Tour Number: 2501962RP
Group Leader: Christopher Padilla
Requested Departure Date: 5/29/2023
Requested Return Date: 6/5/2023
Requested Departure Gateway: Dallas (TX)

ABOUT EF

For over 55 years, we’ve dedicated ourselves to one global mission: Opening the World Through Education. Our programs help students expand their knowledge of the world around them, discover more about themselves, grow more confident and independent, and understand new people, places, and cultures.

8 days

The experience of a lifetime is waiting for you. Every detail from the cities you’ll stay in to the cultural discoveries you’ll make have been customized by your teacher for your group. Take a look at your personal itinerary for a sneak peek of what's in store.

  • Day 1: Fly overnight to Iceland

  • Day 2: Reykjavik

    Meet your Tour Director at the airport

    Visit the Whales of Iceland Museum

    Take a walking tour of Reykjavík with your Tour Director

  • Day 3: Reykjavik • Akureyri

    Travel to via Grábrók Crater to Akureyri, a quaint seaside town in northern Iceland

    Enjoy a hike to the top of Grábrók Crater

    Take a walking tour of Akureyri with your Tour Director

  • Day 4: Akureyri

    Take a full day excursion to the Lake Mývatn region

    • Visit Goðafoss, one of Iceland’s most spectacular waterfalls
    • Walk along Lake Mývatn 
    • Visit the Mývatn Nature Baths
    • Walk among boiling mud pots and natural hot springs at Nammafjall
    • Explore millennia-old lava formations at Dimmuborgir

    Enjoy an Icelandic lunch at the Naturebaths

  • Day 5: Akureyri

    Participate in a whale watching excursion 

    Visit the Herring Museum and learn about the fishing industry

    Meet the fishermen of Ektafiskur Ehf and learn about their global trade

  • Day 6: Akureyri • Reykjavik

    Meet with a University of Akureyri Oceanographer to learn about Iceland’s biodiversity

    Travel via Gauksmyri Farm to Reykjavík

    • In Gauksmyri, learn about Iceland’s unique horses first-hand
  • Day 7: Reykjavik • Thingvellir

    Visit the Hellisheidi Geothermal Power Plant

    Visit Thingvellir National Park 

    Visit Gullfoss Waterfall and Geysir Geothermal area

    Visit the Fridheimar Farm 

  • Day 8: Reykjavik • Depart for home

     Take an excursion to Alftanes peninsula

    • See Bessastaðir, official residence of the president 
    • Visit Hafnarfjörður and Lake Kleifarvatn
    • See geothermal activity in Krísuvík geothermal field 

    Visit the Blue Lagoon

  • Day 1: Fly overnight to Iceland

  • Day 2: Reykjavik

    Meet your Tour Director at the airport

    Visit the Whales of Iceland Museum

    Take a walking tour of Reykjavík with your Tour Director

  • Day 3: Reykjavik • Akureyri

    Travel to via Grábrók Crater to Akureyri, a quaint seaside town in northern Iceland

    Enjoy a hike to the top of Grábrók Crater

    Take a walking tour of Akureyri with your Tour Director

  • Day 4: Akureyri

    Take a full day excursion to the Lake Mývatn region

    • Visit Goðafoss, one of Iceland’s most spectacular waterfalls
    • Walk along Lake Mývatn 
    • Visit the Mývatn Nature Baths
    • Walk among boiling mud pots and natural hot springs at Nammafjall
    • Explore millennia-old lava formations at Dimmuborgir

    Enjoy an Icelandic lunch at the Naturebaths

  • Day 5: Akureyri

    Participate in a whale watching excursion 

    Visit the Herring Museum and learn about the fishing industry

    Meet the fishermen of Ektafiskur Ehf and learn about their global trade

  • Day 6: Akureyri • Reykjavik

    Meet with a University of Akureyri Oceanographer to learn about Iceland’s biodiversity

    Travel via Gauksmyri Farm to Reykjavík

    • In Gauksmyri, learn about Iceland’s unique horses first-hand
  • Day 7: Reykjavik • Thingvellir

    Visit the Hellisheidi Geothermal Power Plant

    Visit Thingvellir National Park 

    Visit Gullfoss Waterfall and Geysir Geothermal area

    Visit the Fridheimar Farm 

  • Day 8: Reykjavik • Depart for home

     Take an excursion to Alftanes peninsula

    • See Bessastaðir, official residence of the president 
    • Visit Hafnarfjörður and Lake Kleifarvatn
    • See geothermal activity in Krísuvík geothermal field 

    Visit the Blue Lagoon


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Total price

$4,844
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