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Add an ExtensionTalk about a total immersion experience. As you plunge into the steaming water at your hotel’s private thermal baths, you can’t help but be awed by your surroundings. An hour’s hike has brought you to this secluded canyon, where a simple wooden boardwalk ends in two circular hot pools cradled between otherworldly volcanic ridges. Ahead of you are days of exploring Iceland’s waterfalls, lava caves, and volcanic craters. You’ll get to know our local friends, like the family that runs a stable of Icelandic horses. But leaving civilization behind doesn’t have to be uncivilized on this Iceland hiking tour—your hotel is a modern Nordic beauty, waiting to welcome you back with fireside cocktails and a scrumptious dinner of local seafood or Icelandic lamb.
Itinerary
Tue, Jun 7 to Wed, Jun 15 - 2022
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All you have to do is get to the airport. On our Flight + Tour Combos, we’ll take care of the rest, handling all the logistics, so you can travel with peace of mind. Spend your first night aloft and arrive refreshed for an unforgettable trip.
Start off your first day in Reykjavík right by having a Country Walkers representative greet you at the airport. A complimentary car service will whisk you to your centrally located hotel. From here, you are perfectly positioned to explore this charming city at your leisure.
Mt. Esja; 2-3 miles, easy to moderate. Gufuá farm walk; 1 mile, easy
Enjoy an included breakfast at your hotel before meeiing your guides at 8:30 a.m. in the lobby. They‘ll be wearing Country Walkers shirts. Please be dressed for hiking.
After brief introductions, your group will travel approximately 30 minutes north of Reykjavík to begin your first hike, a trail on Mt. Esja. This easy forest path slopes upward through fields of colorful wildflowers and shrubs, offering expansive views of lush valleys and soaring mountain peaks in the distance. Continue to the Settlement Center in Borgarnes, where a lunch of freshly made soups, salads, pasta, and homemade bread awaits. After your meal, visit the Settlement Center’s exhibits, learning about Iceland’s most famous settlers, including the poet-warrior Egill Skallagrímsson.
Depart the Settlement Center and make your way to a nearby historic farm to embark on a walk with a local farmer. As you stroll along the Gufuá River, you notice an abundance of rock cairns called varða. Historically, these cairns were used to help wayward travelers find their way. The cairns are also thought to be home to elves, trolls and “hidden people” or huldufólk. Your host happily regales you with stories about these beings and other Icelandic legends. At the end of the walk, you may have time to meet the resident horses, sheep, and goats who call this fairytale countryside home.
Continue through a magical landscape to your hotel, located just outside the quaint town of Borgarnes.
Once settled in, you’ll enjoy a welcome cocktail before dinner in your hotel’s restaurant. On the menu of high-quality, seasonal offerings may be a shellfish soup of langoustine, scallop and blue mussel, fresh fish, or perhaps leg of lamb with local vegetables. End your meal with a touch of sweetness such as warm chocolate cake with caramel, raspberries and raspberry ice cream, or skyr with white chocolate ganache, licorice ice cream, and roasted chocolate and rhubarb.
After dinner, with daylight lingering well into the night (during the summer months), you may choose to go for a peaceful evening stroll to a nearby lake.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
3 miles, easy. Hraunfossar and Barnafoss waterfalls; 1 mile, easy to moderate. Afternoon options: Víðgelmir lava cave tour, Húsafell canyon baths or Oddalindir woodland walk; 1-3 miles, easy
Linger over coffee and breakfast this morning as you admire the views through floor-to-ceiling windows, then depart on a walk in Borgarfjord, taking in the stunning scenery of mountains, waterfalls, and farmland as go. You continue to picturesque Hraunfossar (Lava Falls), where, after a hearty lunch in the café, you admire the idyllic beauty of its many watery streams cascading over a towering shelf of hardened lava. The nearby Barnafoss (Children’s Falls), is a more dramatic series of twisting rapids, named for a local legend.
