Iceland will surprise you!

August 12 to 20, 2006

Try to imagine a paradise where heat, hot water and electricity come to you free, directly out of the ground, either from water cascading over mighty warfalls or from hot springs, continuously errupting geysers.

Imagine a country with scenery so wild that the astronauts practiced for their moon walk by visiting there. Imagine a country of only 275,000 people, half of whom live in the capital city,

Now imagine yourself bathing in the geothermally heated "Blue Lagoon" (It has been reported that each time you bathe in the healthful waters of the Blue Lagoon you become six months younger!)

Optional tours include riding on the famous Iceland ponies, or whale watching off the coast of this fishing nation, or spending a couple of hours in easy white-water rafting...or wildest of all, imagine yourself choosing to put on warm clothing (which we supply) and snowmobiling on a glacier in the month of August.

Price: $3539  including air fare from JFK

	Important "trivia" about Iceland. The word "Iceland" is Icelandic for island (surrounded by water... nothing to do with ice!)

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COUNTRY LIFE - DAY BY DAY ITINERARY

Day 1: 8:50 pm departure from JFK Airport in New York.

Day 2: Arrive in Reykjavik at 6:20 am. Go right to our hotel. Rooms will be ready for youn to take a nap or to freshen up. The day is then yours, either to explore the capital city or to sign up for a variety of exciting optional events.

Day 3: REYKJAVÍK-BORGARFJÖR£UR

A short drive brings us to Iingvellir National Park, site of the old Viking Parliament. Then on to Borgarfjör£ur where we visit the beautiful waterfalls of Hraunfossar, where water comes running from under the lava and into the river Hvítá, and onwards to Deildartunguhver, one of the most voluminous hot springs in Europe. Accommodation for the next two nights is in Borgarfjör£ur area.

Day 4: SNÆFELLSNES

We drive around the Snæfellsnes glacier and visit the former fishing centre of Dritvík, the turf house museum at Hellisandur and shark processing farm at Bjarnarhöfn while enjoying the magnificent mountain and coastal scenery.

Day 5: BORGARFJÖRUR-EYJAFJÖRUR

Journey along Laxárdalur, the setting of one of Iceland’s famous Sagas where we visit the replica farmhouse of Erik the Red. Through the trading town of Blönduós to Skagafjör£ur where we will be introduced to the icelandic horse. We travel over the Öxnadalur mountain pass to Akureyri, the capital town of Northern Iceland. We stay for the next two nights in the Eyjafjör£ur area.

Day 6: DAY AT LAKE M¯VATN

A day excursion to Lake Mšvatn, considered one of the most fertile areas in the world so close to the Arctic Circle. A stop will be made enroute at one of Iceland’s most majestic waterfalls Go£afoss, where Orgeir threw his pagan idols into the falls when accepting Christianity during the year 1000 AD. Close to Mšvatn we visit the recent lava flows from the Krafla volcano, the hot springs at Námaskar£ and the magnificent lava landscape of Dimmuborgir.

Day 7: EYJAFJÖRUR-THE SOUTH

We start the day with a visit to the farm museum at Glaumbær. Then across the highlands on the route Kjölur between the glaciers of Langjökull and Hofsjökull to the hot springs at Hveravellir. We stop by the waterfall Gullfoss, and Iceland’s most famous hot spring, Geysir. We then continue to our overnight place in the south where we stay for 2 nights.

Day 8: SOUTH COAST AND SKAFTFELL NATIONAL PARK

We travel along the south coast where Iceland’s largest glacier Vatnajökull dominates the landscape and visit the National Park nestling below Iceland’s highest mountain, the 2119 meter Hvannadalshnjúkur. We also visit two more of Iceland’s magnificent waterfalls on the full day excursion.

Day 9: THE SOUTH - REYKJAVÍK

Our first stop is at Skálholt church, rich in history and legends. Then on to the coastal towns of Stokkseyri and Eyrarbakki, former the main harbour and trading centre in South Iceland. In Eyrarbakki we visit old museum buildings. Our last stop before returning to the capital is at the greenhouse town of Hverager©£i:

Day 10: FREE MORNING, AFTERNOON VISIT TO THE FAMOUS BLUE LAGOON, 4:45 FLIGHT TO USA. 6:45 ARRIVE AT JFK.