Iceland on Thursday
Discussion
Off to Iceland on Thursday, staying in Hella.
Got an Octavia 4x4 on hire for 4 days.
Any tips.
Day 1: Currently thinking Blue Lagoon on the way from the airport, need an activity between the BL and Hella (recommendations).
Day 2: Glacier walk in the morning (http://www.arcanum.is/) and Vik in the afternoon.
Day 3: Golden Circle.
Sound doable? Weather seems reasonable out there at the minute, bit of snow but not too bad looking at the live road status website.
Got an Octavia 4x4 on hire for 4 days.
Any tips.
Day 1: Currently thinking Blue Lagoon on the way from the airport, need an activity between the BL and Hella (recommendations).
Day 2: Glacier walk in the morning (http://www.arcanum.is/) and Vik in the afternoon.
Day 3: Golden Circle.
Sound doable? Weather seems reasonable out there at the minute, bit of snow but not too bad looking at the live road status website.
http://en.vedur.is/weather/forecasts/areas/ <- Check that for weather (you probably are already)
Driving will probably be ok, as the main road is well maintained, and i doubt you'll be going off it all that often in 4days!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthoulb/sets/721576... <- Those are my photos from last year (in the summer mind...) and you can see where they were all taken. It may give you some ideas.
You should at least try to go on a northern lights tour if you can.
Driving will probably be ok, as the main road is well maintained, and i doubt you'll be going off it all that often in 4days!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthoulb/sets/721576... <- Those are my photos from last year (in the summer mind...) and you can see where they were all taken. It may give you some ideas.
You should at least try to go on a northern lights tour if you can.
Shinobi said:
How did you book this? Sounds very interesting, did you book flights, car and hotel or is it some sort of package?
Usually I book everything seperately for my hols (exception being China).So I grabbed a couple of Easyjet flights out of Luton (grim but cheap).
However, I got a hirecar (National/Europcar) and hotel deal (Hotel Ranga) package from Discover the World cheaper than I could have booked it separately (was about a £150 saving) and DTW even sent me a guidebook and a Icelandic Vodafone Sim with £10 of credit loaded for calls home.
Can't say fairer than that.
matt3001 said:
Usually I book everything seperately for my hols (exception being China).
So I grabbed a couple of Easyjet flights out of Luton (grim but cheap).
However, I got a hirecar (National/Europcar) and hotel deal (Hotel Ranga) package from Discover the World cheaper than I could have booked it separately (was about a £150 saving) and DTW even sent me a guidebook and a Icelandic Vodafone Sim with £10 of credit loaded for calls home.
Can't say fairer than that.
Thanks Matt, look forward to your pictures.So I grabbed a couple of Easyjet flights out of Luton (grim but cheap).
However, I got a hirecar (National/Europcar) and hotel deal (Hotel Ranga) package from Discover the World cheaper than I could have booked it separately (was about a £150 saving) and DTW even sent me a guidebook and a Icelandic Vodafone Sim with £10 of credit loaded for calls home.
Can't say fairer than that.
Podie said:
If you do the full Golden Circle tour, be aware it's quite a few hours of driving.
Might be worth getting yourself on the obligatory Northern Lights tour. I say tour, rather than doing it yourself, as these guys have spotters out - making it a better chance of seeing them.
Any recommended companies? Hotel Ranga is meant to be in the middle of nowhere, with little light pollution and they have a wake-up call service should they appear. I was kind of hoping this would be enough and if they are out I could just pop on the skiboots and head outside? Do you think I should get a specific tour?Might be worth getting yourself on the obligatory Northern Lights tour. I say tour, rather than doing it yourself, as these guys have spotters out - making it a better chance of seeing them.
http://www.hotelranga.is/
matt3001 said:
Usually I book everything seperately for my hols (exception being China).
So I grabbed a couple of Easyjet flights out of Luton (grim but cheap).
However, I got a hirecar (National/Europcar) and hotel deal (Hotel Ranga) package from Discover the World cheaper than I could have booked it separately (was about a £150 saving) and DTW even sent me a guidebook and a Icelandic Vodafone Sim with £10 of credit loaded for calls home.
Can't say fairer than that.
Hotel Ranga is lovely - and you can be put on Northern Light 'watch' overnight, and be woken up if anything is visibleSo I grabbed a couple of Easyjet flights out of Luton (grim but cheap).
However, I got a hirecar (National/Europcar) and hotel deal (Hotel Ranga) package from Discover the World cheaper than I could have booked it separately (was about a £150 saving) and DTW even sent me a guidebook and a Icelandic Vodafone Sim with £10 of credit loaded for calls home.
Can't say fairer than that.
Rgds
Jonathan
matt3001 said:
Podie said:
If you do the full Golden Circle tour, be aware it's quite a few hours of driving.
Might be worth getting yourself on the obligatory Northern Lights tour. I say tour, rather than doing it yourself, as these guys have spotters out - making it a better chance of seeing them.
Any recommended companies? Hotel Ranga is meant to be in the middle of nowhere, with little light pollution and they have a wake-up call service should they appear. I was kind of hoping this would be enough and if they are out I could just pop on the skiboots and head outside? Do you think I should get a specific tour?Might be worth getting yourself on the obligatory Northern Lights tour. I say tour, rather than doing it yourself, as these guys have spotters out - making it a better chance of seeing them.
http://www.hotelranga.is/
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