This afternoon, you have your choice of several activities. Take an easy walk with your guides through pristine woodlands, and along the Oddalindir and the river Hvítá. For the adventurous, join a tour of impressive Víðgelmir Cave, Iceland’s largest lava cave (at your own cost). With its fantastic lava formations and brilliant colors, colossal Víðgelmir truly deserves its crown as the country’s mightiest cave. If you’re eager to relax, depart for a walk to the nearby environmentally sustainable nature baths, located in a secluded private canyon. Enjoy the quintessential Icelandic experience of soaking and relaxing, while nestled in a scenic spot with stunning views of the surrounding waterfalls within the canyon (at your own cost).
Later, you make your way to the small hamlet of Hvanneyri, where you’ll visit a special wool center for a brief, guided tour introducing you to the knitting tradition of the area. You’ll learn about the wool dying process using local plants and lichen, and afterward, there will be time to peruse the crafts shop. You’re sure to find a wide selection of high-quality handmade scarves, hats, blankets, and Borgarfjörður sweaters with traditional designs.
This evening a complimentary shuttle will take you into the town of Borgarnes to enjoy dinner on your own or stay at the hotel and eat another sumptuous dinner in the restaurant. Time permitting, you may choose to relax at the hotel’s outdoor spa or play a round at their highly rated golf course.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
1-2 miles, easy. Skagafjörður
Indulge in a satisfying breakfast, then a 30-minute drive brings you to the trailhead for Grábrók crater. Trek through a lava field to the base of this 3,400 year-old volcanic crater and climb to the top to enjoy stunning views from the rim. Next, head to Dæli Ranch (a ranch where Icelandic horses are bred and raised), for a private horseshow. Learn the history and admire the talents of these pony-sized animals with a demonstration of their unique gait followed by a visit to the stables, where you can truly get to know these friendly animals.
After a delicious lunch, continue to historic Skagafjörður, where an expert guide introduces you to the Glaumbær turf house and timber houses, all dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries. Enjoy an afternoon break with coffee and snacks before departing for Akureyri.
Arriving at tonight’s accommodation, you’ll step out for exploration and dinner on your own. Known as the “Capital of the North,” Akureyri is a hip, cultural center and has wonderful restaurants to choose from. Or, if you prefer, you can dine at your hotel’s stylish restaurant. You may also wish to take advantage of Iceland’s long hours of daylight and stroll through the Akureyri Botanical Garden or visit one of the many art galleries in town.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
1-2 miles, easy. Dettifoss and Selfoss; 2 miles, easy. Leirhnjúkur; 2-3 miles, easy
Enjoy a scrumptious buffet breakfast in the hotel restaurant before bidding Akureyri farewell. Today’s travels take you east to serene Lake Mývatn, in the midst of the geologically active My´vatn/Krafla region, home to volcanic craters, lava fields, and bubbling mudflats. It’s also where you’ll find Europe’s largest migratory-bird sanctuary, with many species of waterfowl feeding on the insects and algae of the lake’s warm, shallow waters.
En route to today’s trailhead, you’ll stop at Goðafoss, which means “waterfall of the Gods,” named for the lawspeaker Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði who made Christianity the official religion of Iceland. So devoted was Þorgeir, that after his religious conversion, he threw his statues of the Norse gods into the waterfall. After a quick view of (and short walk around) the falls, you’ll continue to your next walk. Trace an easy dirt trail adjacent to Lake Mývatn, with views of the impressive Skútustaðagígar pseudocraters. True craters are formed when lava from the earth’s core pushes through the earth’s surface; Skútustaðagígar was formed when hot lava crossed a cool body of water, and steam from below pushed debris into a crater-like shape. Also called “rootless cones,” pseudocraters are found only in Iceland and on the planet Mars! Along the trail, viewpoints over Lake Mývatn may offer sightings of birds such as Barrow´s goldeneye, wigeon, Slavonian grebe, scaup, and many other waterfowl.
Continue to a nearby farm resort for a (literal) farm-to-table lunch. Afterward, travel to a duo of waterfalls—Dettifoss and Selfoss. An easy, one-mile loop leads to Dettifoss, Europe’s most powerful waterfall (often compared to Niagara Falls). Marvel at the volume of water flowing across the mighty Dettifoss, then follow the cliff upstream to Selfoss, a stunning curtain of water stretching off along a rocky shelf.
