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Departures: Year Round Duration: 7 nights Price: from £692

This itinerary offers the opportunity to visit some of the island’s best-known natural wonders: waterfalls, historic Thingvellir, geysers, hot springs, mighty glaciers and icecaps to name a few, which are simply stunning no matter what the season. You’ll also have the chance to walk and explore further afield and gain a true sense of what Iceland has to offer.

 
Skogar Museum © Jo Bower Skogar Museum © Jo Bower
Skogar Museum © Jo Bower Jokulsarlon boat trip © RTH Sigurdsson © Jo Bower Jokulsarlon © RTH Sigurdsson Skogafoss © RTH Sigurdsson
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First-time visitors to Iceland are always keen to see the Golden Circle region which encompasses three of the island’s best-known natural features – Thingvellir, Gullfoss and Geysir. However, on this week-long itinerary you’ll also get to see two more of the breathtaking waterfalls for which this country is famed – Seljalandsfoss and the mighty Skogafoss.

Travel further east for a visit to Skaftafell, now part of Vatnajokull National Park, the largest national park in Europe. A short hike to Svartifoss is recommended, the ‘other-worldly’ waterfall backed by basalt columns, as too is a visit to the spectacular glacial lagoon at Jokulsarlon. Here you can sail to the edge of the glacier front, amongst an iceberg studded lake. At Vik take a walk along the black sand beach and view the distinctive and much-photographed coastline.

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