Icelandic Lava Trek

It’s a short flight to Keflavik and then a four-hour transfer to your starting point. Drive through lunar-style landscapes, passing by Hekla – Iceland’s most famous active volcano. Your campsite is at Landmannalaugar, in the heart of southern Iceland’s thermal area. After dinner is the opportunity to bathe in the hot springs, perfect for a good nights’ sleep. (D)

Accommodation: Camping

Leave the incredible rhyolite landscape and head into the glacial areas and fast running streams of the Myradalsjokull Icecap. Here is probably the most intrepid part of the trip, wading through ice-cold streams in Bláfjallakvisi. 

Heading down to the oasis at Hvangngil, the trek then follows through desert-like passes to your home for the night, the Emstrur Hut. You will be camping next to a stream here. (B,L,D)

Accommodation: Camping

Enjoy exploring Iceland’s capital Reykjavik, the world’s most northerly capital, with a visit to the mineral rich, geothermal pool at the Sky Lagoon before departing back to London. (B)

Having said goodbye to the rest of the group, you will have the rest of the day at leisure in Reykjavik. This evening you can have dinner in one of the many restaurants in town at your leisure. Overnight in hotel. (Lunch and dinner not included).

After breakfast you will be transferred to the harbour, where a whale watching boat awaits you. Have your camera constantly at the ready on this inspiring three-hour cruise around Faxafloi Bay. At around midday, you will return to your accommodation to freshen up ahead of the flight back to London this afternoon.