Your last stop of the day in the active Krafla volcanic zone is at Leirhnjúkur, an eerie expanse of still-smoldering lava resulting from the Krafla fires of 1974-1984. Translated as “mud hill,” your trail (fortunately) is along a boardwalk the whole way. Be careful in wet weather, as the boardwalk can get slippery. Geologically active, Krafla’s landscape is teeming with volcanic craters, recent lava fields, and bubbling mudflats. The region is part of the greater Krafla volcanic system, a three-mile-wide and 50-mile-long strip of faults and fissures, which is the center of the country’s geothermal energy industry.
Continue to your hotel to refresh and relax, drink in hand, in front of the cozy firepit outside (or fireplace inside) before savoring another meal that typifies the bounty of the region.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Grjótagjá, Hverfjall Crater to Dimmuborgir; 2.5-8 miles, easy to moderate. Höfði; 1 mile, easy. Kálfaströnd; 2 miles, easy
After a delicious breakfast, you set off for a full day’s exploration of the Lake Mývatn region. The morning’s trail transitions from richly vegetated lava fields to an area blighted by wind erosion. En route, you pass the Stóragjá and Grjótagiá fault fissures, both used for bathing in earlier times. From Grjótagjá, you proceed through sandy plains and lava formations up the northern side of Hverfjall, a classic tephra cone. This near-symmetrical crater appeared 2,500 years ago in a cataclysmic eruption. Rising 1,520 feet from the ground and stretching 3,400 feet across, it is a massive and awe-inspiring landmark in Mývatn. The trail circles along the western edge of the crater, where you enjoy stunning views of the crater itself and the surrounding landscape, before continuing down the southern side into Dimmuborgir. The giant, jagged lava field at Dimmuborgir (literally the “Dark Castles”) is one of the most interesting lava flows in Iceland. These strange lava pillars were created about 2,000 years ago when newly erupted lava flowed across older lava fields and was dammed into a fiery lake. The surface of the lake cooled, and when the dam broke, the remaining lava flowed onward and left behind the cooled, oddly shaped pillars.
Following a lunch of soup or curry in Dimmuborgir, you continue your exploration of the natural wonders of the Lake Mývatn area. Time permitting, a short drive brings you to Höfði and Kálfaströnd for a final hike where you’ll see unique (and bizarre) lava formations—craggy pillars and twisted arches surrounded by water. Keep an eye out for the area’s birdlife, including common redpolls, redwings, and Winter wrens.
Mid-afternoon finds you with a few options: you can return to your hotel in Mývatn with time to relax and pack before a celebratory farewell dinner in the hotel’s dining room. Or, make a visit to the Northern version of Reykjavík’s Blue Lagoon, the Mývatn Nature Baths. Your guides can arrange a visit at your own expense. Lastly, a neighboring farm provides Icelandic horse rides, also at your expense, but with the guide’s assistance.
Dinner tonight features local cuisine. Perhaps a Mývatn specialty—hot spring bread, which is baked in the local underground bakery using geothermal heat and traditional methods, and topped with butter and smoked arctic char. Your main course may be wild thyme-crusted roasted leg of lamb or pan-fried Lake Mývatn trout accompanied by craft beer, wine, or local aquavit!
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
The final day of your tour begins with a 40-minute drive to the town of Húsavík for your flight back to Reykjavík. After your 55-minute flight, you arrive into Reykjavík’s domestic airport where complimentary transportation is provided to the Canopy by Hilton Hotel in Reykjavík for your post-tour night. You have the remainder of the day to enjoy the city. (Lunch and dinner is on your own.)
Included Meals: Breakfast
After an included breakfast this morning, complimentary transportation is provided to the Keflavík International Airport in time for your departure flight.
