over a natural hot spring and you can hear it bubbling through the open flooring at your feet. Not only do the baths and pools help improve your health, but those with arthritis can benefit from walking on the warm sands on the edge of the lake. and includes the Golden Circle sites.
Riding Man’s Most Valued Friend
Icelandic horses are unusual in that they have two additional gaits that make them wonderful to ride. Of course, you can trot, if you like bouncing up and down, but they have a gait called the ‘tolt’ which is so smooth and comfortable, you could ride for hours without getting saddlesore. Reykjavik Excursions has teamed up with top stables, Eldhestar, to give an inspiring 1½-2 hour ride, followed by a light lunch and a continuation of the Golden Circle tour.
Ride the Ice
For the ultimate adventure on the Golden Circle, you can head up onto Langjökull glacier for a thrilling ride on the ice using powerful snowmobiles. We’re talking about an hour-long ride on Iceland’s second largest glacier and the views and experience this will give you are amazing. All the tours include pick-up from your hotel half-an-hour before departure and drop off when arriving back in Reykjavik. The lu xur y coaches a ll have wireless Internet access so you can immediately Tw e e t or p o s t y ou r e x p e r ie nc e s on Facebook as you live them, with photos t o p r o v e i t . Yo u ’ l l a p p r e c i a t e t h e comfort as you travel and the guide fills you in on the background, history and
annecdotes associated with the sights you both pass and stop at, so you’re able to get the most out of the tour. Taking a winter tour is all the more spectacular, as the countryside changes and you may well see one of the most powerful waterfalls silenced, frozen in an ice sculpture that is astounding to view. This is what makes Iceland so special— its seasonal diversity is so great, it’s as if you’re visiting a different country. –
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