11 nights, 5 stops — the definitive iceland winter journey.
Reykjavik → Golden Circle → South Coast → Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon → North Iceland.
Arrive in Reykjavik, met and transferred to your accommodation. Few capitals offer the northern lights from their own streets on a clear winter night.
Explore the capital, then a whale-watching trip from the harbour. Settle in, soak at the Blue Lagoon and watch for aurora after dark.
Transfer to Golden Circle. Tour the rift at Þingvellir, the Geysir field and Gullfoss falls. Walk between the continents and watch Strokkur erupt, with aurora after dark.
Walk between the continents and watch Strokkur erupt, with aurora after dark. The Golden Circle is where you literally walk between two continents as they drift apart.
Transfer to South Coast. Visit Seljalandsfoss and Skógafoss, the black beach at Reynisfjara, and hunt aurora after dark. Walk behind a waterfall and hike a glacier tongue, with aurora at night.
Walk behind a waterfall and hike a glacier tongue, with aurora at night. The waterfalls and black sands of the coast, ending with an aurora watch.
Transfer to Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon. Explore the iceberg lagoon and Diamond Beach, with aurora at night. A guided trip into a blue ice cave beneath Vatnajökull.
A guided trip into a blue ice cave beneath Vatnajökull. Glacier-edge walks and the lagoon, ending with an aurora watch. Stepping into a glowing blue ice cave beneath Vatnajökull is one of Iceland's most unforgettable experiences.
Transfer to North Iceland. Explore the Mývatn geothermal region and Goðafoss, with aurora at night. Soak in the Mývatn Nature Baths and tour the craters and lava.
Soak in the Mývatn Nature Baths and tour the craters and lava. Whale-watch from Húsavík and chase aurora over the north. The north offers Mývatn's volcanic wonders and Húsavík's whales with a fraction of the south's visitors.
Whale-watch from Húsavík and chase aurora over the north.
A final morning in North Iceland — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
Aurora season — northern lights possible from the city and on evening tours.
Midnight sun, whale-watching at its peak and long bright days.
A sleek waterfront design hotel by the harbour — Reykjavik's most polished address.
A boutique manor and horse farm beneath the South Coast volcanoes — intimate and characterful.
A 1930s art-deco landmark on the central square, full of period character.
A stylish hotel beside the Geysir field, ideally placed on the Golden Circle.
A renowned aurora hotel with an observatory and wake-up call for the northern lights.
A modern hotel near the glacier lagoon, the comfortable base for the ice caves.
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