Iceland Escape

Day 1: Overnight Flight

Board your overnight flight, bound for Iceland. Sit back, relax, and learn how to say ‘vaðlaheiðarvegavinnuverkfærageymsluskúraútidyralyklakippuhringur’, the longest word in Icelandic.

Day 2: Arrive in Reykjavík

Welcome to Iceland, the "Land of Fire and Ice", and home to active volcanoes, striking glaciers, and really tiny horses (but don’t call them ponies).

Today's Highlights:

• Meet an EF representative at the airport.
• Transfer to your accommodations and check in.
• Receive the latest schedule from your Tour Director.
• Meet your local guide for a walking tour during which you’ll get oriented to the city center in Reykjavík.
• Walk through the old town and check out Hofdi House, a beautiful building in northern Reykjavík that is allegedly (definitely) occupied by a ghost.

In the evening, it’s time for your Welcome Mixer. Enjoy appetizers and drinks with fellow travelers and a local guide at an authentic spot. Afterwards, take the party elsewhere.

Free Time Suggestions
Go Carnivore: Grab a dog with everything on it at the Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur hot dog stand for a true taste of Iceland.
Micro-Manage: For the best craft beer in the city, look no further than Micro Bar, with 5-10 Icelandic beers always on draft.

Day 3: A Golden Experience

Travel the Golden Circle, a route that hits Iceland’s most magnificent natural wonders. Is there a waterfall? Yep. Geysers? Multiple. The meeting point of continental plates? Of course.

Today's Highlights:

• Walk between two continents at Thingvellir National Park, the boundary between the North American and the Eurasian tectonic plates.
• Visit the original site of the Althing, Iceland's national parliament that was founded in 930.
• Explore the Great Geysir Geothermal Area, and watch the Great Strokkur geyser erupt like Diet Coke and Mentos.
• Discover Gullfoss, better known as the "Golden Waterfall,” a natural wonder and one of the most powerful waterfalls in Europe.

Day 4: Explore the South Coast

Set your sights to the south coast, a lowland region of lush farmland, striking waterfalls, beaches, glaciers, and picturesque villages.

Today's Highlights:

• Find out what’s really on the other side of a waterfall by actually standing behind the powerful Seljalandsfoss waterfall.
• Stick your feet in the black sand at Reynisfjara Beach.
• Grab some gold from behind Skogafoss waterfall (according to legend, a Viking settler left some here around the year 900).
• View the Eyjafjallajökull volcano, which erupts once every few hundred years. Don’t worry—it erupted in 2010.

Day 5: Enter the Blue Lagoon

Get ready to feel relaxed, refreshed, and rejuvenated at the famous Blue Lagoon geothermal spa. Then, cross off any remaining Iceland bucket list items you may have. Can you do it? Of course you can. You can do anything!

Today's Highlights:

• Float weightlessly in the warm, light-blue waters.
• Remember to bring cucumbers for when you lather on a silica mud mask.
• Sweat it out with friends in the sauna or steam rooms.
• Kick back and take in the view from the relaxation area.

Day 6: Fly Home

Bless, vinir!
Translation: Goodbye, friends. Your next destination awaits—home. Before you head to the airport, enjoy your last few moments together. Take one more group photo. Grab that final drink. (Fine, maybe a couple of drinks.) But this isn’t goodbye. It’s “See you later.” The only question is, where?

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EXTEND YOUR TRIP 2 WAYS

1. Double the fun
A lot of our trips line up back to back! Give us a call—we can help you add another and save big while you're at it.

2. Go ahead or stay behind
Extending your trip is easy! During checkout, you'll have the option to fly to (or from) the gateway of your choice for an additional fee. We'll adjust your flights accordingly, but you'll be responsible to take care of your transportation, hotels, and other logistics outside of tour.

Note: Depending on your desired gateways, additional fees may apply.