Signature · 8D | 7N
The Ring Road
The full 1,330-kilometre loop anticlockwise, with a glacier hike on the south coast, the iceberg lagoon, Mývatn's steam in the north, and three aurora nights.
- Best time
- September to March for the aurora; June to August for the highlands
- Route
- Reykjavík · Vík · Höfn · Akureyri
Day by day
8 days, planned in full
The full 1,330-kilometre loop anticlockwise, with a glacier hike on the south coast, the iceberg lagoon, Mývatn's steam in the north, and three aurora nights.
Day 1
Arrive in Reykjavík
In from Keflavík with a stop at the Sky Lagoon's sea-edge pools to get rid of the flight, then a hotel in the old centre.
- Night
- Reykjavík
- Meals
- Dinner
Day 2
The Golden Circle
Þingvellir, where the plates pull apart and the old parliament met, Geysir's Strokkur going off every ten minutes, and Gullfoss.
- Night
- Reykjavík
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 3
The south coast
Seljalandsfoss to walk behind, Skógafoss, then crampons on for two hours up Sólheimajökull, and Reynisfjara's black sand at Vík.
- Night
- Vík
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 4
Glacier lagoon
Across the Skeiðarársandur to Skaftafell for a canyon walk, then Jökulsárlón's icebergs and Diamond Beach in the late light.
- Night
- Höfn
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 5
The east fjords
A long, empty day round the fjords — reindeer, fishing villages of forty houses, and the puffin cliffs at Borgarfjörður if it is summer.
- Night
- Egilsstaðir
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 6
Mývatn and Dettifoss
Europe's most powerful waterfall, the mud pools at Hverir, Dimmuborgir's lava pillars, and the Mývatn nature baths at the end of it.
- Night
- Mývatn
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 7
Whales at Húsavík, then Akureyri
A morning on the water with humpbacks in the bay, Goðafoss on the drive, and a night in the north's capital of eighteen thousand people.
- Night
- Akureyri
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 8
Fly home
The internal hop to Keflavík, or the long drive down through Borgarnes if the schedule favours it.
- Meals
- Breakfast
What's included
- 7 nights in country hotels and guesthouses, all with aurora wake-up calls
- Return economy airfare from Delhi or Mumbai
- Small-group coach with a driver-guide for the whole loop
- Guided glacier hike with crampons, helmet and axe
- Húsavík whale-watching and Mývatn nature baths
- Sky Lagoon entry on arrival day
- Daily breakfast and four dinners where the villages have nowhere else
Not included
- Schengen visa fees and appointment
- Lunches, and dinners not named in the itinerary
- Travel insurance, mandatory for the Schengen application
- Ice cave entry, which is a winter-only add-on
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