• 8 Breakfast (B)
• 5 Dinner (D)

• Fridheimar: Explore a local farm and sample their sweet-tasting, homegrown tomatoes. Meet the family to learn about Icelandic horticulture and growing the tastiest tomatoes, all the while respecting the surrounding nature.

• Hand sanitizer is freely available on board for you to use throughout the day.

Insight Vacations

Meet your Travel Director and fellow travellers at a hosted welcome reception in Reykjavík, with canapés served as the group gathers. It is an opportunity to get acquainted and hear about the landscapes and communities featured on the journey.

Settle into the atmosphere of Iceland’s coastal capital, where a working harbour, colourful streets and geothermal warmth are part of everyday life. The reception offers a sociable introduction without the formality of a full dinner.

Visit Hellisheiðavirkjun to learn how Iceland harnesses geothermal heat to produce electricity and hot water. Discover the role of the volcanic landscape beneath the power station and hear how renewable energy supports homes and industry.

This MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® visit gives a practical perspective on Iceland’s geothermal resources and the country’s approach to lower-carbon energy. It connects the steam and hot springs visible across the island with the infrastructure that puts their heat to work.

Explore a local tomato farm and taste its sweet, homegrown produce. Meet the family behind the cultivation and learn how they grow tomatoes in Iceland’s challenging climate while respecting the surrounding environment.

The visit reveals a distinctive side of Icelandic horticulture: greenhouse growing makes fresh local produce possible even where the outdoor season is short. Talking with the growers brings the methods, care and everyday work behind the harvest into focus.

Explore the Geysir hot-spring area, where steaming ground and erupting geysers reveal the geothermal forces beneath Iceland’s Golden Circle. At Gullfoss Falls, watch the glacial-fed Hvítá River plunge in two stages into a rugged canyon.

These neighbouring landmarks offer contrasting expressions of the island’s natural energy: heat rising from underground and meltwater cutting through rock. The paths around Gullfoss bring you close enough to feel the spray and hear the force of the river.

Visit Seljalandsfoss and Skógafoss, two of Iceland’s distinctive south-coast waterfalls. See water spill over high cliffs and gather below in mist, with each fall presenting a different shape and setting against the coastal landscape.

The cliffs were once closer to the sea, and the waterfalls offer a visible reminder of how changing coastlines and glacial-fed rivers have shaped southern Iceland. Their scale, sound and drifting spray make this a rewarding encounter with the forces still moulding the island.

Get to know Vík, a small seafront village on Iceland’s south coast. Take in its coastal setting and the dark beaches and offshore rock formations that distinguish this stretch of shore.

Vík offers a close view of the meeting between volcanic rock and the North Atlantic. Its black shoreline reflects the island’s volcanic origins, while the exposed coast gives a sense of the conditions that have shaped life in Iceland’s southern communities.

Explore the Skaftafell area of Vatnajokull National Park, where glacier outlets, dark volcanic terrain and broad plains meet near Europe’s largest ice cap. Look across a landscape shaped by ice advancing, retreating and feeding rivers.

The contrast between glacial ice and volcanic ground makes this part of southern Iceland particularly revealing. Valleys and moraines show traces of earlier glacier movement, offering a sense of the immense, slow-moving forces behind the scenery.

Spend time beside Jokulsárlón, watching icebergs drift across a lagoon fed by the Breiðamerkurjokull glacier. Their blue and white surfaces change with the light as the ice moves gradually towards the sea.

The lagoon offers a vivid view of an evolving glacier landscape, where pieces of the ice cap break away and float through dark water. Its stark appearance has also made it a film location, including for the James Bond film Die Another Day.

Join your Travel Director for an orientation of Hofn, a small harbour town on Iceland’s southeast coast. Get a feel for its streets and waterfront, where fishing remains an important part of local identity.

Hofn is especially associated with langoustine fishing, reflecting its close connection to the surrounding waters. The town’s harbour setting provides a human-scale contrast to the glaciers and icebergs of the nearby southeast, showing how coastal livelihoods sit alongside Iceland’s dramatic scenery.

Bathe in the geothermal floating pools at Vok Baths, set on Lake Urriðavatn near Egilsstaðir. Relax in warm water while looking across the lake, with onshore pools and a sauna offering other ways to enjoy the setting.

Geothermal bathing is a longstanding part of Icelandic life, and Vok gives the tradition a distinctive lakeside setting. Its floating pools bring you close to the water’s surface, creating a striking contrast between geothermal warmth and the cool eastern landscape.

