Everything you need to plan an amazing vacation to Iceland!
This is a modified excerpt from the new edition of our book, Iceland With Kids. Here’s the new edition, published in 2020. Buy either the book eBook or print edition) or our Driving in Iceland video course, we’ll send you a free copy of the other one! E-mail us and we’ll make it happen! There’s …
Puffin Express is the wonderfully descriptive name of a boat tour from Special Tours. You’ll see puffins, and you’ll get to see them quickly! The boat leaves from the old harbor in Reykjavik, as do most boat tours that leave from Reykjavik. Here’s your boat: As soon as you leave the pier, you’ll start getting …
There’s an inherent conflict in seeing puffins, in Iceland or anywhere else. On the one hand, tourists want to get as close as possible to these adorable and photogenic birds. It’s one thing to see puffins from a boat, where you may be 50 feet from their burrows. (And this is still wonderful to see!) …
Summer is ending, and the temperatures are cooling. And there’s enough darkness to have a chance to see the Northern Lights! (Those are some lovely Northern Lights pictures from this week!) Here’s are some things happening in Iceland: Our Brand New Driving in Iceland Course We just released a new course to teach you all …
The Westman Islands might be my favorite place in Iceland. A 35 minute ferry ride gets you to the largest inhabited island in Iceland. You can learn about the volcano that quite literally reshaped this island in 1973. You can visit a museum that unearthed some of those houses that were buried in the eruption. …
There’s lots happening in Iceland right now! New whales, new museums, new spas, and much more! We’re heading to Iceland in 2 weeks to check it all out. New Thermal Bath Opening in East Iceland The Blue Lagoon is a hugely popular thermal spa in Iceland, attracting over a million visitors a year. (It’s amazing, …
