South Coast, Glacier Hike and Northern Lights Winter Tour

South Coast, Glacier Hike and Northern Lights Winter Tour

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This full day adventure tour will give you the opportunity to experience the stunning South Coast of Iceland with an added glacier hike and Northern Lights hunt. This is definitely the ultimate Iceland bucket list experience!

Highlights

Get a view of a glacier and volcanoes
Visit the stunning Reynisfjara black sand beach
See Seljalandsfoss and Skógafoss waterfalls
Explore Reynisdrangar's peaks and cliffs
Experience a glacier hike on Solheimajokull glacier

Description

Your tour will start with a morning Reykjavik pick-up at authorized pick-up locations. You are then driven from the capital to Seljalandsfoss waterfall, where you will get the opportunity to follow a pathway that leads you behind the fall. Traveling onwards through sensational scenery you will arrive at Sólheimajökull glacier for an easy glacier walk. Your certified glacier guide will issue you with crampons and other glacier equipment. As you explore you will learn about the glacier, its movements, crevasses and formation. You will even hear the ancient ice cracking when it moves. Next up is the famous black sand beach at Reynisfjara to see the basalt columns and cave, the stunning Reynisdrangar cliffs and the impressive basalt rock stacks that rise above the Atlantic waves. Lastly, you will come to the smashing Skógafoss waterfall, a pathway with 527 steps leads up the side of the waterfall, where you will get a view of the falls and the rainbows that appear on clear days. Iceland is a volcano country and on a clear day, you will get views of Eyjafjallajökull, Hekla and even the volcanoes around the Westman Islands, just off the coast. This tour has a friendly atmosphere and your questions are gladly answered by your guides. You will be dropped off at your original pick-up location in Reykjavík around 7:00 PM. You will have free time to get some dinner, and then be picked-up again from your original point for the northern lights tour. From the capital you will go and hunt for the jewel-bright colors of the Northern Lights in the countryside. Green, yellow, white and sometimes purple northern lights are usually seen. Northern Lights can never be promised but your guide will do their very best.

Includes

Pick-up in Reykjavík Glacier hike on Sólheimajökull Certified glacier guide Glacier hiking equipment Knowledgeable guide Tour highlights Northern Lights tour Free WiFi on board
Food and drinks Hiking shoes

Important Information

Minimum age is 10 years old
Tour duration is approximately 16 hours
What to bring: sturdy hiking shoes with good ankle support specially for the glacier hike, warm layers, waterproof jacket and pants, head wear, gloves, scarves, water bottle, snacks and a small backpack is always suitable