Itinerary Particulars
FIRST-CLASS | CRUISE: On this 7-day cruise, you’ll uncover lovely fjords, large glaciers, sizzling springs, waterfalls, and lots of volcanoes. Aboard the Ocean Diamond, you’ll circumnavigate the Land of Fireplace and Ice to go to the Westfjords, the Lake Myvatn space, and the Westman Islands. Worth consists of all shore excursions.
This 7-day Icelandic trip takes you on a circumnavigation cruise across the nation to see the Westfjords, Husavik, and the Westman Islands. It options average lodging aboard a cruise vessel and shared excursions.
Your journey begins within the Icelandic capital, Reykjavik, the place you’ll have the day to discover the funky corridors and historic landmarks of the world’s most northerly capital. Within the night, board the Ocean Diamond, your floating resort for the following 7 nights as you discover the nation on a circumnavigation cruise. First cease is Snaefellsnes, the northwestern peninsula that provides a style of “Iceland in miniature” with its numerous panorama of volcanoes, rocky shoreline, and windswept plains. You’ll see Snaefellsjokull Glacier, which was the opening to the centre of the earth in Jules Verne’s traditional A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, in addition to picturesque Kirkjufell Mountain, with its oft-photographed arrowhead prime. Proceed to the Westfjords, arguably probably the most secluded a part of the nation, the place you’ll discover a dramatic panorama of glaciers, fjords, and sparse northern vegetation.
Proceed alongside the north coast and attain Akureyri, the second-largest city within the nation. You’ll discover the Lake Myvatn space to the south, the place the geothermal exercise has produced a area of drastic contrasts, with boiling waters, icy glaciers, and plush vegetation all sharing a compact space. Proceed to Skjalfandi Bay and Husavik, the whale watching capital of the nation, the place you’ll have an opportunity to see one in every of 15 totally different species of migrating whales in addition to sea birds. Around the northeastern nook of Iceland and head south to the fishing village of Djupivogur, the place you’ll disembark for a 4WD tour up Vatnajokull Glacier. Proceed alongside the south coast and attain the Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon, the place you’ll head on a ship journey alongside the floating icebergs of this magical lake. On the ultimate day of your cruise, attain the Westman Islands (Vestmannaeyjar), a sequence of younger volcanic islands fashioned solely 10,000 years in the past. In truth, the youngest island emerged from the ocean in 1963. Discover this dramatic volcanic island chain, the place you’ll have an opportunity to identify migrating whales.
Return to Reykjavik, the place you’ll disembark and hook up with the airport to proceed to your subsequent vacation spot or return dwelling.
