Iceland Adventure
We started off at FlyOver Iceland, where state-of-the-art technology gives you the feeling of flight. Your seat suspends you so that your feet dangle as you watch and ‘fly over’ the landscape of Iceland with special effects of wind, mist and scents, along with motion, which allows you to feel exhilarated as you take the journey.
Later we joined the Reykjavik Food Walk which was just fabulous and I ate some amazing traditional food… but that’s all I’m saying as part of the tour is not knowing the detail, however, I can say that I highly recommend it! We then headed down to the harbour to embark on our Northern Lights cruise. Sadly, they didn’t come out to dance for us, but it was good fun trying to hunt them down! A fabulous first day and overnight stay in the city.
The next two days were full of adventure! We were excited by our Super Jeep mode of transport which firstly took us to the stunning Seljalandsfoss waterfall – it was amazing to be able to walk behind it and hear the phenomenal noise of the water, before we headed into the glacier area. Our local Ice Cave Guide fitted us with crampons, helmet and headlamp before trekking across the glacier to enter ice caves, it was exhilarating and the scenery was breathtaking…..as was Skogafoss waterfall.
We were blessed with blue skies and sunshine as we headed to Langjökull Glacier for our Snowmobile experience, it was something I hadn’t done before and I absolutely loved it!
Staying in the Golden Circle countryside for 2 nights, in the 5* Grimsborgir Hotel. It was so peaceful and perfectly situated for viewing the Northern Lights… sadly they didn’t show for us!
Our final two nights were back in Reykjavik where on our last full day we had an early morning Whale Watching cruise and were sooo lucky to see Orca’s. Then later that night, we took a super-jeep to try to hunt down those Northern Lights one last time ….and were successful…yeyyy! Such an incredible sight.
Geothermal lagoons are a must when visiting Iceland and I had the luxury of relaxing my body and mind in both Sky Lagoon at the beginning of the trip and Blue Lagoon at the end. They offer quite different experiences, with the Blue Lagoon considered one of the New Wonders of the World.
We had an incredible few days….other sights we were fortunate to see include a Geysir, stunning waterfalls, volcanoes….so much natural wonder, it truly is a wonderful destination.