DAY 01: ARRIVAL (-/-/-)

• Individual transfer by Flybus shuttle bus from Keflavik airport to your accommodation in Reykjavik. You may explore Icelands capital city on your own if time allows.
• Dinner at your own expense
• Overnight at the Hotel Klettur

DAY 02: REYKJAVIK CITY TOUR & BORGARFJORDUR SAGA VALLEY (B/-/-)

• BREAKFAST at the hotel
• At 09:00 meet your tour guide who shows the group the highlights of Icelands exciting capital. Then we head west. We stop in Borgarnes and learn about Icelands earliest days at the Settlement Center. Next we head to Borgarfjrur, known as the Saga Valley because of its many important historical events. Get a chance to climb the Grbrk volcano crater and visit Deildartunguhver, Europes most powerful hot spring. Hraunfossar is a series of waterfalls pouring from beneath a wide lava field. Barnafoss the Childrens falls, is nearby with its own tragic tale. The afternoon includes a lecture about Northern Lights. After dinner, step into the hotel garden in search of the Northern Lights followed by a hot cup of chocolate or tea.
• Lunch and dinner on your own expense
• Overnight at Hamar Hotel

DAY 03: SNFELLSNES PENINSULA & LAVA CAVE (B/-/-)

• BREAKFAST at the hotel
• The Snfellsnes Peninsula, the peninsula of the snowy mountain, juts out from Icelands west coast, like a long arm with a clenched fist at its tip, and is in many ways a microcosm of the whole island. A rugged mountain chain runs its length. Visit the fishing village of Grundarfjrur, a place with an impressive coastline and mountains, lakes and waterfalls behind the village. One of the most photographed and famous mountain in Iceland, Kirkjufell, can be seen jutting out into the bay. Visit Arnarstapi and Hellnar before experiencing the area from below, inside Vatnshellir cave. We take you 35 meters underground and about 200 meters into the lava tube under the glacier Snfellsjkull! On the way back to Borgarnes the guide gives you some practical tips on how to photograph the Auroras as part of the Northern Lights Academy program. Naturally, once darkness falls, we are out in the hotel garden to chase the Northern Lights and to soak in the hotels outdoor hot tubs.
• Lunch and dinner on your own expense
• Overnight at Hamar Hotel

DAY 04: GOLDEN CIRCLE, GEOTHERMAL TASTE & ICELANDIC HORSE (B/-/-)

• BREAKFAST at the hotel
• Travel along the Hvalfjrur fjord. The first stop is ingvellir National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Travel the Golden Circle route, see steam rising from the Geysir geothermal fields. The chef of the Restaurant Geysir invites you to taste freshly baked hot spring bread served with Icelandic butter, boiled eggs and herring. On we travel to double waterfall of Gullfoss. In the afternoon, learn about the Icelandic horse, its unique qualities and history and visit a geothermal greenhouse, before reaching the accommodation in South Iceland. Tonight, step into the darkness and search for the elusive Northern Lights in the peace and stillness of rural Iceland.
• Lunch and dinner on your own expense
• Overnight in Landhotel in Hella

DAY 05: NATURAL WONDERS OF SOUTH ICELAND & EYJAFJALLAJKULL VOLCANO (B/-/-)

• BREAKFAST at the hotel
• Today we travel along the South coast. At the Lava & Volcano Exhibition Center, learn about geology and active volcanoes. Further east we visit one of Icelands finest folk museums. This museum contains an outstanding collection of farm and domestic artefacts from Icelands past and several turf-built houses. Nearby is Skgafoss waterfall which is 60 meters high and one of the most impressive waterfalls in the country. In the afternoon take a stroll on the black lava beach and along bird cliffs at Reynisfjara in South Iceland. We spend two nights near Kirkjubjarklaustur in the Vatnajkull National Park region, located in darkness and ideal for Northern Lights search.
• Lunch and dinner on your own expense
• Overnight in Fosshtel Npar

DAY 06: VATNAJKULL NATIONAL PARK & GLACIER INCLUDING GLACIAL LAGOON AND DIAMOND BEACH (B/-/-)

• BREAKFAST at the hotel
• Todays program is all about glaciers, ice and icebergs. We travel to Jkulsrln, a glacial lagoon filled with floating icebergs, and we explore the amazing site and might see seals swimming in arctic waters. You can walk on the black sandy beach, the so-called Diamond beach, where large icebergs get stranded. In the afternoon we visit the tiny turf church at Hof and spend time at Europes largest national park, which has Icelands highest mountains, an alpine environment, and Europes largest glacier. In the evening enjoy a film presentation about the Northern Lights as part of the Northern Lights Academy program. Be careful not to go to bed too soon in this remote and quiet location, or you may miss out one more chance of seeing the Northern Lights shimmering and dancing across the night sky.
• Lunch and dinner on your own expense
• Overnight in Fosshtel Npar

DAY 07: SOUTH SHORE & BLUE LAGOON (B/-/-)

• Breakfast at the hotel
• From Kirkjubjarklaustur we head across the Eldhraun lava field to the village of Vk, where we make a photo stop. The black lava beach with high bird cliffs and pounding waves is awe-inspiring. Further west we reach the high but narrow Seljalandsfoss waterfall which plunges from the mountain. In the afternoon we get to soak in the famous Blue Lagoon. We reach Reykjavk around dinner time for one last night.
• Lunch and dinner on your own expense
• Overnight in Hotel Klettur

DAY 08: DEPARTURE (B/-/-)

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Check-out at the hotel
• Individual transfer by Flybus shuttle bus from your accommodation in Reykjavik to Keflavik International Airport.
• Flight back to Manila