PLACES TO VISIT

 

PLACES TO VISIT 

   💭  Horseback Riding

The Icelandic Horse is arguably the country’s most famous four-legged resident.

 Is a unique breed, so much so that it’s forbidden from outside breeding to maintain its unique genetics. Any horse that leaves the country can never return.

By choosing to partake in a horse riding tour, visitors guarantee themselves a tried-and-tested method of experiencing Icelandic nature. Touring by horseback has been common throughout the centuries, during which time the original Norwegian breed developed into the animal we know today.

💥Price: 120-160 USD per person

💧Visit Lake Mývatn in North Iceland

Here you will find clouds of the winged heathens buzzing and whizzing around the lake shoreline, making the use of netted-hats and long sleeves an absolute necessity.

Winter absolves that problem completely, and even in the summer, the flies can do little to detriment the sheer gorgeousness of the lake’s surrounding area.

Visitors here will be able to look upon the Skútustaðagígar pseudo-craters, the geothermally active Námaskarð Pass, and even Dimmuborgir, or “Dark Fortress,” an area of strange yet hauntingly beautiful volcanic rock formations.

💥Price: 60-300 USD per person

💧The Blue Lagoon

The Blue Lagoon holds the privilege of being Iceland’s most famous spa because of its healing silica mud, warm and soothing water, charming surrounding, and billowing steam stacks.

If the Blue Lagoon is out of your budget, there are always other spas that offer similar experiences, such as the Secret Lagoon near the Golden Circle and the Mývatn Nature Baths in the north.

💥Price: 40-300 USD per person

    💧  Dettifoss Waterfall in North Iceland

Falling 44 meters from the Jökulsá á Fjöllum river, Dettifoss crescendos with a mighty crash into the Jökulsárgljúfur Canyon below, creating one of the most spectacular and dramatic natural sites available to visit in Iceland.

Dettifoss is accessible by Route 862 and makes just up one part of the Diamond Circle, the northern counterpart of the more famed Golden Circle sightseeing route. Alongside Dettifoss, visitors to the Diamond Circle will also visit such attractions as Húsavík, Ásbyrgi Canyon, and Lake Mývatn.

 

💥Price: 80-200 USD per person

      💧Enjoy Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon 

In a country made up of countless awe-inspiring natural attractions, it might seem hard to pick out just one that outmatches the others, and yet Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon takes the crown every time.

After all, it is a still lake decorated with glittering icebergs, groaning and crunching against one another as they make their way from Breiðamerkurjökull glacier to the Atlantic Ocean.

While some visitors choose to partake in a Zodiac boat tour, others are content to sit on the shoreline and watch as the playful seal colony dips and dives around the heaving chunks of ice.

Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon is increasing in size each year due to the ever-growing effect of climate change on the Icelandic glaciers.

💥Price: 140-500 USD per person for 2-3 days