Glacier Fun

08:00 Departure from Reykjavík The city fades behind you as you head east into the Icelandic winter. The road opens up onto the vast lava plateau that defines this part of the country — a landscape that feels ancient and alive at the same time. Your guide sets the scene for the day ahead as frost-covered fields stretch out toward distant mountains.

Þingvellir National Park — Almannagjá Gorge Your first stop is one of Iceland’s most historically and geologically significant places. Þingvellir sits directly on the rift between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates, and nowhere is this more dramatic than walking the Almannagjá gorge. Starting from the Hakið viewpoint, you descend into the fissure and follow the trail to P2, the towering basalt walls rising on either side of you. This was also the site of Iceland’s ancient parliament, the Alþingi, founded in 930 AD — one of the oldest parliaments in the world. Your guide brings the history and geology to life as you walk through this extraordinary corridor of rock.

Drive to Langjokull Glacier Leaving Þingvellir, you head toward one of Iceland’s iconic glaciers — a slow-moving river of ancient ice that has shaped the landscape around it for thousands of years. As you approach, the scale of it becomes hard to comprehend. The ice stretches in every direction, blue and white and utterly alien.

Glacier Fun Time Safety gear on — it’s time to step onto the glacier itself. Your guide leads you across the frozen surface, pointing out highlights along the way, and the deep blue hues that form where the ice is at its oldest and most compressed. Walking on a glacier is one of those rare experiences that no photograph fully captures. You feel the age of it beneath your feet.

Húsafell & Waterfalls Hraunfossar and Barnafossar The drive west toward Húsafell takes you deeper into a quieter, wilder Iceland. The landscape shifts as you enter the Borgarfjörður region — a place of glacial rivers, ancient lava fields and a stillness that feels almost sacred in winter. Few places in Iceland surprise people quite like Hraunfossar. A series of waterfalls emerge seemingly from nowhere, seeping directly out of the lava field and cascading into the milky-blue Hvítá river below — stretching for nearly a kilometre along the riverbank. There is no single dramatic drop, just an endless, quiet procession of water finding its way through ancient rock. In winter, the surrounding landscape is dusted with snow and the river runs an even more vivid shade of glacial blue, making it one of the most quietly spectacular scenes in the country.

17:00-18:00* Return to Reyjavik As darkness settles over the lava fields and the last light lingers on the horizon, you head back toward Reykjavík. Keep your eyes on the sky — on a clear winter night, this drive home offers a genuine chance of catching the Northern Lights dancing above the road.

*Estemated timing, this can change due to weather or traffic