Included Meals: Breakfast
Thu, Jun 9 to Tue, Jun 14 - 2022
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Mt. Esja; 2-3 miles, easy to moderate. Gufuá farm walk; 1 mile, easy
Your guides will meet you at the Canopy by Hilton Hotel, Reykjavík, at 8:30 a.m. in the lobby. They‘ll be wearing Country Walkers shirts. Please be dressed for hiking.
After brief introductions, your group will travel approximately 30 minutes north of Reykjavík to begin your first hike, a trail on Mt. Esja. This easy forest path slopes upward through fields of colorful wildflowers and shrubs, offering expansive views of lush valleys and soaring mountain peaks in the distance. Continue to the Settlement Center in Borgarnes, where a lunch of freshly made soups, salads, pasta, and homemade bread awaits. After your meal, visit the Settlement Center’s exhibits, learning about Iceland’s most famous settlers, including the poet-warrior Egill Skallagrímsson.
Depart the Settlement Center and make your way to a nearby historic farm to embark on a walk with a local farmer. As you stroll along the Gufuá River, you notice an abundance of rock cairns called varða. Historically, these cairns were used to help wayward travelers find their way. The cairns are also thought to be home to elves, trolls and “hidden people” or huldufólk. Your host happily regales you with stories about these beings and other Icelandic legends. At the end of the walk, you may have time to meet the resident horses, sheep, and goats who call this fairytale countryside home.
Continue through a magical landscape to your hotel, located just outside the quaint town of Borgarnes.
Once settled in, you’ll enjoy a welcome cocktail before dinner in your hotel’s restaurant. On the menu of high-quality, seasonal offerings may be a shellfish soup of langoustine, scallop and blue mussel, fresh fish, or perhaps leg of lamb with local vegetables. End your meal with a touch of sweetness such as warm chocolate cake with caramel, raspberries and raspberry ice cream, or skyr with white chocolate ganache, licorice ice cream, and roasted chocolate and rhubarb.
After dinner, with daylight lingering well into the night (during the summer months), you may choose to go for a peaceful evening stroll to a nearby lake.
Included Meals: Lunch, Dinner
3 miles, easy. Hraunfossar and Barnafoss waterfalls; 1 mile, easy to moderate. Afternoon options: Víðgelmir lava cave tour, Húsafell canyon baths or Oddalindir woodland walk; 1-3 miles, easy
Linger over coffee and breakfast this morning as you admire the views through floor-to-ceiling windows, then depart on a walk in Borgarfjord, taking in the stunning scenery of mountains, waterfalls and farmland as go. You continue to picturesque Hraunfossar (Lava Falls), where, after a hearty lunch in the café, you admire the idyllic beauty of its many watery streams cascading over a towering shelf of hardened lava. The nearby Barnafoss (Children’s Falls), is a more dramatic series of twisting rapids, named for a local legend.
This afternoon, you have your choice of several activities. Take an easy walk with your guides through pristine woodlands, and along the Oddalindir and the river Hvítá. For the adventurous, join a tour of impressive Víðgelmir Cave, Iceland’s largest lava cave (at your own cost). With its fantastic lava formations and brilliant colors, colossal Víðgelmir truly deserves its crown as the country’s mightiest cave. If you’re eager to relax, depart for a walk to the nearby environmentally sustainable nature baths, located in a secluded private canyon. Enjoy the quintessential Icelandic experience of soaking and relaxing, while nestled in a scenic spot with stunning views of the surrounding waterfalls within the canyon (at your own cost).
Later, you make your way to the small hamlet of Hvanneyri, where you’ll visit a special wool center for a brief, guided tour introducing you to the knitting tradition of the area. You’ll learn about the wool dying process using local plants and lichen, and afterward, there will be time to peruse the crafts shop. You’re sure to find a wide selection of high-quality handmade scarves, hats, blankets, and Borgarfjörður sweaters with traditional designs.
