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Gems of South Iceland & Reykjavík

Iceland
Must see sights & activities in South Iceland Explore some of the most famous sights and stunningly beautiful places in South Iceland. You visit Reykjavík, the Westman Islands, and the South Coast and explore the interior highlands of Landmannalaugar. The tour includes short walks here and there, bathing in the unique Sky Lagoon, whale watching and a lava show. If you like to see and experience treasure troves of natural wonders, this tour will spoil you with ever-changing scenery and unique outdoor activities. See an extraordinary, marvellous and unusual land, called South Iceland.+
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Basic informationMealsBreakfastAccommodationHotelTransportationBusDifficulty2/5 - Easy
Price includesPrice Includes • 5 nights accommodation, in rooms with shower/WC • 4 days escorted tour with English-speaking guide/driver-guide • Arrival & departure airport transfer by Flybus shuttle (no guide) • 5x breakfast • 1x packed lunch • Guided Whale Watching tour from Reykjavík • Entrance to the Whales of Iceland Exhibition • Entrance to the Sky Lagoon geothermal spa, including a rental towel • Return ferry trip to Westman Islands • Entrance to Eldheimar exhibition • Entrance to Lava Show • Entrance to Skógar Folk Museum • Return transport in a highland vehicle to Landmannalaugar
Price does not includePrice Excludes • Any private expenses • Any additional services • Meals that are not listed under “included” • Single supplement (mandatory when in a single room)
AccomodationFosshotel Barón in Reykjavík & Stracta Hotel in South Iceland
MealsBreakfast buffet is included in the tour price. 1x packed lunch. Lunch & dinner are on your own.
More informationPrices (per person): June-August 2026: Single - 3170 EUR Double - 2440 EUR Minimum age is 8 years old.
Welcome to IcelandIndividual transfer by Flybus shuttle bus from Keflavik airport to your accommodation in Reykjavik. You may explore Iceland’s capital city on your own if time allows. Overnight location: Fosshotel Baron or similar in ReykjavíkReykjavik City Tour, Whale Watching & Sky LagoonAt 09:00, meet your guide for a Reykjavík city tour, visiting landmarks like Hallgrímskirkja, the university district, City Hall by Lake Tjörnin, the harbour, and the striking Harpa concert hall. Learn about the city’s history from its founding to today. In the afternoon, head out on a 3-hour whale-watching cruise on Faxaflói Bay, where warm and cold currents attract whales and dolphins. Then visit the Whales of Iceland exhibition with life-sized models and virtual reality displays. End the day at the Sky Lagoon, soaking in geothermal waters with sweeping views where ocean meets sky. Overnight location: Fosshotel Baron or similar in ReykjavíkWestman IslandsAhoy! We take a short ferry ride to the Westman Islands. There is a bus and walking tour of the village of Heimaey and this extraordinary island. The volcanic eruption in 1973 is, without doubt, considered the largest natural disaster in Iceland in recent history. The eruption began on January 23rd on the island of Heimaey, the only populated island of the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago. After the evacuation of the inhabitants and during the 5 months while the eruption lasted, there was much uncertainty as to whether or not the island could ever be repopulated. We explore bird cliffs during our tour to the Westman Islands, walk up the volcano crater, and visit „Pompei of the North“ (Eldheimar museum), a volcanic excavation project. You have the afternoon free to wander around the town of Heimaey, with its birds and sign of recent volcanic eruptions. Finally, we return to the mainland and stay for 2 nights in South Iceland. Overnight location: Stracta Hotel, Hella or similar, South Iceland. Breakfast included South Coast & Lava ShowOur first stop of the day will be at the high but narrow Seljalandsfoss waterfall, which plunges over the mountains and where you can follow a slick and wet trail right behind the falls. We pass the glaciers Mýrdalsjökull and the infamous volcano Eyjafjallajökull on the way to the village of Vík, where we attend the stunning Icelandic lava show, the only exhibition in the world where you can experience actual flowing lava! By melting lava and pouring it on ice in a room full of people, you will be able to see the lava flowing, hear it sizzling, and feel the heat that radiates from it. We walk along the black lava beach and bird cliffs at Reynisfjara and see exciting basalt columns and rock formations. In the afternoon we visit Skogar, the folk museum with its turf houses and the thundering Skógafoss waterfall, which is 60 meters high and belongs to the most impressive waterfalls in the country or join an optional glacier hike at Sólheimajökull glacier tongue. It‘s an informative and easy glacier walk through a frozen wonderland of different shades of glacier ice. Overnight location: Stracta Hotel, Hella or similar, South Iceland. Breakfast includedLandmannalaugarToday we drive the rough unpaved road to Landmannalaugar, an oasis in the barren highlands surrounded by vivid rhyolite mountains. The highlight is a 90-minute round-trip hike up toward Brenninsteinsalda, the rainbow mountain of Iceland, which is still “hot” and where you can see sizzling sulfur springs and vapor at its sides. It could very well be the most colourful and spectacular volcanic mountain of Iceland, and so its picture is often found in books and calendars. After a picnic lunch, you have free time to enjoy a relaxing bath in the natural geothermal stream. Next, we take a short stop at the beautiful waterfall Hjálparfoss, surrounded by unusual basalt rock formations. Overnight location: Fosshotel Baron or similar in ReykjavíkDeparture HomeIndividual transfer by Flybus shuttle from your accommodation in Reykjavik to Keflavik airport. Breakfast included
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