Iceland is a phenomenal place to travel. Vacationing in Iceland is exotic, adventurous, unusual, romantic, and filled with beauty. However, without experience and knowledge Iceland can be a challenging place to navigate. This is why, when you visit Iceland, it is critical to find tours to guide your visit. When you are looking for a tour in Iceland, that is when you need the Icelandic Travel Market.
With the Icelandic Travel Market you can purchase tours from all of the major tour operators in Iceland. The Icelandic Travel Market is infinitely helpful because you can search for exactly what you activity you might want. You can select Iceland day tours and select categories like; glacier walks, 4X4 tours, whale watching, hiking, iceland from above, ice climbing, horse riding and skiing. With the Icelandic Travel Market you have the ability to refine your day tours to the exact activities you enjoy and at the same time will allow you to pool all the different varieties of each activity you might want to do, which will help you select the best possible tour from your visit.
There are also a great list of Iceland excursions and sightseeing like the Golden Circle Tour, Salty Blue Lagoon Tour, and many more. There are overnight tours, bus tours, and express tours that can take you right to the Geysers, or places like Reykjavik. You can browse, compare prices, plan your vacation, and budget your trip from one simple site.
Taking advantage of the travel market will keep you from sitting in an Icelandic bus station flipping through dozens of pamphlets. Trying to find the tour that fits your interests, your time frame, and your budget is always a challenge. Having a great organizational tool like the Icelandic Travel Market can eliminate all the stress of planning the trip to a great vacation spot. With the Icelandic Travel Market all you really need to do is decide what it is you want to experience in Iceland, and then figure out which tours fit into your trip. For me, because often times I am not sure what exactly I want to experience on a trip, I love browsing all of the categories and picking out my favorites and building a trip around the Iceland excursions and tours that are the most appealing.
Showing posts with label reykjavik excursions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reykjavik excursions. Show all posts
Monday, March 28, 2011
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Lava Tour (exact price)
Reykjavik Excursions offer many great tours, of which we took three. The lava tour was a Icelandic Horseback Trip, and it was great.
Cost for two tickets
IKR (icelandic kroner cost): 11.800
US (american dollar): $143.16
Averaging about $71.50 per person
We took a bus from Reykjavik, which actually picked us, and others, up at their hotel or guesthouse doors and took us to Ishetar, approximately 25 minutes away. Here there was a stable with 20-30 horses (see past blogs for more pictures of this trip). The leader was a younger girl in her 20s who was very knowledgable and seemed to really love her job, and another helper who was also very helpful.
They give you the cool blue jump suits (you can see me wearing one above) which helps not only with looking cool, but also keeping us warm. The wind is very brisk, even with large coats and multiple layers, so it was nice to get another thick layer. This trip was great for new riders, like myself, as the horses are mild tempered, calm ever, and short and stubby. I really liked my horse, but forgot his name as it was unpronounceably icelandic.
The actual ride was a little more than 90 minutes and we spent the time trotting through lava fields with a group of 12-15 people. We got to dismount once in the middle to let the horses graze and learn a little about the landscape and the horses from the guide. Kelsey and myself had a good time afterwards mingling with all the horses in the stables before they shooed us away and into the little cafe. We thought about adding the meal to our trip, which was an additional 10 US dollar. We were glad we just brought snacks when we found out the meal was a very curious soup and fish. Although, I bet the fish was very tasty. It was also out of our very limited budget to toss in an expensive meal.
The most notable parts of the ride where the stubby and long haired horses personalities. The most exciting part of the ride was when we cross a very shallow stream and one horse did not want to get wet and actually began jumping through the water scaring the bejeezus out of the inexperienced rider. The most relaxing part of the ride was when I figured out I need to use my leg muscles to straddle the horse tighter and stop letting my butt take such abuse, I was sore.... bad form. The most stylish was Kelsey and me looking at ourselves in our attractive full body blue uniforms with helmets and random gloves. The most challenging part of the trip was after I saw the first time rider a head of me riding one handed to take a picture while riding; this inspired me to do the same thing and I'm glad I did as I took some really neat pictures while on horseback even though it was difficult and I thought I was going to drop my camera.