This evening a complimentary shuttle will take you into the town of Borgarnes to enjoy dinner on your own or stay at the hotel and eat another sumptuous dinner in the restaurant. Time permitting, you may choose to relax at the hotel’s outdoor spa or play a round at their highly rated golf course.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
1-2 miles, easy. Skagafjörður
Indulge in a satisfying breakfast, then a 30-minute drive brings you to the trailhead for Grábrók crater. Trek through a lava field to the base of this 3,400 year-old volcanic crater and climb to the top to enjoy stunning views from the rim. Next, head to Dæli Ranch (a ranch where Icelandic horses are bred and raised), for a private horseshow. Learn the history and admire the talents of these pony-sized animals with a demonstration of their unique gait followed by a visit to the stables, where you can truly get to know these friendly animals.
After a delicious lunch, continue to historic Skagafjörður, where an expert guide introduces you to the Glaumbær turf house and timber houses, all dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries. Enjoy an afternoon break with coffee and snacks before departing for Akureyri.
Arriving at tonight’s accommodation, you’ll step out for exploration and dinner on your own. Known as the “Capital of the North,” Akureyri is a hip, cultural center and has wonderful restaurants to choose from. Or, if you prefer, you can dine at your hotel’s stylish restaurant. You may also wish to take advantage of Iceland’s long hours of daylight and stroll through the Akureyri Botanical Garden or visit one of the many art galleries in town.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
1-2 miles, easy. Dettifoss and Selfoss; 2 miles, easy. Leirhnjúkur; 2-3 miles, easy
Enjoy a scrumptious buffet breakfast in the hotel restaurant before bidding Akureyri farewell. Today’s travels take you east to serene Lake Mývatn, in the midst of the geologically active My´vatn/Krafla region, home to volcanic craters, lava fields, and bubbling mudflats. It’s also where you’ll find Europe’s largest migratory-bird sanctuary, with many species of waterfowl feeding on the insects and algae of the lake’s warm, shallow waters.
En route to today’s trailhead, you’ll stop at Goðafoss, which means “waterfall of the Gods,” named for the lawspeaker Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði who made Christianity the official religion of Iceland. So devoted was Þorgeir, that after his religious conversion, he threw his statues of the Norse gods into the waterfall. After a quick view of (and short walk around) the falls, you’ll continue to your next walk. Trace an easy dirt trail adjacent to Lake Mývatn, with views of the impressive Skútustaðagígar pseudocraters. True craters are formed when lava from the earth’s core pushes through the earth’s surface; Skútustaðagígar was formed when hot lava crossed a cool body of water, and steam from below pushed debris into a crater-like shape. Also called “rootless cones,” pseudocraters are found only in Iceland and on the planet Mars! Along the trail, viewpoints over Lake Mývatn may offer sightings of birds such as Barrow´s goldeneye, wigeon, Slavonian grebe, scaup, and many other waterfowl.
Continue to a nearby farm resort for a (literal) farm-to-table lunch. Afterward, travel to a duo of waterfalls—Dettifoss and Selfoss. An easy, one-mile loop leads to Dettifoss, Europe’s most powerful waterfall (often compared to Niagara Falls). Marvel at the volume of water flowing across the mighty Dettifoss, then follow the cliff upstream to Selfoss, a stunning curtain of water stretching off along a rocky shelf.
Your last stop of the day in the active Krafla volcanic zone is at Leirhnjúkur, an eerie expanse of still-smoldering lava resulting from the Krafla fires of 1974-1984. Translated as “mud hill,” your trail (fortunately) is along a boardwalk the whole way. Be careful in wet weather, as the boardwalk can get slippery. Geologically active, Krafla’s landscape is teeming with volcanic craters, recent lava fields, and bubbling mudflats. The region is part of the greater Krafla volcanic system, a three-mile-wide and 50-mile-long strip of faults and fissures, which is the center of the country’s geothermal energy industry.
