2 Day South Coast, Ice Cave & Jokulsarlon Lagoon

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2 Day South Coast, Ice Cave & Jokulsarlon Lagoon

All year Daily 2 days Your hotel / guesthouse in Reykjavik Easy Min 10 years old

This 2 Day South Coast, Ice Cave, Skaftafell & Jokulsarlon Lagoon Tour offers you the chance to experience many of the main attractions Iceland has to offer. The South Coast boast beautiful black sand beaches, towering waterfalls, immense glaciers, blue ice caves, rock formations, beautiful fishing villages and glacier lagoons, to name a few.

During the dead of winter the South Coast is one of the best places in Iceland to see the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis). You will go as far as the Jokulsarlon Ice Lagoon and spend the night at a hotel in the Skaftafell region before heading back the following day.

If you want to experience the best Iceland has to offer in only 2 days then we highly recommend this comprehensive Iceland South Coast Tour.

If you want more info on the South Coast in Winter, please click here to read our travel blog.

Itinerary

Day 1 – Watefalls, Volcanoes & Black Sand Beaches

You will be picked up from Reykjavik on a dark winter morning and drive towards the slowly rising sun. Our first stop is at Seljalandsfoss Waterfall located at the feet of the famous Eyjafjallajokull volcano. Here you will have the chance to explore this beautiful waterfall from both sides, as this in the fall that you are able to walk behind.

A little further to the east we come to our next highlight; Skógafoss waterfall. On a clear day, you will have the opportunity to see the two surrounding glaciers, Eyjafjallajökull and Myrdalsjokull. As the journey continues on, next destination is Reynisfjara black sand beach where some fantastic sights such as the picturesque basalt column formations and the famous Reynisdrangar peaks greet us. We will drive through the charming small villages of Vik and Kirkjubæjarklaustur on our way to the accommodation. Throughout the entire day, you can expect to see breathtaking landscape consisting of vast lava fields, waterfalls, black sands and glacier tongues.

We will enjoy a relaxing evening and recharge for the upcoming day. When the conditions are right, we will hunt for the northern lights. The countryside is perfect for spotting this natural phenomenon as it is away from the city lights.

Overnight: hotel in the Skaftafell area

Day 2 – Jökulsárlón Glaicer Lagoon & Northern Lights

This day is devoted to the glacier. We start the day at the Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon, home of the massive floating icebergs. From the Glacier lagoon, we go to the glacier edge for some ice caving where certified guides will assure a safe and exciting experience that awaits. Ice caves are only found during the wintertime when the glacial rivers retract and the water freezes. New caves are formed in different locations each year. Ice caves give you unparalleled photographic opportunity where you can capture the blue light passing through the glacier ice.

After visiting the ice cave, we start making our way back to Reykjavik. Before we leave this magnificent area behind we will stop at Skaftafell Nature Reserve, a part of Vatnajokull National Park. Surrounded by amazing jagged mountains and glacier-topped peaks, the scenery consists of indistinguishable features making it a definite highlight of the tour.

On the drive back, after the night falls, we will make sure to look for the Northern Lights.

Expected time of arrival in Reykjavik is around 21:00-23:00