Iceland Winter Adventure

Highlights include a super jeep tour over volcanic terrain to nearby Godafoss waterfall and Lake Myvatn’s steamy volcanic vents. The tour wends its way to Dettifoss, a powerful thundering waterfall, and the Jokulsarlon Glacial Lagoon, where freshly calved icebergs drift towards the sea alongside the oddly named Diamond Beach. The itinerary finishes with the classic Golden Circle sights like Thingvellir National Park, where two tectonic plates diverge on dry land, Gullfoss waterfall, and the Strokkur geysir.

Evenings offer chances to see the Northern Lights if skies are clear, and the tour leader adjusts plans if weather or road conditions intervene, which they often do in winter. Travel times are longer than in summer, but the mix of solitude and dramatic landscape often compensates for it.

New to Iceland? Our Iceland guide has the practical essentials: money, plugs, visas and when to go.

These are the places the trip visits, in order. Explore Worldwide publishes the day-by-day itinerary on its own site.