Everything you need to plan an amazing vacation to Iceland!
We spent the day today in Reykjanes Geopark. Haven’t heard of it? Me neither, and I have no idea why. In my opinion, this area should be mentioned in the same breath as the Golden Circle. The Geopark takes up most of the Reykjanes peninsula, which is where the Keflavik airport is. At least I …
One morning in July, we headed to the old harbor in Reykjavik to ride on a replica viking ship with Reykjavik Viking Adventure. “Replica viking ship” can mean a lot of things; maybe a boat that looks vaguely viking-like? But in this case, we’re talking about a painstakingly built replica of a real viking boat originally …
What makes a destination family-friendly? And what makes a destination easy for first-time international travelers? A short list of factors we think are important shows Iceland as a clear winner. Our ideal starter destination would be: safe, easy to get to, English-speaking, and easy to navigate. It would also have a kid-friendly culture and lots …
We have loved our whale watching trips out of both Húsavík and Reykjavik. But I recently discovered that Special Tours does something that I haven’t seen anywhere else: they meticulously document every single whale watching trip they take. How many whales did they see? How was the weather? It’s really quite impressive. Having had our fill …
Ever since we ventured into Raufarhólshellir Lava Tube Cave on our own, we have been eager to explore a lava cave with a guide. Today, we got that chance with Laugarvatn Adventure. We chose a tour of Gjábakki Cave; the company offers other cave tours as well, but this cave is supposedly a little bit easier for children.
In our post about things to do around Keflavik Airport, we mention a lot of museums. We’ve been to the ones in Garður and Sandgerði, but today it was time to cover all the rest. Starting with … Viking World. Viking World, like everything else in this post, is only about 10 minutes from the …
