Green cliffs meeting the sea on the Icelandic coast

Wild north · Iceland

Iceland

Fire, Ice & the Northern Lights

Best time
September to March for the aurora; June to August for the highlands
Location
Nordic Atlantic

About Iceland

Iceland sits on the seam between two tectonic plates, which is why the ground is warm, the rock is black and there are more waterfalls than anyone has bothered to count. Ring Road One goes all the way round the island in about 1,330 kilometres, and it is the trip — glaciers on one side, the Atlantic on the other, and a village of two hundred people every hour or so. The weather is not a detail here; it changes four times a day and closes roads without warning, so an itinerary needs slack built into it. Come between September and March for the aurora, and accept that it is a lottery you enter three nights running.

Good to know

Flight time
12h from Delhi, via Frankfurt or London
Currency
Icelandic Króna (ISK)
Language
Icelandic; English spoken by nearly everyone
Visa
Schengen visa, 15 – 20 working days

What you'll do

The four we'd book first

  1. Inside a glacier

    Crampons on at Sólheimajökull and an hour walking up the tongue past crevasses and ash layers, each one a different eruption.

  2. Jökulsárlón, and the black beach

    Icebergs calve off Breiðamerkurjökull, drift down the lagoon and wash up on Diamond Beach, where they sit on black sand until they melt.

  3. Three nights for the aurora

    The forecast is a probability, not a promise. Three dark nights away from town, and a hotel that will wake you if it starts.

  4. Somewhere hot to sit

    Skip the Blue Lagoon's queue for the Sky Lagoon's sea-edge infinity ledge, or a village pool where the locals actually go.

Curated itineraries

Iceland packages

The full ring road with a glacier hike, a geothermal soak under falling snow, and three aurora nights budgeted in case of cloud.

  • Signature8D | 7N

    The Ring Road

    • Glacier hike on Sólheimajökull
    • Icebergs at Jökulsárlón and Diamond Beach
    • Three dark nights for the aurora
    • Reykjavík
    • Vík
    • Höfn
    • Akureyri

    Per person, starting from*

    ₹2,24,900, reduced from ₹3,19,400

    The Ring Road — Iceland, 8D | 7N, from ₹2,24,900
  • Honeymoon7D | 6N

    Iceland for Two

    • Two nights in a glass-roofed aurora cabin
    • Private hot spring soak at Reykjadalur
    • Helicopter over the Fagradalsfjall lava field
    • Reykjavík
    • Hella
    • Vík

    Per person, starting from*

    ₹2,59,900, reduced from ₹3,69,100

    Iceland for Two — Iceland, 7D | 6N, from ₹2,59,900
  • Family8D | 7N

    Iceland with the Family

    • Riding Icelandic horses on a black-sand beach
    • Walking through the Raufarhólshellir lava tube
    • Whale watching out of Reykjavík harbour
    • Reykjavík
    • Hvolsvöllur
    • Vík
    • Snæfellsnes

    Per person, starting from*

    ₹2,49,900, reduced from ₹3,54,900

    Iceland with the Family — Iceland, 8D | 7N, from ₹2,49,900
  • Luxury9D | 8N

    The Highlands, Privately

    • Superjeep across the highland river fords
    • Helicopter landing on Vatnajökull
    • Private zodiac among the Jökulsárlón bergs
    • Reykjavík
    • Þórsmörk
    • Höfn
    • Highlands

    Per person, starting from*

    ₹4,49,900, reduced from ₹6,38,900

    The Highlands, Privately — Iceland, 9D | 8N, from ₹4,49,900
  • Adventure9D | 8N

    Glaciers, Caves & Volcanoes

    • Descend 120 m into the Þríhnúkagígur magma chamber
    • Ice climbing with axes on Svínafellsjökull
    • A crystal ice cave under Vatnajökull
    • Reykjavík
    • Vík
    • Skaftafell
    • Höfn

    Per person, starting from*

    ₹2,74,900, reduced from ₹3,90,400

    Glaciers, Caves & Volcanoes — Iceland, 9D | 8N, from ₹2,74,900
  • Culture10D | 9N

    Sagas & the North Coast

    • Snorri's farm and pool at Reykholt
    • Turf houses at Glaumbær
    • Whales, and Húsavík's whaling museum
    • Reykjavík
    • Borgarnes
    • Snæfellsnes
    • Akureyri
    • Húsavík

    Per person, starting from*

    ₹2,64,900, reduced from ₹3,76,200

    Sagas & the North Coast — Iceland, 10D | 9N, from ₹2,64,900

*Per person on twin sharing. Prices move with season and availability — we confirm yours in writing before anything is booked.

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