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3-Days Gems of South Iceland

By GJ Travel
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Overview

Simply put, South Iceland is a paradise of natural splendours. This region packs in a bounty of amazing landscape and sights, each one more spectacular than the other. You see gorgeous waterfalls, black sand beaches, great glaciers, active volcanoes, towering mountains and lively bird cliffs. If this is your first trip to Iceland, the South is the perfect area to fall in love with natural wonders as you experience the most varied and breathtaking land. For return visitors, this tour shows you a striking region to remind you how mind-blowing this country is. There is simply no shortage of impressive spots to explore in South Iceland and it is a photographers’ dream.

Activity location

  • Vestmannaeyjar
    • Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Vestmannaeyjar
    • Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance to Eldheimar exhibition
  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance to Skógar Folk Museum
  • What's includedWhat's includedWiFi on board
  • What's includedWhat's includedFully escorted 3-day bus tour with an English-speaking guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch
  • What's includedWhat's includedReturn transport in a highland vehicle to Landmannalaugar
  • What's includedWhat's includedAir-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's included2-nights accommodation, in rooms with private shower/wc
  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance to Lavashow
  • What's includedWhat's includedReturn ferry trip to Westman Islands
  • What's includedWhat's includedParking fees
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAdditional meals, drinks and services

Know before you book

  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Westman Islands
  • 3 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: Stracta Hotel, Hella, South Iceland
Vestmannaeyjar
  • 4h
We travel from Reykjavík to South Iceland where we take a short ferry ride to the Westman Islands. There is a bus and walking tour of the village of Heimaey and this extraordinary island.
Eldheimar
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
An exhibition focusing on the 1973 volcanic eruption in Vestmannaeyjar which forced the entire population, of over 5000 people, to evacuate the island on a moment's notice in the middle of the night. Many of them lost their homes and belongings, some never returned to Heimaey.
Eldfell
  • 45m
We walk up to the volcano crater from the 1973 eruption.
Day 2: South Coast & Lava Show
  • 7 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Stracta Hotel, Hella, South Iceland
Seljalandsfoss
  • 45m
Our first stop of the day will be at the high but narrow Seljalandsfoss waterfall which plunges over the mountains and where you can follow a slick and wet trail right behind the falls. A graceful ribbon-like waterfall, which drops from an overhanging lava cliff. It is possible to walk behind it, but do not expect to stay dry!
Skogafoss
  • 45m
We visit the thundering Skógafoss waterfall which is 62 meters high and belongs to the most impressive waterfalls in the country.
Skogar Museum
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
The beautiful Skógar Museum is one of Iceland's finest folk museums. This museum contains an outstanding collection of farm and domestic artefacts from Iceland’s past and several turf-built houses.
Volcano Eyjafjallajokull
We pass the glaciers Mýrdalsjökull and the infamous volcano Eyjafjallajökull that erupted in the spring of 2010. Although a relatively small eruption, it cased a huge disruption to air traffic across Europe for a week.
Lava Show
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
In the village of Vík, we attend the stunning Iceland lava show; the only exhibition in the world where you can experience actual flowing lava! By melting lava and pouring it on ice in a room full of people, you will be able to see the lava flowing, hear it sizzling, and feel the heat that radiates from it.
Reynisfjara Beach
  • 45m
We walk along the black lava beach and bird cliffs at Reynisfjara, see interesting basalt columns and rock formations.
Solheimajokull Glacier
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket not included
In the aftenoon we stop at Sólheimajökull glacier tounge where you can join an optional glacier hike.It‘s an informative and easy glacier walk through a frozen wonderland of different shades of glacier ice.
Day 3: Landmannalaugar
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Not included
Landmannalaugar
  • 3h
Today we drive the rough unpaved road to Landmannalaugar, an oasis in the barren highlands, surrounded by vivid rhyolite mountains. The highlight is a 90-minute round-trip hike up toward Brenninsteinsalda, the rainbow mountain of Iceland, which is still “hot” and where you can see sizzling sulfur springs and vapor at its sides. It could very well be the most colorful and spectacular volcanic mountain of Iceland, and so its picture is often found in books and calendars. After a picnic lunch, you have free time to enjoy a relaxing bath in the natural geothermal stream.
Hjalparfoss
  • 30m
We take a short stop at the beautiful waterfall Hjálparfoss surrounded by unusual basalt rock formations.

Location

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    • Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland

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  • PEOPLEPEOPLEVestmannaeyjar
    • Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland

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