Iceland – Grand Circle
Saturday 20th September to Saturday 4th October 2025

Day 1: Saturday 20th September 2025
You fly from London to Keflavik and transfer to our hotel on the Snaefellsnes Peninsular, a distance of 180 kms.
Overnight in Snaefellsness

Day 2: Sunday 21st September 2025
In the morning we will explore around Kirkafell, allowing time to photograph the waterfall and the mountain. We then head west to explore the Snaefellsnes Peninsular returning to photograph Kirkjufell in the evening.
Overnight in Snaefellsness

Day 3: Monday 22nd September 2025
After breakfast we will head towards Helgafell following Route 54 east along the coastline until we merge with Route 60. We travel 8km north until reaching Route 59, which crosses the Laxardalar Valley. We follow the coast until we meet Route 1, following this to Laugarbakki. We will of course make many stops to capture the exciting landscape and remote churches that are found along the route.
Overnight in Blonduos

Day 4: Tuesday 23rd September 2025
We drive to Blonduos and join Route 73 to Sauoarkrokur, then Route 75 to join Route 76. We will then follow Route 76 along the Skagafjordur to Siglufjordur. From Siglufjordur we pass through a long mountain tunnel to the Olafsfjordur and join Route 82 towards Dalvik and onto our overnight stop. On this leg of the journey we will find fishing villages, wild coastline and rugged mountainous areas that offers a wide range of photographic potential.
Overnight in Akureyri

Day 5: Wednesday 24th September 2025
We will set off along Route 82 and merge with Route 1 at Akureyri. From there we will continue east detouring on Route 83 to Grenivik and returning to Route 1 for a stop at Godafoss waterfall. The final leg will follow route 85 to Husavík then onto Asbyrgi Canyon before turning south towards Dettifoss and Selfoss exploring these vast waterfalls before heading to Lake Myvatn.
Overnight in Lake Myvatn

Day 6: Thursday 25th September 2025
Today we travel east to visit Hverir thermal field before heading back to Godafoss and heading inland to the remote waterfall at Aldeyjarfoss. After our stop here, after a brief stop we return to Godafoss and retrace our route to Lake Myvatn.
Overnight in Lake Myvatn

Day 7: Friday 26th September 2025
Today we travel to Egilsstadir crossing the mountainous area and passing Hrossaborg Crater and Vidadalur. We will also detour to visit the Studlagil Canyon where the river runs through a deep ravine between high basalt columns. .
Overnight in Egilsstadir

Day 8: Saturday 27th September 2025
We explore to the south along Jokulsa a Bru towards Hallormsstadur and Snaefellsstofa and then return north east visiting Bakkagerdi and Hafnarhus to explore the coloured hillsides before returning south and detouring east toward Seydisfjordur.
Overnight in Egilsstadir

Day 9: Sunday 28th September 2025
Today we journey south along the east coast with a detour to Eskifjordur and Seydisfjordur then along the shore of Rejdarfjordur before arriving in Breiddalsvik.
Overnight in Breiddalsvik

Day 10: Monday 29th September 2025
We explore around Breiddalsvik and continue south to Djupivogur. Our journey then takes along the rugged cliff drive and onto Hvalnes as we follow the east coast to Hofn.
Overnight in Hofn

Day 11: Tuesday 30th September 2025
We will be visiting the area around Vesturhorn, photographing as many locations as we can. We visit Stokksnes to photograph the lagoon for which there is a small admission charge.
Overnight in Hofn

Day 12: Wednesday 1st October 2025
We follow Highway 1 to Jokulsarlon where we explore the lagoon and the beach. We continue on to visit the turf roof church at Hof and the Falljokul Glacier.
Overnight in Skaftafell area

Day 13: Thursday 2nd October 2025
Our journey takes west to Vik. On this leg we will be visiting a number of waterfalls and wild beaches at Reynisfjara and Dyrholaey together with dramatic landscapes and churches.
Overnight in Vik

Day 14: Friday 3rd October 2025
Our journey takes us past dramatic waterfalls such as Skogafoss and Seljalandsfoss as we follow the south coast westwards.
Overnight in Hveragerdi

Day 15: Saturday 4th October 2025
We head for Keflavik for our afternoon flight after a detour to visit around Pingvellir and Oxarafoss arriving in ample time to join our afternoon flight to London.