Best of Iceland

On arrival, you'll be met by your private driver and taken to your hotel. After settling in, meet your guide for a private guided tour, exploring this lovely capital. Be sure to check out the design stores and cool cafes in central Reykjavik.

In the evening you can enjoy a gourmet dinner at one of Reykjavik's many fine restaurants - taste the fresh Atlantic seafood or free-range lamb that Iceland is famous for.

Reykjavik is an easy city to explore on foot or bike. Feel the fresh air on your face with a visit to the harbour and perhaps enjoy a food tour of this small capital. If you're interested in experiencing the city's thriving coffee culture, head to the main street, Laugavegur, to enjoy its various shops and cosy cafes.

We have included a visit to the Sky Lagoon with Saman Experience with transfers. Follow the seven step step ritual including saunas and the signature Sky Body Scrub.

Pick up your hire car at 9.00am in the morning.

Today is known as driving the Golden Circle: erupting hot springs at Geysir, Gullfoss waterfalls and Þingvellir National Park. The Gullfoss waterfalls are Iceland's most popular and easily accessible from Reykjavik, therefore, rather crowded in the peak season. These two-tiered waterfalls are spectacular and involve a short walk from the car park.

Þingvellir is one of the most frequently visited tourist sites in Iceland where you can become better acquainted with Iceland's history and traditions. You can join guided tours of the site and also find short hiking trails to help you explore Þingvellir National Park.

Tonight, stay in manor house located in the very heart of southern Iceland, surrounded by stunning nature in the tranquility of the countryside. Just under the wide expanses of the Icelandic highlands and in the vicinity of glaciers and volcanoes, overlooking the North Atlantic Ocean.

This morning, before departing your manor hotel, for those who enjoy riding horses, there is the option to book a 1-hour easy horseback ride on the gentle pure breed Icelandic horse, around the beautiful surroundings of farm to Írárfoss waterfall.

Spend two nights exploring South Iceland - in a hotel located perfectly for nature lovers. Right between Skaftafell and Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, you have time to explore two of Iceland's most spectacular natural attractions.

We have included a zodiac boat tour on the Fjallsárlón Glacier Lagoon during your stay as well as a blue ice glacier walk.

Be surprised by the small village of Fáskrúðsfjörður. The French had heavily fished Icelandic waters since the 16th century and street signs here are in Icelandic and French. There is a French cemetery outside town filled with too few of the many thousands of French sailors who lost their lives in 100-plus shipwrecks, and the former French hospital is now a fine hotel with an excellent museum detailing France’s long history of Icelandic miseries.

This village is on the Iceland's east coast, renowned for magnificent nature and landscape.

Included today is a classic boat tour on the glacier lake, Fjallsárlón.

After breakfast, head north to Lake Mývatn’s eastern shore. On the drive this morning, we suggest you take a detour to Seyðisfjörður and the Gufu waterfall. Stop at the Vök baths for a dip and lunch. Alternatively, plan your day to stop for lunch at Nielsen Restaurant (midweek only).

Continue on to the Lake Mývatn region where you have two days to explore this otherworldly area, a hotbed of volcanic landscapes such as the Námaskarð Pass, the Skútustaðagígar pseudo-craters, the Dimmuborgir lava formations and Mt. Krafla, one of Iceland’s most interesting volcanoes.

Included on Day 8 is a silent whale watching tour and the option to go to Geosea hot springs resort.

End the day at Mývatn Nature Baths (optional) in a pool of geothermal water drawn from depths of up to 2,500 metres, a great way to relax after sightseeing, and enjoy the midnight sun.

Drive towards Akureyri, enjoy lunch in the small town centre, or head to the art centre on the harbour for a panoramic lunch before travelling further east. Included today is the Forest Lagoon spa resort.

Tonight, you will enjoy special accommodation with magnificent views across the open North Atlantic Ocean to the Westfjords peninsula beyond, delicious home-cooked meals, and authentic Icelandic hospitality.

A 3-course meal is included with your accommodation, served from 7.30pm.

Before departing the region today, an optional experience is to join a Drangey island boat and puffin tour, departing at 10am. Drangey island is a birdwatching paradise. The island is a nesting colony for thousands of seabirds, including puffins, guillemots, gannets, kittiwakes, fulmar, shearwaters along with ravens and gyrfalcons. The island is a sheer-sided palagonite rock approximately 180m high and provides a wonderful view over the whole fjord.

After a quick lunch, drive to the edge of the Snæfellsjökull National Park, the first national park that was established in Iceland, the boundaries of which reach out into the sea. On the water's edge, your hotel this evening is a small boutique hotel with a lovely restaurant & relaxed ambience.

Visit the lovely little country church in Búðir, just a short walk from the hotel. It is extremely picturesque & a well known wedding spot. Activities depending on your time of arrival and departure tomorrow can include golf, horse riding, snow mobile tours & glacier walking.

This morning, make your way to the Blue Lagoon, the ultimate hot spring experience. Set in the heart of a stunning lava landscape, Silica Hotel is just a ten-minute walk from the Blue Lagoon. The hotel offers its own private bathing lagoon, which is available for hotel guests every day from 09:00 to 22:00.

You have the option to include the Vatnshellir Cave tour today.

Drive to Keflavik International Airport and return your hire car before flying out.