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Day by Day Itinerary

October 26 DEPART BOSTON
Sunday
Meet your traveling companions at the Boston International Airport for the overnight Icelandair flight FI #630 to Reykjavik, Iceland departing at 9:35 PM. (Meals enroute)

October 27 ARRIVE REYKJAVIK
Monday
Welcome to Iceland! Our excellent guide, Fridrick Brekkan, will pick you up from Keflavik airport at 6:40 AM and drive you to Reykjavik, where your hotel is located.

****Hotel Reykjavik Centrum

October 28 GOLDEN CIRCLE
Tuesday
Today we will enjoy a full day tour of the Golden Circle. Our excursion captures the essence of Iceland in all its awesome beauty. Like the first Viking settlers who traveled once a year from all over Iceland to the plains of Pingvellir National Park (Thingvellir), we will visit a remarkable geological site and the most historic site on the island. Pingvellir is the site of the world’s oldest democratic parliament, the Althing, founded in 930. Pingvellir, located by Lake Pingvallavatn, the largest lake on the island, is now a national park. The beautiful canyon running through the park is actually the meeting point of two of the Earth’s tectonic plates. Pingvellir’s combination of natural phenomena and historical significance make it inseparable from the bedrock of Icelandic national life.

Then we continue to Gullfoss, the Golden Waterfall, one of the most impressive waterfalls in Europe. Here you will see thousands of tons of icy water thunder majestically down in double falls into a deep gorge. Only a few minutes drive from Gullfoss is the famous Great Geyser, which has given name to hot springs all over the world. You will see one of the most active geysers in the area, Strokkur, spouting up 98.5 feet. After lunch at a local restaurant, we visit Kerid, a lake-filled extinct volcanic crater. From here we drive over to the beautiful site and former bishopric Skalholt with its impressive church. Thereafter we stop by the volcanic crater Kerid and proceed back to Reykjavik in the afternoon.

(B) ****Hotel Reykjavik Centrum

October 29 Reykjavik
Wednesday
A day in Reykjavik with your private guide. Short city sightseeing tour, visit museums, the American Embassy and Bessastadir, the residence of the president of Iceland. In the afternoon we could visit the exhibition “The Volcano show.” In the evening dinner at Geysir Bistro.

(B-D) ****Hotel Reykjavik Centrum

October 30 Saga Circle
Thursday
Today we have a tour to Borgarfjördur area, where we experience an unconventional combination of impressive nature and the Icelandic Settlement and Saga-History. We visit Reykholt, where the historian Snorri Sturluson lived - and died, Hraunfossar and Barnafossar waterfalls. We proceed to the farm Borg and learn about Egill Skallagrimsson, the great Saga character, living in the 11th century. When we arrive in Borgarnes town, we have the opportunity to visit the very interesting Settlement Exhibition.

(B) ****Hotel Reykjavik Centrum

October 31 Westman Islands or
Friday Whale Watching
Either a day tour to Westman Islands. In early 1973, a volcano on the main and only inhabited island, Heimaey, erupted. Tour includes flight, boat tour and a sightseeing tour on the main island. $328 pp
Or
In the morning, a 3-hour whale watching tour and the rest of the day at leisure in Reykjavik. $139 pp

(B) ****Hotel Reykjavik Centrum

November 1 Depart Iceland
Saturday Arrive Boston
On our way to the airport we visit Straumur, a private information and sculpture center for the Nordic Myths. We drive Krisuvik road, visit an impressive field with steam vents at Seltun, and proceed to the beautiful South Shore trail to the Blue Lagoon, where we can have a relaxing bath before our flight back home. Fridrick will bid you a fond farewell when he delivers you to the airport right in time for your flight back home via FI #631 departing at 5:00 PM. Arrive Boston at 6:50 PM the same day. Welcome home! (B)

Note: Flight schedules are subject to change. B=Breakfast, D=Dinner.