The wonders of the Golden Circle with farm visits
We offer a Golden Circle Essentials tour, which brings you to the main highlights of the area. But this tour also includes some farm visits. Including one where we will stop for lunch.
On the dairy farm, we will enjoy the best ice cream in Iceland. And later on, we will have lunch on the tomato farm, (because, yes, we do grow tomatoes in Iceland)
Description of the tour
- Pickup at your hotel will happen at a pre-agreed time
- Half a day of visits to the most famous sites of Iceland.
- Drop off at your hotel at the end of the day.
Visits of the day:
The National Park: Thingvellir
Your guide will walk you through the national park of Thingvellir. With a very rich history that started in the 10th century, and which is very important in the heart of any Icelander, Thingvellir also displays some spectacular natural features that can be seen nowhere else in the world.
Dairy farm visit
Run by the same family for almost 300 years, Efstidalur dairy farm was opened to tourism only a few years ago. It has now become one of the main highlights of the Golden Circle, and we seriously think that they offer the best ice cream in the country!
Geysir and Strokkur
The English word geyser originates from the Icelandic geyser named Geysir. So this is basically the geyser that named all the geysers in the world.
But, as it turns out, this original geyser no longer erupts and is considered dormant. However, nowadays there is another geyser next to it. That one is named Strokkur and it erupts every 5 to 10 minutes.
Gullfoss, the golden waterfall
Gullfoss is not a very high waterfall. Originating in the glacier of Langjökull, it is only 32m high, divided into two drops of respectively 11m and 21m.
But a waterfall does not need to be high to be beautiful, and a waterfall also does not need to be high to be powerful. And Gullfoss is definitely beautiful and extremely powerful.
Lunch in a Tomato Farm
Although the harsh Icelandic climate prevents us from growing almost anything outside, Mother Earth granted us a magic gift on this tiny island; Geothermia.
Thanks to this power, we can accomplish the miracle of growing tomatoes and other vegetables and fruits even in the dark cold months of winter in greenhouses.
In the tomato farm of Friðheimar, they are harvesting about 2 tons (kg) of tomatoes per day, all year long. And they have a beautiful restaurant inside the greenhouse, where we will have lunch.