Continue to your hotel to refresh and relax, drink in hand, in front of the cozy firepit outside (or fireplace inside) before savoring another meal that typifies the bounty of the region.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Grjótagjá, Hverfjall Crater to Dimmuborgir; 2.5-8 miles, easy to moderate. Höfði; 1 mile, easy. Kálfaströnd; 2 miles, easy
After a delicious breakfast, you set off for a full day’s exploration of the Lake Mývatn region. The morning’s trail transitions from richly vegetated lava fields to an area blighted by wind erosion. En route, you pass the Stóragjá and Grjótagiá fault fissures, both used for bathing in earlier times. From Grjótagjá, you proceed through sandy plains and lava formations up the northern side of Hverfjall, a classic tephra cone. This near-symmetrical crater appeared 2,500 years ago in a cataclysmic eruption. Rising 1,520 feet from the ground and stretching 3,400 feet across, it is a massive and awe-inspiring landmark in Mývatn. The trail circles along the western edge of the crater, where you enjoy stunning views of the crater itself and the surrounding landscape, before continuing down the southern side into Dimmuborgir. The giant, jagged lava field at Dimmuborgir (literally the “Dark Castles”) is one of the most interesting lava flows in Iceland. These strange lava pillars were created about 2,000 years ago when newly erupted lava flowed across older lava fields and was dammed into a fiery lake. The surface of the lake cooled, and when the dam broke, the remaining lava flowed onward and left behind the cooled, oddly shaped pillars.
Following a lunch of soup or curry in Dimmuborgir, you continue your exploration of the natural wonders of the Lake Mývatn area. Time permitting, a short drive brings you to Höfði and Kálfaströnd for a final hike where you’ll see unique (and bizarre) lava formations—craggy pillars and twisted arches surrounded by water. Keep an eye out for the area’s birdlife, including common redpolls, redwings, and Winter wrens.
Mid-afternoon finds you with a few options: you can return to your hotel in Mývatn with time to relax and pack before a celebratory farewell dinner in the hotel’s dining room. Or, make a visit to the Northern version of Reykjavík’s Blue Lagoon, the Mývatn Nature Baths. Your guides can arrange a visit at your own expense. Lastly, a neighboring farm provides Icelandic horse rides, also at your expense, but with the guide’s assistance.
Dinner tonight features local cuisine. Perhaps a Mývatn specialty—hot spring bread, which is baked in the local underground bakery using geothermal heat and traditional methods, and topped with butter and smoked arctic char. Your main course may be wild thyme-crusted roasted leg of lamb or pan-fried Lake Mývatn trout accompanied by craft beer, wine, or local aquavit!
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
The final day of your tour begins with a 40-minute drive to the town of Húsavík for your flight back to Reykjavík. After your 55-minute flight, you arrive into Reykjavík’s domestic airport and are driven to your departure point, either the bus terminal (arrival by 12:00 p.m.), an easy trip on your own to the city center or Keflavík International Airport, or to the Canopy by Hilton Hotel (arrival by 12:15 p.m.). You have the remainder of the day to enjoy the city on your own or depart for onward travels.
Please note that we recommend spending an additional night in Reykjavík in case your domestic flight is delayed. However, if you choose to depart Iceland on the last day of the tour, please schedule your international departure flight from Keflavík International Airport no earlier than 3:00 p.m.
Included Meals: Breakfast
Canopy by Hilton Reykjavík
The luxurious Canopy by Hilton is a modern hotel located in the city center near Reykjavík’s lively Laugavegur Street. A property spread across six houses, each guest room features amenities such as WiFi and a mini-fridge, with landscape-inspired décor in shades of ocean and volcanic rock. In Iceland’s temperate climate, rooms are naturally cooled without air conditioning. Use one of the hotel’s provided bicycles to explore the local sights, enjoy an evening tasting of Icelandic beverages and spirits, or relax in the hotel’s lush courtyard. Savor artisanal meals by award-winning chefs at the on-site Geiri Smart Restaurant.
Hotel Hamar
A certified Green Hotel, the Hotel Hamar offers breathtaking views of the Borgarfjordur fjord from its peaceful perch. Near the quaint town of Borgarnes, this rural property boasts locally sourced meals, comfortable rooms with popular amenities, and an 18-hole golf course.
