South Coast Tour

Included

• Pick-up & drop off from Reykjavík
• Hotel Accommodation with a Private Bathroom & Breakfast 
• Guided Group Tour in a Minibus
• Visit to all main highlights of the South Coast
• Guided Ice Cave Tour
• English Speaking Tour Guide
• All Necessary Safety Equipment
• Free WiFi on Board Your Bus

What To Bring

• Warm outdoor layers (wool, fleece or synthetic are best, not cotton)
• Waterproof jacket and pants
• Headwear
• Gloves
• Good hiking shoes are highly recommended

Itinerary
Day 1: Grand South Coast & Northern Lights
Pick up is at 09:00 am from your hotel or the Reykjavik meeting point you have chosen.  We drive towards the slowly rising sun on the way to our first stop, the very unusual Seljalandsfoss waterfall, you can actually walk behind the gracefully falling cascade. 

Our next highlight is another waterfall, Skogafoss, located at the foot of a very famous volcano, Eyjafjallajökull. On a clear day, you will also get a great view of another volcano mountain glacier, Myrdalsjokull. As we continue on, we come to Reynisfjara, a black beach where some fantastic sights, such as the picturesque basalt column formations and the famous Reynisdrangar peaks, will greet us. We will drive through the charming small town of Vík on our way to our accommodation. Throughout the entire day, you can expect to see breathtaking landscapes consisting of vast lava fields, waterfalls, black sands, and glacier tongues. We will enjoy a relaxing evening, if the conditions are right we will hunt for those northern lights! The countryside close to Vatnajökull glacier, away from the city lights, is perfect for spotting this natural phenomenon. Your hotel will be in Hof. (1-night in a country hotel in the Skaftafell area  with a private bathroom)

Day 2: Land of Ice
Today you will really get to know the glacier, venturing into the sparkling, blue/white world of an ice cave with a qualified guide, and visiting the extraordinary glacier lagoon, Jökulsarlon. Getting up close and personal with the vast glacial tongue of the great Vatnajökull glacier does not get any better than this!. Splendid icebergs of amazing shapes, some incredibly large, they jostle one another in the huge lagoon before gliding on their surreal and stately journeys to the Atlantic ocean. Many of these natural ice sculptures are washed onto the nearby Diamond Beach, you will see them glittering like diamonds, as they rest on the dramatic coal blackness of the beach.

Next, you go into the glacier with a qualified guide! Ice caves are fascinating. New caves are formed each winter by the melt-freeze cycle of the glacier, they are always changing. The journey into an ice cave will give photographers the most amazing opportunity to capture the shimmering blue light which passes through the glacial ice. Surprisingly deep shades of jewel blue will surround you, these tones are caused by ice compression, the way we perceive light and color, and the blueness can sometimes be intensified by algae.
After visiting the ice cave we head towards Reykjavík. We stop at Skaftafell nature reserve in Vatnajokull National Park, a green area in the midst of amazingly jagged mountains and glacier-topped peaks, the splendid scenery of Skaftafell is certain to be a highlight of your tour. We will keep an eye out for the Northern Lights on our way back to the city and will make a short stop if conditions allow for it.

We return to Reykjavik around 21:00 pm.

Note: Pick up is at 9:00 a.m. from your hotel or a nearby meeting point in Reykjavik. Picking everyone up can take up to 30 minutes, so your patience is much appreciated.