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We Highly
Reccomend The Golden Circle
by Reykjavik
Excursions
Tour features
You can walk around the world-famous Geysir area, a geothermal field where
hot springs are in abundance, geysers explode and pools of mud bubble. The
Geysir museum is included as a main feature of this area, an informative
multimedia exhibition that vividly shows how the forces of nature shaped the
country and the people.
One of many highlights of the
tour is the volcanic crater, Kerið, and another is the Gullfoss waterfall,
the queen of Iceland's waterfalls, tumbling down a deep gorge. Finally, but
no less spectacular is a visit to the Þingvellir National Park. This is the
place of the most historic events in Iceland and exceptional beauty.
Þingvellir is the original site of the oldest existing parliament in the
world. The Great Atlantic rift is clearly visible, a rift which is slowly
pulling Iceland apart along tectonic plates.
Locations visited
Hveragerði greenhouse village, Kerið volcanic crater, Gullfoss waterfall,
Geysir hot spring area and Þingvellir National Park* (*If weather and road
conditions are favourable during the hardest winter months).
Operation
All year: Guaranteed departures daily at 09:00.
Duration: 8 hours.
Pick-up at hotels and guesthouses at 08:30.
English guidance all year, daily.
German guidance: all year on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
French guidance all year on Thursdays and Sundays.
Scandinavian guidance all year on Fridays.
Price
ISK 7000,- Includes bus fare, guidance and admission to Geysir museum.
Lunch & refreshments not included. Special rates are offered for Reykjavik
Excursions passengers.
Children 0-11 travel for free and 12 - 15 years old, pay 50% of the adult
price.
Reykjavik Excursions (RE) was
founded in 1968 and has since been the leading organizer of day tours in
Iceland. Operating one of the biggest bus fleets in Iceland makes RE one of
the largest organizers of bus tours in Iceland, both for individuals and
groups.
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The Golden Circle
Reykjavik Excursions
Tour features
You can walk around the world-famous Geysir area, a geothermal field where
hot springs are in abundance, geysers explode and pools of mud bubble. The
Geysir museum is included as a main feature of this area, an informative
multimedia exhibition that vividly shows how the forces of nature shaped the
country and the people.
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Reykjavík Grand Excursion
Reykjavik Excursions
Tour features
Reykjavík city, also known, as “smoky bay” is the world's most northerly
capital. The name derives from the first settlers who noticed steam rising
from the ground from the hot springs in Reykjavík.
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Afternoon Arrival via Blue
Lagoon
Reykjavik Excursions
Tour features
The geothermal seawater is led directly to the Blue Lagoon from wells as
deep as 2000 meters/6000 feet and the water stays warm and inviting at
36-39°/100-110°F throughout the whole year. An indoor Blue Lagoon and
geothermal sauna are also on the site. The Blue Lagoon’s warm water and
natural active ingredients; mineral salts, silica and blue green algae help
you relax and escape the stress and strain of daily life. The Blue Lagoon’s
white silica mud gently cleanses and exfoliates the skin and has a
revitalizing effect while the blue green algae nourish and soften the skin.
The mineral salts balance and relaxes body and soul.
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Wonders at sea with cruise
Reykjavik Excursions
Tour features
Experience the full scenery and sail on the amazing Breiðafjörður bay in a
unique landscape between thousand islands. The bay holds a fantastic variety
of bird life, including puffins, cormorans, the white tailed eagle,
kittiwakes, eider ducks and more.
See islands with incredible basalt forms and taste scallops and sea urchin
fresh from the sea. Experience wonders of strangely shaped cliffs and enter
a world where wildlife thrives in its own natural environment. A net-plough
is cast overboard and the seabed trawled for shellfish delicacies to taste.
It doesn’t come any fresher or tastier than this.
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Saga Circle
Reykjavik Excursions
Tour features
The Iceland Sagas are renown throughout the world and the west coast of
Iceland was the setting for many of them. This was a deciding factor in
locating the new Icelandic Settlement centre here, and this is where our
tour commences. After a visit to this informative venue we follow the
footsteps of the Viking warrior poet Egil Skalla-Grimsson and learn of his
feats and exploits as we travel through the countryside where he grew up and
later ruled as a chieftain.
We learn about the saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue (Gunnlaugs saga
Ormstungu), which commenced in the upper reaches of this fiord and occurred
at the time when Egil’s son Thorstein had taken over the family estate. We
visit Reykholt, the homestead of this family's most famous son. It was at
this location that Snorri Sturluson lived and wrote much of the literature
that made him the most significant Nordic poet of the middle ages. Here we
visit Snorrastofa, a cultural centre and an institution for research in
medieval studies erected in memory of Snorri and his work.
We will visit Hraunfossar and an inspection of the largest hot spring in the
Northern Hemisphere, Deildartunguhver. A stop for refreshments and a rest
will be made at the restaurant Tíminn og Vatnið (Time and Water) in Fossatún
beside the river Grímsá. From here the view over Tröllafossar (Troll Falls)
can be enjoyed over coffee and home baked goodies. The trip will conclude
with a tour of Whale Fiord, one of the deepest and longest fiords in
Iceland.
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