Icelandair Hotel Akureyri
The Icelandair Hotel Akureyri is a comfortable retreat, where guests can enjoy being in the midst of Iceland’s northern wilderness without wanting for creature comforts. Bright, sunny rooms are simple and feature modern amenities like free WiFi and flat-screen TVs. In Iceland’s temperate climate, rooms are naturally cooled without air conditioning. Enjoy the sweeping view from the hotel garden, and savor delicious meals in the hotel’s Aurora Restaurant. With Akureyri’s city center just a short walk away, geothermal pools across the street, and natural wonders nearby, the Icelandair Hotel Akureyri places you perfectly for exploring the area.
Icelandair Hotel Mývatn
This new hotel, rebuilt on the foundation of a family-run property, is located on the idyllic shores of Lake Mývatn. Innovative Icelandic design is reflected throughout. Guest rooms feature individual décor and are equipped with modern amenities such as in-room WiFi. This lakeside hotel is un-air conditioned, and also features a cozy bar/lounge and restaurant as well as an outdoor hot tub where you can relax after a day of hiking the spectacular Icelandic landscape.
2022 Pre-Tour Extension - Reykjavík
1 Night From $248
per person, double occupancy
Single Supplement: From $248
All you have to do is get to the airport. On our Flight + Tour Combos, we’ll take care of the rest, handling all the logistics, so you can travel with peace of mind. Spend your first night aloft and arrive refreshed for an unforgettable trip.
Start off your first day in Reykjavík right by having a Country Walkers representative greet you at the airport. A complimentary car service will whisk you to your centrally located hotel. From here, you are perfectly positioned to explore this charming city at your leisure.
After a delicious included breakfast at your hotel, you are free to explore on your own, using our included city information packet to guide your discoveries.
Included Meals: Breakfast
2022 Post-Tour Extension - The Golden Circle
2 Nights From $1198
per person, double occupancy
Single Supplement: From $448
After breakfast, depart from Reykjavík with your small group and expert guide to visit some of the most iconic attractions in Iceland: Gullfoss waterfall, the Geysir geothermal area, and Þingvellir National Park.
At your first stop, Þingvellir National Park, you set off on an invigorating and scenic walk. The park is a UNESCO World Heritage site and was the location of Iceland’s ancient parliament, first established in 930 AD and convened continuously until 1798. In addition to being a gathering place for chieftains establishing law, it was an open-air meeting place for games, feasts, marriages, and trade. The park is situated on the dramatic rift valley where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates pull apart, clearly visible at the great Almannagjá (Everyman’s) Gorge which extends almost continuously from Lake Þingvallavatn north to Mt. Ármannsfell. Your hiking trail continues to Lögberg (Law Rock), from which important speeches and announcements were made.
A short drive from Þingvellir takes you to a local tomato farm for a delicious lunch featuring homemade soup and fresh-baked bread and a warm fruit pie for dessert. After lunch you’ll visit Geysir, which gives its name to the worldwide phenomenon, and Strokkur, or the “churn,” which spouts every five minutes. From here, a 10-minute drive takes you to Gullfoss, or Gold Falls; Iceland’s most-famous and most-visited waterfall and a national monument. From Gullfoss you continue (approximately 100 minutes) back to Reykjavík.
Dinner is on your own tonight and hotel staff can assist you with reserving a variety of activities for the following day.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
After a delicious included breakfast at your hotel, you are free to explore on your own, using our included city information packet to guide your discoveries.
Included Meals: Breakfast
After an included breakfast this morning, complimentary transportation is provided to the Keflavík International Airport in the morning or afternoon in time for your departure flight.
Included Meals: Breakfast
What's Included | Flight + Tour Combo | Tour Only |
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Exceptional boutique accommodations | ||
13 on-tour meals: 5 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 3 dinners | ||
Local guides with you throughout tour | ||
Local wine and/or beer with dinner | ||
Entrance fees and special events as noted in the itinerary | ||
Travel assistance available 24/7 provided by Allianz Global Assistance | ||
Telescopic walking sticks provided on tour | ||
Roundtrip airfare | ||
(Two extra nights in Reykjavík, Iceland) | ||
Airport car service for arrival & departure | ||
Pre- and post-tour breakfasts | ||
Business-class upgrades available |
Dates & Prices
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Flight + Tour Combo
9 days, includes round-trip international airfare , airport shuttle, and additional hotel nights with included breakfast.
