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Day 1 Home city to Iceland . Join our fellow travellers in Toronto as we make our way to Reykjavik on an overnight flight. Day 2 Reykjavik City Tour and free afternoon. We start our journey of Iceland in the great lava fields of the Reykjanes Peninsula heading for city tour of Reykjavik stopping at highlights such as Perlan observation deck, Hallgrímskirkja church and Harpa concert hall. The rest of the day is free for resting or exploring. Day 3 Reykjavik to Laugarbakki. We make our way from Reykjavik to the town of Borgarnes and then travel through the Borgarfjörður area to the amazing Hraunfossar waterfalls in the lava and the great hot spring of Deildartunguhver. We then travel across the highland Holtavörðuheiði heading north to our accommodation at Hotel Laugarbakki. Day 4 Laugarbakki to Akureyri. Today we travel through the farmland of Húnavatnssýsla to the Skagafjörður Heritage Museum July 18 – July 28, 2020 (11 days) Iceland HIGHLIGHTS Complete Circle Tour of Iceland The Blue Lagoon • Glaumbær Turff House Museum • Whale Watching Boat Tour Godafoss Waterfall Husavik Dettifoss Glacier Lagoon Boat Tour Skaftafell National Park Skogarfoss Waterfall • Golden Circle Tour Þingvellir National Park Geysir geothermal area Gullfoss Waterfall 9 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 8 dinners • Airfare Included located at a Traditional Turf Farm named Glaumbær. We then travel through the mountains of Öxnadalsheiði to Eyjafjörður and go whale watching at Akureyri, the capital of the north, where we also stay for the night. Day 5 Akureyri to Lake Myvatn. This morning we make our way along Eyjafjörður and then inland to the great Goðafoss (waterfall of the gods). We then head back to the coast, stopping in the old fishing village of Húsavík. Then we travel out to the Tjörnes peninsula just a few miles south of the arctic circle and to the horse-shoe shaped geological formation at Ásbyrgi, said to be where Odin´s eight-legged horse Sleipnir once touched down. We then head to Mývatn where we will spend the night. Day 6 Lake Myvatn to Egilsstadir. Today we enjoy the volcanic Mývatn area,

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Day 1 Home city to Iceland . Join our fellow travellers in Toronto as we make our way to Reykjavik on an overnight flight.

Day 2 Reykjavik City Tour and free afternoon. We start our journey of Iceland in the great lava fields of the Reykjanes Peninsula heading for city tour of Reykjavik stopping at highlights such as Perlan observation deck, Hallgrímskirkja church and Harpa concert hall. The rest of the day is free for resting or exploring.

Day 3 Reykjavik to Laugarbakki. We make our way from Reykjavik to the town of Borgarnes and then travel through the Borgarfjörður area to the amazing Hraunfossar waterfalls in the lava and the great hot spring of Deildartunguhver. We then travel across the highland Holtavörðuheiði heading north to our accommodation at Hotel Laugarbakki.

Day 4 Laugarbakki to Akureyri. Today we travel through the farmland of Húnavatnssýsla to the Skagafjörður Heritage Museum

July 18 – July 28, 2020 (11 days)

Iceland

HIGHLIGHTSComplete Circle Tour of Iceland • The Blue Lagoon • Glaumbær Turff House Museum • Whale Watching Boat Tour • Godafoss Waterfall

Husavik • Dettifoss • Glacier Lagoon Boat Tour • Skaftafell National Park • Skogarfoss Waterfall • Golden Circle Tour • Þingvellir National Park Geysir geothermal area • Gullfoss Waterfall • 9 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 8 dinners • Airfare Included

located at a Traditional Turf Farm named Glaumbær. We then travel through the mountains of Öxnadalsheiði to Eyjafjörður and go whale watching at Akureyri, the capital of the north, where we also stay for the night.

Day 5 Akureyri to Lake Myvatn. This morning we make our way along Eyjafjörður and then inland to the great Goðafoss (waterfall of the gods). We then head back to the coast, stopping in the old fishing village

of Húsavík. Then we travel out to the Tjörnes peninsula just a few miles south of the arctic circle and to the horse-shoe shaped geological formation at Ásbyrgi, said to be where Odin´s eight-legged horse Sleipnir once touched down. We then head to Mývatn where we will spend the night.

Day 6 Lake Myvatn to Egilsstadir. Today we enjoy the volcanic Mývatn area,

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visiting the lava field Dimmuborgir and the Námaskarð hot springs. Then we make our way to the magnificent and powerful waterfall Dettifoss and the breathtaking wastelands of Fjöllin where we overnight in Egilsstaðir close to Lögurinn river said to be the home of the great Wyrm.

Day 7 Egilsstadir to Höfn. Today we travel through the Eastfjords of Iceland with their rugged coastline and wild mountains passing through Reyðarfjörður, Stöðvarfjörður, Berufjörður and Djúpivogur with a few scenic photo stops along the way and a visit to the fascinating Petra´s mineral collection. We overnight in the vicinity of the Europe´s biggest glacier Vatnajökull.

Day 8 Höfn to Vik. Today we travel alongside Vatnajökull which covers roughly 8% of the surface of Iceland, with its long glacier tongues flowing towards the lowlands and glacial rivers making their way to the ocean. We take a cruise on the breathtaking glacier lagoon among the icebergs and drive across the black sand deserts left in the wake of volcanic glacier flooding. We also travel through the otherworldly eldhraun lava flow towards the great basalt columns. Reynisdrangar. Tonight, is spent in Vik.

Day 9 Vik to Reykjavik. We start today by visiting the waterfalls Seljalandsfoss and Skogarfoss, located in the foothills of Eyjafjallajökull volcano. Later, we head to the Golden Circle with lunch at the organic tomato greenhouse farm Friðheimar. On the way to Reykjavik, we visit the Great Geysir hot spring area, the massive waterfall Gullfoss and the National Park and Rift Valley of Þingvellir.

Day 10 Reykjavík Blue lagoon. This morning the group visits one of the world’s twenty-five wonders, The Blue Lagoon. The afternoon is free to explore the city center or get ready for the farewell dinner this evening.

Day 11 Reykijavik to home city. This morning we say our goodbyes as we transfer to the airport for our flight back to Canada.

ATLANTIC OCEAN

GREENLAND SEA

The Blue LagoonKeflavik Airport

GullfossÞingvellir

Akureyri

LaugarbakkiMývatn

Dettifoss

Egilsstaðir

Breiðdalsvík

Höfn

Vik

Reykjavík

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