The Lava Tour is listed on Iceland Today's top ten trips in Iceland and amazingly we took trips #1, #2, and #3 on the list. The Lava Tour was listed as number 3, and while I would probably agree with its placement, Kelsey and myself still agreed it may have been the most enjoyable and fun tour of the Iceland Trip. Keep in mind we only visited Iceland for 4 days and three nights. So our time was very limited.
Check back soon for another post. If you have any further questions about this tour feel free to ask.
Cost for two tickets
IKR (icelandic kroner cost): 11.800
US (american dollar): $143.16
Averaging about $71.50 per person
We took a bus from Reykjavik, which actually picked us, and others, up at their hotel or guesthouse doors and took us to Ishetar, approximately 25 minutes away. Here there was a stable with 20-30 horses (see past blogs for more pictures of this trip). The leader was a younger girl in her 20s who was very knowledgable and seemed to really love her job, and another helper who was also very helpful.
They give you the cool blue jump suits (you can see me wearing one above) which helps not only with looking cool, but also keeping us warm. The wind is very brisk, even with large coats and multiple layers, so it was nice to get another thick layer. This trip was great for new riders, like myself, as the horses are mild tempered, calm ever, and short and stubby. I really liked my horse, but forgot his name as it was unpronounceably icelandic.
The actual ride was a little more than 90 minutes and we spent the time trotting through lava fields with a group of 12-15 people. We got to dismount once in the middle to let the horses graze and learn a little about the landscape and the horses from the guide. Kelsey and myself had a good time afterwards mingling with all the horses in the stables before they shooed us away and into the little cafe. We thought about adding the meal to our trip, which was an additional 10 US dollar. We were glad we just brought snacks when we found out the meal was a very curious soup and fish. Although, I bet the fish was very tasty. It was also out of our very limited budget to toss in an expensive meal.
The most notable parts of the ride where the stubby and long haired horses personalities. The most exciting part of the ride was when we cross a very shallow stream and one horse did not want to get wet and actually began jumping through the water scaring the bejeezus out of the inexperienced rider. The most relaxing part of the ride was when I figured out I need to use my leg muscles to straddle the horse tighter and stop letting my butt take such abuse, I was sore.... bad form. The most stylish was Kelsey and me looking at ourselves in our attractive full body blue uniforms with helmets and random gloves. The most challenging part of the trip was after I saw the first time rider a head of me riding one handed to take a picture while riding; this inspired me to do the same thing and I'm glad I did as I took some really neat pictures while on horseback even though it was difficult and I thought I was going to drop my camera.
The Lava Tour is listed on Iceland Today's top ten trips in Iceland and amazingly we took trips #1, #2, and #3 on the list. The Lava Tour was listed as number 3, and while I would probably agree with its placement, Kelsey and myself still agreed it may have been the most enjoyable and fun tour of the Iceland Trip. Keep in mind we only visited Iceland for 4 days and three nights. So our time was very limited.
Check back soon for another post. If you have any further questions about this tour feel free to ask.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Icelandic Horses (part 1)
Our third day in Iceland we took a Reykjavik Excursions horsebike riding tour. This was a lava walk, for beginners-expert horseback riders. I myself had never ridden before, and was moderately terrified. Kelsey has a little riding experience in America and therefore was less nervous about the ride.
The bus picked us up at our guest house and took us 25 minutes to a horse ranch, where we were prepped for the ride. We got to wear these spiffy blue jump suits and nifty hats and gloves. It was rather chilly, so it was very delightful to have another layer beyond what we wore. They gave us each horses depending on our level of experience. My horse, whose name I could not pronounce and therefore cannot remember, was great! Very mild tempered and calm.
Icelandic horses are very short and a bit thick, I would consider them to be inbetween a pony and an american horse. The Icelandic Horses also have a lot of hair, and are typically a lot less fussy than American horse (this information was provided by our guide).
We were on horseback on a 45 minute trail over a volcanic landscape, much like the landscape we were introduced to immediately after stepping foot from the airport. The footing was very rocky and the horses would frequently stumble or lose their footing.
I hope you will enjoy these photos, I will upload more pictures to Icelandic Horses part 2 and tell you my overall feelings about the ride and horses in Icleand.
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