Breakfast at hotel. At 09:00am, meet your tour guide who will show you the Christmas spirit of the capital and the Reykjanes Peninsula. At the end of the day, soak off your travels in the warm blue waters of the famous Blue Lagoon. (Stay for two nights in simple cottages in South Iceland.)

In the evening, celebrate Christmas the Icelandic way. Before dinner, join a guided bus tour to visit the Christmas lights in the villages of Hvolsvöllur and Hella. The traditional Christmas lights had their origins in the Middle Ages when people needed to keep the lights in their abodes during the Winter Solstice. In Iceland, the tradition finds its roots in the Pagan Old Norse beliefs when people would keep the fire alive inside the central pit of the Viking longhouses to keep the darkness of the Winter Solstice outside.

Your festive 4-course dinner starts around 20:30pm and is served at Árhús Restaurant on the river banks in Hella, a small village in South Iceland. Drink a toast of sparkling wine as you enjoy a real special Christmas Celebration.

Breakfast & festive 4-course dinner included.

Overnight at Arhus Cabins.

After breakfast, head along the South Coast and get out near the active volcano that is beneath the Eyjafjallajökull glacier. We stop at the high but narrow Seljalandsfoss waterfall, which plunges over the mountain. There’s a trail that goes behind the falling water and offers impressive views if you are prepared to get wet! Further east, visit one of Iceland’s finest folk museums. This museum contains an outstanding collection of farm and domestic artifacts typical of Iceland’s past, as well as turf-built houses. Nearby is Skógafoss waterfall which is 62 meters high and one of the most impressive waterfalls in the country.
In the afternoon we offer an optional glacier walk on Sólheimarjökull’s glacier tongue. If you book a trip without the glacier hike, the tour continues further south where you walk on the famous Black Lava Beach at Reynisfjara, observe the Cap of Dyrhólaey and the Reynisdrangar Sea Cliffs before visiting the charming village of Vík.

If the night is clear, you might be lucky enough to see the Northern Lights swirling in a wild and carefree dance across the heavens in dramatic shapes, colors, patterns and sizes.

A la Carte dinner on your own.

Overnight at Arhus Cabins.

Breakfast at hotel. Today, travel on the Golden Circle route. You see steam from the Geysir geothermal fields as you arrive. There are a variety of hot springs and bubbling pools. The original geyser is now dormant but has been replaced by Strokkur “the Churn” which erupts at 5-10 minute intervals. You continue to Gullfoss “the golden falls”, a double waterfall that tumbles 34 meters into the Hvítá river, and attracts tourists and travellers in summer and winter. We travel inland to Thingvellir National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site before returning to Reykjavík for one night. Overnight at Hotel Cabin. The program includes a culinary treat at a traditional restaurant located downtown Reykjavík.

Breakfast & fine dinner included.

Overnight at Hotel Cabin.

Breakfast at hotel. Individual transfer by Flybus airport shuttle from your accommodation in Reykjavík to Keflavík Airport after a memorable holiday!