Iceland
The land of ice and fire
Drawing on all of our experience of visiting this enchanting destination this special
holiday, new for 2010, takes you right around Iceland stopping at wonderful places not
visited by other companies. We concentrate on birds and wildflowers but there's
plenty of time for Iceland's vibrant geology and remarkable history, too. The trip is
unique in that it includes four trips to offshore islands including a night on the magnificent Westman Islands.
We also have the chance to go whale-watching and hope to see Minke, Humpback and maybe even Blue Whale as well as other
species of dolphins and porpoises. We'll see Iceland's breeding waders and wildfowl at close quarters including Rednecked
Phalarope, Harlequin Duck and Barrow's Goldeneye. We also will spend time enjoying the seabird colonies for which Iceland is rightly famous and expect to have magnificent views of all of
Iceland's breeding auks including Puffin and Brunnich's Guillemot. Our journey takes us to some of the well known wildlife sites of Iceland such as Mývatn, Gullfoss and
Geysir but we'll spend most of our time at the little visited areas, so rich in wildlife, elsewhere in the country. We'll journey through remote uplands, see magnificent ice
caps and glaciers and explore the open coasts and sheltered fjords. The volcanic scenery is remarkable and underscores Iceland's youthfulness -- dinosaurs were extinct
long before the country started to form!
We travel in a comfortable minibus with plenty of room for our optical and photo kit and stay in a range of accommodation from country guesthouses to city hotels. This tour really does offer you an all-round Iceland experience and is likely to leave you with a longing to return.
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