8 Day Around Iceland Minibus Tour

The first attraction of this 8-day Iceland tour is the well-known Golden Circle, one of Icelands most popular attraction. First of all you will visit Þingvellir national park where the two tectonic plates, the North American and the Eurasian plate, are moving away from each other. Few places in the world offer a better and clearer view of this massive geographic activity. The biggest natural lake in Iceland is also located at Thingvellir National Park and hosts a great variety of fish and bird life. Thingvellir is also an important place for Icelandic national history. At Thingvellir Icelanders founded their parliament in 930 a.d. where the chieftains had their annual meeting every summer. From Þingvellir you will drive for a short time to the next attraction which is Geysir geothermal area. There you can see Strokkur hot spring gushing out boiling water every 5 minutes or so. Next up is Gullfoss waterfall (The Golden Falls), one of Iceland's most iconic waterfalls that has a drop of 32 meters over two tocky tiers. On a sunny day, you can see the glacier Langjökull in the distance and enjoy a rainbow in the mist of the waterfall. If you wish to make this day even more adventurous then you have the option of adding a horseback riding tour at the time of booking. After a good day of sightseeing you will spend the night in the Golden Circle area or more South near Hella village. Throughout this tour you will mostly be staying at country hotels that provide good opportunities of witnessing the northern lights if the weather allows.

Your second day includes the beautiful South Coast of Iceland. This day you will pass farmlands, rivers and pcturesque waterfalls.  Along the day you will have the waves of the Atlantic ocean on your right side. There will be plenty stops for taking photographs and explore the amazing scenery.  To make this day even more adventurous you can add on a glacier hiking tour. This glacier hike gives you amazing scenery through crevasses and jagged ridges, incredible surroundings around the glacier and get up close with the blue ice.  The last stop of the day will be Reynisfjara beach where you can breath the ocean air while exploring the extraordinary basalt stacks.  The accommodation of day 2 will be in or close to the town of Vík. 

This day will very likely be one of the highlights of your trip. You will travel further east along the South Coast, through the desert of Skeiðarársandur, passing another national park, Skaftafell. Further east you will stop at Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, one of the most iconic locations in Iceland. In Jökulsárlón you will see big and small icebergs breaking off from Breiðamerkurjökull glacier floating in the lagoon. If you look really well you might spots some seals that live in the lagoon. On this day you will have the unique opportunity of exploring ice caves inside on of Icelands glaciers. If you are visiting between November and March you will visit an ice cave in Vatnajökull glacier. If you're visiting at other time of the year you will visit an ice cave in Mýrdalsjökull.  This night is spent in the area of Vatnajökull glacier.