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HOLIDAYS TO ICELAND
WHALES & WATERFALLS
8 days from £1185 pp
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Two of the best locations for whale spotting are featured in this itinerary as you follow a route out along the dramatically stark Snafellsnes Peninsula, round through horse country to the northern curtain block waterfalls of Goaffoss & Selfoss, and Europe’s most powerful plunge waterfall Dettifoss.
DAY 1 UK- REYKJAVÍK Scheduled Icelandair flight to Reykjavík. Transfer on arrival to and overnight at Hótel Leifur Eiríksson for 2 nights.
DAY 2 REYKJAVÍK Day free for excursions. City & Hafnafjörður: Blue Lagoon: Gullfoss: Geysir: Þingvellir National Park.
DAY 3 THE SOUTHWEST AND SNÆFELLSNES PENINSULA Collect hire car. Scenic Highlights: Borgarfjörður: Hraunfossar: Borgarnes. Overnight at Hotel Framnes in Grundarfjörður for 2 nights.
DAY 4 SNÆFELLSNES Scenic Highlights: Snæfellsjökull: Arnarstapi. Activity options: Bird watching cruise on Breiðafjörður Bay (2 hours May 15 - Sep 15 [twice daily from June 1 - Aug 31]).
DAY 5 THE SNÆFELLSNES PENINSULA AND THE WEST Scenic Highlights: Breiðafjörður Bay: Snæfellsnes’ fishing villages: Búðardalur: Laxárdalsheiði heath. Overnight at Gauksmýri Lodge at Hvammstangi.
DAY 6 AKUREYRI AND WHALE SPOTTING Scenic Highlights: Skagafjörður: Glaumbær Turf Farm/Folk Museum: Akureyri, the capital of the north. Whale spotting tour from Húsavík. Overnight at Vogarfarm by Lake Mývatn for 2 nights.
DAY 7 LAKE MÝVATN AREA Time to explore the extraordinary scenery and wildlife in the area: the wooded headland at Höfði with its lava pillars; contorted black towers of Dimmuborgir; the pastel coloured Námafjall ridge with its steamy surroundings and smouldering, sulphurous Krafla.
DAY 8 MÝVATN-UK Drive to Akureyri, return hire car, domestic flight to Reykjavík, transfer to Keflavík and return scheduled flight to UK.
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