Private SUV Golden Circle & South Coast Express

The Golden Circle & South Coast private tour combines two of the most popular tours of Iceland: The Golden Circle and the South Coast day tours.

 

Our Golden Circle & South Coast SUV Express tour, the first stop takes us to Thingvellir National Park where the Icelandic parliament was founded over 1000 years ago. At Thingvellir you will see how the earth is ever so slowly pulling apart along the North-America and Eurasian tectonic plates and you will be able to stand where the Viking settlers stood centuries ago to edict national laws. Next, you will visit the Geysir geothermal area in Haukadalur where you can see geysers, hot springs, steam vents and eerie blue algae. Strokkur is one of the largest and most powerful geysers and erupts almost every 5 minutes. The final stop of the Golden Circle before we head to South Coast is Gullfoss waterfall, which many consider to be the queen of Icelandic waterfalls, as it is both high and mighty.

 

On the South Coast you will see the beautiful Seljalandsfoss where you can actually walk behind the plummeting stream without getting (too) wet, for a unique viewing angle, followed by the mighty Skógafoss waterfall; walk, see the bird cliffs that surround the quaint coastal village of Vík, which are teeming with life in spring and summer.

 

On the way home, we drive past the greenhouse town of Hveragerði, a place named after the abundant geothermal activity in the area which allows the locals to grow all kinds of plants and produce in row upon row in greenhouses.

 

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