Explore the Lake Mývatn area, a northern Icelandic landscape marked by volcanic formations and concentrated geothermal activity. Look for mud pools and vividly coloured mineral deposits that reveal the heat beneath the ground.

The region’s lava fields, vents and lakeside habitats show how volcanic processes have shaped both the terrain and its wildlife. Conditions vary across the area, but the experience offers a close look at northern Iceland’s active geology rather than scenery viewed only from a distance.

Join your Travel Director for an orientation of Akureyri, a town at the head of Eyjafjorður often called the capital of northern Iceland. See its harbourfront, key streets and Akureyri Church as you become acquainted with the regional centre.

Established as a trading centre in the early 17th century, Akureyri grew into a hub for fishing, education and services. Its setting between fjord and mountains gives northern Icelandic town life a character distinct from Reykjavík.

Get oriented in Borgarnes, a west Icelandic town set on a peninsula beside Borgarfjorður. Take in its coastal position and the surrounding fjord landscape while learning where the town sits within the region.

Borgarnes provides a gateway to the scenery and settlement history of western Iceland. Its location beside the water offers a sense of how coastlines and sheltered fjords have influenced travel and community life across this part of the island.

Explore Snæfellsjokull National Park on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula, beneath the ice-capped volcano that dominates its western tip. Admire the landscape around Búðir, where dark lava fields meet pale coastal sands and hills.

The glacier-covered volcano gained literary fame through Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth. Across the peninsula, lava, cliffs and shoreline reveal the intertwined work of volcanic activity and the Atlantic, while local folklore lends another dimension to the landscape.

Walk the sea cliffs at Arnarstapi and examine basalt rock formations shaped by the Atlantic. The coastal path brings the textures of the stone and the movement of the sea into close view.

Arnarstapi’s cliffs are part of the varied volcanic coastline of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. Here, ocean erosion and ancient lava combine to create a shoreline unlike the inland glacier scenery, with open views that reward a slower walk and time to observe the details.

Visit Þingvellir, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where the landscape records the movement of the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. Observe the rift terrain and consider the geological forces that continue to shape Iceland.

Þingvellir is also central to the nation’s history: the Alþingi assembly was founded here in the 10th century. That combination of visible geology and Icelandic civic heritage makes it more than a scenic stop.

Choose a visit to Perlan Museum in Reykjavík and explore its interactive Wonders of Iceland exhibits. Learn about glaciers, volcanoes and the Northern Lights through displays designed to make the island’s natural processes easier to understand.

Set in a distinctive domed building, Perlan brings together subjects encountered across Iceland in one place. This included choice activity suits travellers who want to examine the science behind the scenery at their own pace rather than experience it through a simulated ride.

Choose the FlyOver Iceland flight-ride in Reykjavík for a seated, simulated journey across the country’s scenery. Motion technology and special effects create the sensation of flying over landscapes that include glaciers and fjords.

This included choice activity offers a different perspective on Iceland’s scale and variety without leaving the city. It is an immersive alternative to the Perlan Museum visit, particularly for travellers drawn to a visual, sensory experience of the island’s terrain.

Share a farewell dinner at a local Reykjavík restaurant with your travelling companions. Sit down together over a meal and reflect on the landscapes, towns and traditions explored across Iceland.

Dining locally offers a final opportunity to experience the capital’s restaurant atmosphere rather than a routine hotel meal. The gathering provides a relaxed close to the guided journey, with conversation shaped by memories of waterfalls, geothermal landscapes and coastal communities.

Take a guided tour of the Húsavík Whale Museum to learn about whales and their role in marine ecosystems. Exhibits also examine the history of whaling in Iceland, providing context for the country’s changing relationship with the sea.

In a town closely associated with whale watching, the museum adds depth to an encounter with Iceland’s northern coast. This is an optional experience at additional cost, bookable on tour for travellers interested in marine life and maritime history.

Meet Icelandic horses in the Borgarnes area and learn why this breed is so treasured locally. Spend time observing the horses up close and hearing about their place in Icelandic life.

Bred in relative isolation for centuries, Icelandic horses are known for their hardy build and distinctive gaits. This is an optional experience at additional cost, bookable on tour, offering a closer connection to the animals that have long played a part in travel and farming across the island.

Dine at the Settlement Center restaurant in Borgarnes, set within one of the town’s oldest houses. The setting gives this optional meal a direct connection to the heritage of western Iceland.

The Settlement Center is also home to an exhibition about Iceland’s Settlement Era, when Norse settlers established communities on the island; exhibition admission is not specified as part of the dinner. This is an optional experience at additional cost, bookable on tour for travellers who would like an evening with a distinctive historical setting.

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