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The Northern Lights - Aurora Borealis just amazing

The Arctic Superjeep by the Glacier Lagoon - We own the ARCTIC number plate and it has been on a few Superjeep through the years

Serene mountain lake underneath the glacier tounge of Svinafells glacier. - Hvannadalshnukur the highest peak of Iceland up in the clouds in the upper right corner

One of our many ARCTIC Superjeeps - on a very technical as well as scenic track in the south central highlands

Magnificent iceberg in the Disco Bay - Illulisaat Greenland - where we have good contacts for travel as well as productions

The latest addition to our fleet, Ford Excursion and Ford Econoline.

The Green lake - Reykjanes peninsula - south west

magical late fall - afternoon glow - driving from the waterfall Skogafoss in the south

In our early days - cleaning out a little mountain hut in one of our many mountain trips - So peaceful

The beautiful mountains underneath the glacier Myrdalsjokull in the south

The Arctic Superjeep 2003 to 2007 - playing in a river on the mountainpass Hellisheidi near Reykjavik

Endless black sand beach - South coast west of the Dyrholaey cape - the glacier - volcano Eyjafjallajokull in the far distance

And the same spot a few days later, Endless black sand beach - South coast west of the Dyrholaey cape.

Our latest Arctic Superjeep 2007 to 2015 by the Glacier Lagoon - in the south east

The Queen of Icelandic mountains - Herdubreid - close by our families farm Modrudalur - up in the north east highlands

One of our earlier years, beautiful pick nick spot by the Fjallsarlon Ice lagoon in the south east. Near the Glacier Lagoon

The amazing colours of the Jokulgil canyon in Landmannalaugar - highlands

Our first Arctic Superjeep 1997 to 1999 - later to be modified up to standards - going caving.

The Northern Lights - Aurora Borealis just amazing

Our aim has always been small groups - personal service and private tours

All our tours can be customized to any need

whether it´s a daytour you want or a multiday trip.

All of our tours can include: rafting - snowmobiling - jetboating - hot springs - caving - diving - snorkling - hiking - glacier walking - climbing - lavatubing - self drive

Golden Circle

The Golden Circle is simply an all time classic. A tour that has so much to offer and takes us through diverse and beautiful landscape, from rolling grassy hills to lava fields, mountains, waterfalls, hot springs, lakes, volcanic craters, and glaciers.

South Coast

The south coast tour will take you to and through some of Iceland´s most beautiful scenery and landscape.

Glaciers, volcanoes and waterfalls, black sand beaches and big mountains, lush farmlands, small towns and coastal villages.

The Northern Lights

This phenomenon, Aurora Borealis or The Northern Lights is such an unbelievable event to witness that it´s hard to describe. This tour wil hopefully give you something to remember for the rest of your life.

South Coast

Out of this world „Lord of the Rings“ landscape and mountains, not to leave out the surprising beauty of the endless black sand beaches that we can drive on for fun, or just find our own quiet place and listen to the Atlantic Ocean´s mighty wafes.

Seljalandsfoss Skogafoss Eyjafjallajokull Myrdalsjokull

Dyrholaey Reynisfjara Vik Eyrarbakki Hellisheidi

On our longer south shore day tours, and multi day tours, we go further east from the little town of Vik, through Kirkjubaejarklaustur and visit The Skaftafell National Park and Jokulsarlon ie, Glacier Lagoon. Simply an awesome place to visit as one of the most beautiful places in Iceland.

An extra bonus on the south shore are all the film locations we can visit. The locations of Game of Thrones, Batman Begins, James Bond, Tombraider, Flags of Our Fathers

During the Viking Age, the northern lights were said to be the armour of the Valkyrie warrior virgins, shedding a strange flickering light.

What are Northern Lights?

The bright dancing lights of the aurora are actually collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth's atmosphere. The lights are seen above the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres. They are known as 'Aurora borealis' in the north and 'Aurora australis' in the south..

Auroral displays appear in many colours although pale green and pink are the most common. Shades of red, yellow, green, blue, and violet have been reported. The lights appear in many forms from patches or scattered clouds of light to streamers, arcs, rippling curtains or shooting rays that light up the sky with an eerie glow.

What causes the Northern Lights?

The Northern Lights are actually the result of collisions between gaseous particles in the Earth's atmosphere with charged particles released from the sun's atmosphere. Variations in colour are due to the type of gas particles that are colliding. The most common auroral color, a pale yellowish-green, is produced by oxygen molecules located about 60 miles above the earth. Rare, all-red auroras are produced by high-altitude oxygen, at heights of up to 200 miles. Nitrogen produces blue or purplish-red aurora.

Source: northern lights centre CA

Golden Circle

From Reykjavik our first stop is Þingvellir, Thingvellir a National Park on the World Heritage List since 2004, and a very special place for us Icelanders since that´s where the Icelandic parliament was founded in the year 930, still running as the worlds first and oldest parliament.

In Thingvellir we can witness the superpowers of mother nature where the two tectonic plates of the Euroasian plate and the American plate are being pushed apart by about 2 cm a year. While at Thingvellir we will also explore the park with all it´s raw natural beauty.

Driving from Thingvellir, from the American plate over the the European plate, takes us through what we Icelanders sometimes call No Mans land, since it´s „new“ compared to the plate walls on each side. The Lyngdals heath is next and on to Laugarvatn, a quiet little town by a beautiful lake.

Haukadalur valley coming up with all it´s geysers, the most active one Strokkur spouting every 5 minutes or so, and the old and famous Geysir. Geysir is the name where the phenomena „geyser“ derives from. Onwards to the magnificent and powerful Gullfoss waterfall where we stop and hike up close to the gorge and cascading waterfall. Weather permitting.

After a quick lunch at either Geysir or the Gullfoss restaurant, we head back towards the city, stopping by the beautiful crater Kerid and soon there after, the little Green house village of Hveragerdi, sometimes called the earthquake capital of Iceland.

Over the Hellisheidi mountain and back to Reykjavik. Time permitting, a little off roading on the mountain roads on Hellisheidi.

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