Icelandic Auroras Expedition Winter Adventure

As you arrive at the Keflavik International Airport, you’ll be warmly welcomed and escorted by coach to your hotel by a Cox and Kings travel representative. Once settled, relax in the comfort of your room or step out to explore the city’s colourful streets and cafés, perhaps grab your first Icelandic coffee!

Between bookstores that double as bars and views of distant glaciers, Reykjavik sets the perfect tone for the exciting week ahead. After exploring a delicious local dinner, return to your hotel for a restful night beneath Iceland’s beautiful northern skies.

Enjoy a hearty breakfast before meeting your guide for a short city tour, taking in key landmarks and local experiences. Soon after, journey west toward Borgarnes with the group and visit the fascinating Settlement Center to trace Iceland’s Viking roots!

Have lunch at leisure en route as you travel through landscapes of moss and mist, before exploring the Grábrók volcano crater and witnessing the cascading Hraunfossar and Barnafoss waterfalls. Later, feel the warmth of the earth at Deildartunguhver, Europe’s most powerful hot spring!

As night falls, join the group for a short lecture about the Northern Lights before venturing into the open fields to chase your first magical aurora. After witnessing the beautiful lights, wander into one of the cozy local cafés nearby for a hearty Icelandic dinner before settling in for a tranquil night.

After a cozy countryside breakfast, set out with your group to discover the surreal Snæfellsnes Peninsula, known for its stunning cliffs, black beaches, and the picture-perfect Kirkjufell mountain.

Then, visit the fishing villages of Arnarstapi and Hellnar, where you can pause at a seaside café to enjoy lunch surrounded by sweeping ocean views and the calls of seabirds. In the afternoon, descend 35 metres underground into the Vatnshellir lava cave, guided by torchlight into a world that once flowed with fire!

As night falls, settle into a nearby restaurant for dinner, before sharing stories with your guide as you pick up tips on capturing the elusive aurora. End the night in awe as you step outside into the quiet night with your guide, enjoying another chance to see the sky come alive with nature’s most theatrical light show!

Fuel up with breakfast before heading out to trace the famed Golden Circle route. Your first stop is Þingvellir National Park, where tectonic plates drift apart beneath snow-dusted cliffs. Then, marvel at the steaming geysers before feeling the roaring power of Gullfoss waterfall right before your eyes!

Explore a rustic lunch at leisure before heading out for a visit to a geothermal greenhouse; to learn about sustainable farming and other well-kept Icelandic secrets. Keep your camera handy, because you will meet the famously photogenic Icelandic horses grazing nearby!

As dusk settles, arrive at your countryside hotel near Hella, a place that’s perfect for Northern lights hunting.Savour dinner at a local spot of your choice before buckling in for another peaceful night under the glittering skies of Iceland.

Savour a hearty breakfast amid lava fields before heading out to Iceland’s spectacular South Coast. Visit the Lava & Volcano Exhibition Center to see how this vast island was born from raging fire, before travelling to the Skógar Folk Museum to catch a glimpse into that turf-roofed heritage.

Grab a quick bite from a local café or enjoy a light lunch as you continue toward Skogafoss waterfall, a 60-metre cascade of crystal clear water echoing through the mist. The air feels cooler here, alive with stories of hidden treasures said to rest behind the falls.

Later, journey onward to the hauntingly beautiful Reynisfjara black-sand beach, where basalt stacks rise from crashing waves and seabirds circle above in the fading light. As evening settles in at your wilderness retreat in Núpar, perhaps seek out a nearby spot for dinner before winding down a day full of beauty!

Wake up to glacier views and a hearty breakfast before heading to Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon to witness giant blue icebergs drift in silence. Just steps away, explore the iconic Diamond Beach that glitters with chunks of crystal ice against the volcanic black sand!

Then, visit the turf church at Hof and explore the sweeping landscapes of Vatnajökull National Park, a frozen wonderland of ice and sky. Enjoy a leisurely lunch at a local café amid the untouched southeast, where the landscapes feel closer to another planet than Earth.

Later in the day, follow your appetite to a cozy nook for lunch before watching a short film about the Northern Lights. Right after, step outside to get another chance to see them for yourself; nature’s most breathtaking encore!

After a sumptuous breakfast, journey with the group through the mossy Eldhraun lava field to the stunning coastal town of Vík. Stop at the enchanting Seljalandsfoss waterfall and walk behind its shimmering cascade, a true Icelandic thrill!

Enjoy your lunch wherever the view calls to you, perhaps in a quiet, scenic spot framed by sea cliffs and towering basalt columns. Your adventure culminates at the world-famous Blue Lagoon, where you can soak in steaming geothermal waters surrounded by volcanic rock and rising mist. Isn’t that an experience to be in!

As evening descends, return to your hotel in Reykjavik, perhaps stopping wherever the mood strikes for dinner, reminiscing one final night in this land of fire, ice, and everything nice!

Enjoy one last wholesome Icelandic breakfast before you are escorted to the Keflavik International Airport. The landscapes outside your window would feel a little different as you leave; familiar, yet still the feeling of otherworldly.

This week has been a blur of volcanoes, glaciers, waterfalls, and pretty lights in the sky that danced in the dark, and though you leave, your love for Iceland will never really leave you!

Great journeys never end. They aspire to inspire the next.

Until next time… Expertly yours.