt. Eldfell or spend some time in the town, before heading back to the mainland in the afternoon. Once back to the mainland, you'll travel along the south coast of Iceland, getting some views of waterfalls, such as Seljalandsfoss and Skógafoss, and the infamous volcano Mt. Eyjafjallajökull which erupted back in 2010, causing massive interruption of air traffic across Europe and North-America. We'll then make a stop at the scenic coastal village of Vík, where you will have some time to wander around the village or go down to the Black Sand Beach. From Vík, there's about an hour drive through the Eldhraun lava fields to the hotel where you'll stay for the night.
Hotel: Adventure Hótel Geirland.
Day 2 - After breakfast, you´ll start the adventure of the day at the majestic Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon. Hiking alongside the canyon is like being in a fairy tale painting. After exploring the canyon, you'll venture further into less travel area of Iceland, to Laki and Lakagígar, which are part of the UNESCO National Park of Vatnajökull. Once we are at Mt. Laki, we'll hike to the top of the volcano where you can get a great view of the site. You will see Lakagígar craters that were formed in a eruption 1783-1784, one of the biggest volcanic eruption in historic times. The eruption and the ash coming from it caused a famine in Europe, which eventually altered history as it´s said that the famine was the beginning of the French Revolution. We'll continue to drive around the highlands making couple of shorter stops before coming back to the main road. There we´ll make a stop at the small village Kirkjubæjarklaustur, where you have free time to walk around. You could check out Systrafoss Waterfall, Systrastapi Rock or Kirkjugólf (Church Floor), which are basalt columns stone slabs. From there, it's just a short drive back to the hotel.
Hotel: Adventure Hótel Geirland.
Day 3 - In the morning, you'll have breakfast and then check-out of the hotel before getting back on the road. We'll start heading back towards Reykjavík, but we'll be taking off the beaten track by driving a scenic F road, known as Fjallabaksleið nyrðri. Our first stop of the day is at Eldgjá canyon, which is part of the same volcanic system as Katla volcano, it is the largest volcanic canyon in the world, about 40 km long, 600 meters wide and 270 meters deep. We´ll do hike in the canyon and explore Ófærufoss Waterfall. From Eldgjá, we´ll continue further to Landmannalaugar, a pearl of the highlands. At Landmannalaugar, you'll have the opportunity to explore the lava field Laugahraun, hike to colourful Mt. Brennisteinsalda and/or soak in the natural geothermal pool. After about couple of hours at Landmannalaugar, we continue making our way back to Reykjavík before nightfall, but before reaching Reykjavík we will make a short stop at Hjálparfoss Waterfall situated in Þjórsárdalur valley. Once back in Reykjavík in the evening, you will be dropped to your preferred location.
