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Your own version of the classic Golden Circle tour is
‘daylight-adjusted’ and personalized to your needs to ensure that you get to enjoy three of Iceland’s best known sights in their very best light. Duration: 6-8 hours Included: Pickup in Reykjavik, guided drive, National Park admission fee, awesome landscape and authentic culture Not Included: Meals and drinks, Admission fees to extra activities. Difficulty Rating: Easy Bring: Weather appropriate clothing and sturdy shoes |
"It was amazing! The best part about being on a tour of our own was that we were free to improvise. We had dinner at a small family-run farm/hotel/restaurant. This is something we'd never have discovered on our own". - Tripadvisor
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Exploring Middle Earth
Tectonic plates at Thingvellir, Geysir hot spring and Gullfoss waterfall with Langjökull in the background form together the most densely packed trail of landmark sights in all of Iceland.
We depart in the afternoon and take the scenic route through the mountain passes to Thingvellir National Park to enjoy it long after the daytime crowds have left the scene. The scenery is simply amazing and this is one of the very few places in the world where visitors can overlook the tectonic plates drifting apart, leaving in between them the depressed block of land filled with fissures and planes that we call Thingvellir. The name refers to the legislative general assembly that was held at the site for a two-week period each summer with Icelanders from all parts of the country gathering in the are to discuss important issues, settle disputes, trade goods or just to have fun. This is the very foundation of the Icelandic national culture and it was for that reason that Thingvellir was accepted on the World Heritage list for its cultural values in 2004.
After Thingvellir, it is time for our next landmark destination Geysir. The hot-spring was already an attraction in the 17th century as it was the first one known to the western world and the phenomenon bears it's name worldwide but in Icelandic Geysir means the one that erupts. The original Geysir has been quiet for the past years with only a few show-offs but just beside it is the very active Strokkur that erupts every 5-10 minutes.
Gullfoss or the Golden waterfall in the river Hvítá (White River) is the last landmark on our list of must sees but not the least as this giant waterfall of glacial melt-water is just magnificent as it plunges down in to the 32 meters deep crevice. The hammering noise and wet mist only adds to the experience to stand so close to the edge of the brownish glacial water from the highlands of Iceland, carving out and shaping the land below. Gullfoss has deep roots in both the folklore as the last milestone before reaching the highlands of Iceland and then in modern history as the first milestone of successful conservation of the natural shape and form of a waterfall rather than a simple input of water-mass for a hydro power plant. If weather allows we take yet another scenic route back home to Reykjavik under the midnight sun in summer or scout the best possible rout to catch the Northern lights in winter.
Like all our full-day tours, this tour takes in a wide selection of gourmet restaurants which make it their mission to use the freshest and best local produce so we are sure to find some to fit our schedule and taste every time.
We depart in the afternoon and take the scenic route through the mountain passes to Thingvellir National Park to enjoy it long after the daytime crowds have left the scene. The scenery is simply amazing and this is one of the very few places in the world where visitors can overlook the tectonic plates drifting apart, leaving in between them the depressed block of land filled with fissures and planes that we call Thingvellir. The name refers to the legislative general assembly that was held at the site for a two-week period each summer with Icelanders from all parts of the country gathering in the are to discuss important issues, settle disputes, trade goods or just to have fun. This is the very foundation of the Icelandic national culture and it was for that reason that Thingvellir was accepted on the World Heritage list for its cultural values in 2004.
After Thingvellir, it is time for our next landmark destination Geysir. The hot-spring was already an attraction in the 17th century as it was the first one known to the western world and the phenomenon bears it's name worldwide but in Icelandic Geysir means the one that erupts. The original Geysir has been quiet for the past years with only a few show-offs but just beside it is the very active Strokkur that erupts every 5-10 minutes.
Gullfoss or the Golden waterfall in the river Hvítá (White River) is the last landmark on our list of must sees but not the least as this giant waterfall of glacial melt-water is just magnificent as it plunges down in to the 32 meters deep crevice. The hammering noise and wet mist only adds to the experience to stand so close to the edge of the brownish glacial water from the highlands of Iceland, carving out and shaping the land below. Gullfoss has deep roots in both the folklore as the last milestone before reaching the highlands of Iceland and then in modern history as the first milestone of successful conservation of the natural shape and form of a waterfall rather than a simple input of water-mass for a hydro power plant. If weather allows we take yet another scenic route back home to Reykjavik under the midnight sun in summer or scout the best possible rout to catch the Northern lights in winter.
Like all our full-day tours, this tour takes in a wide selection of gourmet restaurants which make it their mission to use the freshest and best local produce so we are sure to find some to fit our schedule and taste every time.
Miðgarður or Middle Earth is, according to the old Norse Mythology, the human-inhabited world that shares borders with Utgard the world of the Jotnar (Giants) and Alfheim the home Elves.
