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From Bridgett

I just returned from Iceland.  For our last full day, my mom and I went on the Golden Circle Super Jeep Safari.  There were so many cool parts of our trip to Iceland that it was hard to pick a favorite until our Golden Circle safari.  The day surpassed my expectations and easily became my favorite part of the vacation! 

 

Earlier on our trip, we had gone on a tour with a different company.  I wish we had instead booked a second tour with Arctic Adventures – by far a better experience and a real adventure.  Palli was an awesome guide!!  He was on time to pick us up, gave us plenty of time at all of the stops, shared interesting information about each stop and about Iceland in general. 

 

The sights of the Golden Circle are incredible themselves, but the little/more personal things about the day made all the difference….I will never forget driving through the icy river (again and again), getting stuck and pulled out of the snow, and seeing the Icelandic horses up close and personal.   I feel like we truly had a personalized tour through the Golden Circle. 

 

This was a great way for my mom and I to end our trip to Iceland.  Thank you so much to Palli for the awesome memories!!  I highly recommend Arctic Adventures to anyone traveling to Iceland! 

 

Bridgett – visited November 2011 from New York, NY

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South Shore Sightseeing in a Driver Guided Super Jeep & Activity Day Tour in Iceland

South Shore sightseeing day tour on a driver guided super jeep & your choice between glacier hiking, lava caving or quad biking! All year super jeep day tour from Reykjavik, Iceland.

This trip is rated as Easy with 2 out of 5 possible.


      

The South Shore is Icelands second most popular sightseeing day tour after the Golden Circle and there is a good reason for it. You can walk behind the 62 meter high waterfall Seljalandsfoss, see the mighty Skógafoss waterfall, stand on a black lava sand beach and if the weather permits you might even see the world famous Eyjafjallajökull volcano!

Your day starts by climbing up into a super jeep which stands high above the ground on it´s 38 inch tires. The 4x4 monster truck is specially built for the rugged Icelandic nature and on this adventurous day tour you will get a glimpse of what it is capable of. We start by driving the "1000 River Road" which is a mountain road above the scenic Hengill geothermal area. As the name suggests we have a few river crossings ahead of us before we descend down to the village Hveragerði. From there we have an hours drive on the grassy lowlands to Seljalandsfoss waterfall. When we get there you can walk behind the magical 62 meters of water but be prepared for some fresh mountain water spray!

As we drive further along the South Shore we enter a volcano triangle which consists of the famous Eyjafjallajökull Volcano on our left, the sleeping monster Katla caldera in front of us and the beautiful Vestmannaeyjar Volcano Islands on our left. In the middle of the volcano triangle we take a right turn off road following a glacier river to the black lava sand beach by the ocean. The powerful North Atlantic Ocean will watch over us as we race our 4x4 super jeep on the moon like landscape. We will get back to normal roads by the mighty Skogafoss waterfall and after admiring it up close we will set our course back to Reykjavik city.

There are a number of reasons why we consider our South Shore day tours better than others:
-You are not a tourist without a name in a big tour bus. Our tours are personal since our jeeps seat 5 to 12 persons.
-You can chat with your guide since he won´t be sitting far away from you.
-The tour does not take as long as in a tour bus since you don´t have to wait for the 40th person to get on board your bus.
-You can get the most out of your day by including an activity. You can choose between lava caving, glacier hiking and quad biking!
-And last but not least you´ll be in a super jeep! The super jeep will get you off the beaten track by crossing rivers and driving off road on black lava sand beaches.
To put it in a few words: On our sightseeing day tours you´ll get a personal Icelandic super jeep safari with an optional activity!


South Shore Safari without Activity
Price: 29.990 ISK.


South Shore Safari with Glacier
Price: 35.990 ISK.
Walk on one of the wonders of the world – a moving glacier! Our professional glacier guide will safely take you on an easy walk and show you the glacier wonders. It is a walk like no other, you will see spiraling sink holes, magical ice formations, jagged ridges, crevasses and ashes from past volcanic eruptions which give away the old age of the ice.
Read the details about the glacier hiking tour Blue Ice (please note: The South Shore Safari does not have ice climbing).


South Shore Safari with ATVs
Price: 36.990 ISK.
Get some adrenalin in your blood on a one hour quad biking adventure. Race along lava fields and mountains on this scenic ATV action tour on Hellisheiði lava plateau.
Read the details about the quad biking tour Mountain Ride.


South Shore Safari with Caving
Price: 35.990 ISK.
Enter the hidden wonderland underneath a lava field. Explore a 2000 year old lava tube and it´s treasures such as stalagmites and stalagtites. It is a dark and quiet world hiding weird volcanic formations created by the hot magma at the time.
Read the details about the lava caving tour Underworld.

Customized tours and private departures are available upon request. For a super jeep and a driver the price starts from 130.000 ISK per day.