Marie & Shaw

From downtown Reykjavik we’ll take a drive to Leidarendi cave, a perfect example of lava tube geology. We’ll go by foot and sometimes crawl through frozen formations, small stalagmites and stalactites, and icicles of all shapes and sizes. We’ll finally have a use for our headlamps!

We can’t wait to experience this world famous giant therapeutic hot pond. It is almost a must that we soak in the powder blue geothermal seawater when in Iceland.

We’ll visit the magical iceberg lagoon and black beach, Jokulsarlon, where 1000-year old icebergs combine with a black volcanic beach that is covered in translucent blocks of ice that appear like massive diamonds on the surface. We can stop by the Seljalandsfoss waterfall and take a boat ride in the lagoon.

One of the best Iceland tours is the Golden Circle Full Day Tour, where we will experience the Kerid Crater. We’ll see towering waterfalls, Thingvellir National Park, bubbling turquoise geysers, and the Strokkur Waterspout all clustered around the Golden Circle.

With a trusty guide who knows the country roads we will travel outside Reykjavik to the best viewing spots, hearing about the science of this unique natural phenomenon and its related Icelandic folklore.