Single Supplement: From $1,198
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Tour Only
6 Days. Includes walking vacation only.
Single Supplement: From $748
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Please note: Special savings cannot be combined with any other offer. Standard Terms & Conditions apply when purchasing this trip. Prices include all airline surcharges and Government taxes and fees. Ask our Tour Consultants for details. Every effort has been made to produce this information accurately. We reserve the right to correct errors. Prices are based on preferences selected above, including meals and sightseeing as specified in What’s Included. All prices are subject to change. Departure dates and prices shown may be updated several times daily, and apply to new bookings only.
The guides were subject matter experts on Iceland's history and culture, and geology too. The visits to Iceland's many small farms in the back country was one of the highlights of our trip, as were the Icelandic Horses. If a picture is worth but a thousand words, then please see below photos....
Alexis and John, Maryland
Iceland: Reykjavík, Borgarfjord & Lake Mývatn
Amazing trip! I was so appreciative to be able to travel abroad again and Iceland was the perfect destination. Our guides Thorey, Sori and driver Siddy were so knowledgeable. The scenery is spectacular and while the hiking was somewhat limited it's understandable due to the large area of the country we covered. This tour a lot of cultural visits and local interactions such as touring traditional turf houses and visiting with a farmer. I especially loved seeing all the beautiful Icelandic horses everywhere.
Happy Traveler,
Iceland: Reykjavík, Borgarfjord & Lake Mývatn
Experience your destination like an insider with people who call it home.
Arngunnur Yr
Born and raised in Iceland, Arngunnur Yr studied fine arts in San Francisco. She is an accomplished painter who exhibits at galleries and art museums around the world. Her love of nature and the outdoors led her to guiding. She is a certified guide and spends her summers in Iceland sharing her extensive knowledge of Icelandic geology, nature, and culture with visitors.
Baldur Gylfason
Baldur Gylfason was born and raised in Iceland, but he has strong ties to Canada too, where he spent part of his childhood and later completed his university degrees. In addition to being a certified guide, he is a trained psychologist and a mobility instructor with the blind. He has developed and run adventure-based programs with various groups and organizations in Iceland and, in his varied career, a common theme has been to promote activity and to connect with nature. Through his work and in his free time, Baldur loves to explore his country and capture its beauty in photographs.
Sori Heimisson
Sori Heimisson hails from the East Coast of Iceland. Certified as a guide but trained as an actor, he has performed professionally in Iceland and the United States. Like most of the men in the village where he grew up, Sori worked as a fisherman in his youth. Today he applies his knowledge of the sea to competitive yacht sailing.
Vigdis Olafsdottir
Vigdis (Vigga) Olafsdottir grew up in Kjosin, a beautiful farming region in the south west of Iceland. Her family still lives in the area and Vigga tries to spend part of every summer on her family farm. Vigdis is a certified guide and has also worked for many years in the travel industry as an instructor and travel planner. Traveling is her passion– and not only in Iceland! Vigdis has visited more than 40 countries and six continents. When Vigga isn’t guiding she loves to attend to her hobbies which include golfing and salmon fishing.
Thorey Sigthorsdottir
Growing up in a small fishing village in the Westfjords, Thorey Sigthorsdottir started her professional career in the theater, where she has worked as an actress, director, voice trainer, and drama teacher. Her love of nature and people led her over a decade ago to become a certified guide. Thorey loves yoga, meditation, dance, and horseback riding.
Keli Sigurdsson
Hrafnkell (Keli) Sigurdsson´s love of nature and the outdoors dates back to his childhood summers spent at his family´s cottage by Thingvellir National Park. He went on to study fine arts in England and Holland and today is an established artist and a certified guide. He loves to share his knowledge of Icelandic nature and geology with guests and is always happy to give photography tips! His art can be found in private and public collections in Europe and The United States and in 2007 he won the Icelandic Visual Art Award.
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