What you get on this adventure:

• • Experienced, local guides dedicated to creating a meaningful experience
  • Guided hikes that challenge and inspire
  • Accommodation that balances comfort with nature’s embrace (more info above)
  • All-women winter hiking tour, either a 7-day Christmas adventure in Iceland or 7-day New Year’s adventure in Iceland
  • Entrances to hot pools
  • Thrilling snowmobile adventure
  • Guided glacier walk and ice climbing experience
  • City walking tour
  • Transportation for all activities
  • Meals as indicated in the itinerary
  • All scheduled activities and entrances

What’s not included:

• • Transportation to Iceland
  • Accommodations prior to and after the tour
  • Some meals (detailed in the itinerary)
  • Guide gratuities — optional

These Iceland Northern Light package holidays are beginner-friendly! These will be exciting and festive tours, giving you the opportunity to explore Iceland’s natural wonders as well as its culture and traditions during Christmas and New Year’s time. You will walk a couple of hours a day, one day you’ll even go on a glacier hike (and possibly ice climb!), but it’s all suitable for beginners.

Clothing and things to carry in your daypack (large enough to carry all the items listed below):

• • Waterproof cover for your daypack
  • Waterproof hiking boots
  • Hiking pants
  • Thermal top or lightweight T-shirt
  • Wool socks that dry quickly
  • Mid layer
  • Buff or face covering
  • Warm hat
  • Gaiters (optional for those hiking in June month)
  • Sunhat
  • Waterproof gloves or mittens
  • Breathable & waterproof jacket and waterproof pants (no plastic ponchos)
  • Sunglasses
  • Water bottle or water bladder
  • Sunscreen
  • River crossing shoes
  • Fresh food and snacks provided by Viking Women every day
  • Extra fleece sweater or down jacket to put on when we stop for breaks
  • Hand sanitizer
  • Hiking poles (optional)
  • Camera (optional)

In your luggage:

• • Travel pillow (optional)
  • Underwear and socks
  • Extra clothes for the trail
  • Extra clothes for the evenings
  • Medicine
  • Hygiene and beauty products
  • Towel
  • Headlamp or a flashlight (for those doing the hike in August – September)
  • Powerbank to charge your devices
  • Earplugs and a sleeping mask
  • Bathing suit (for those doing the 3 days on the trail adventure)
  • Cash or a debit/credit card

Your main luggage will be transported by transport vehicle, and you will not have access to it until you reach the hotels in the afternoon. Everything needed for the day’s trek must be in your daypack.

You are allowed to take one piece of luggage on the tour. There are luggage lockers at four centrally located places in Reykjavik where you can store your extra luggage.

For your own well-being and safety, we strongly suggest following the advice of this equipment list. This includes having good quality rain gear, tops, and bottoms. Cotton clothing is not appropriate for any strenuous outdoor activity – nor are jeans and cotton t-shirts. Modern outdoor clothing is by far more comfortable and will greatly improve your experience.

Group sizes and prices:

• • For these Iceland Northern Lights package holidays, the maximum group size is 16.
  • The cost does not decrease as the group grows.
  • Single supplement is available at an additional cost and may be added to your booking upon checkout.

Iceland Northern Lights package holidays can be arranged for larger groups. Contact us to make arrangements.

Min. age requirements:

• • If you are older than 18, you’re good to go.

To get to Reykjavik, the starting point of your Iceland Northern Lights package holidays, fly into Keflavik International Airport (KEF). From there, you have a 45-minute drive to Reykjavik by bus or a cab. Buses leave the airport every hour, 24/7, so you don’t have to worry about getting delayed.

You’ll meet your guide and your group on Day 1 of the tour! It’s recommended that you either pick an early-morning flight so you get to seize the day or spend the night in Reykjavik a night prior to your adventure.

We highly recommend that you cover all your bases with both emergency medical and travel insurance. To make your booking and traveling experience as carefree as possible, we partnered up with Redpoint—the official 57hours insurance partner!

Redpoint tailors their insurance packages for adventure travel, offering a comprehensive travel program, even in remote locations. Trip cancellation, natural disasters, pandemic coverage, medical evacuation, primary medical expenses—regardless of the travel interruption that may happen, Redpoint will have you covered.

Once your booking is confirmed and your trip is paid in full, you will be offered to purchase Redpoint’s insurance. If you need any help or require more information, let us know and we will be happy to help!

Iceland, the “Land of Fire and Ice”, has forever lived with volcanic activity. Minor and major eruptions have occurred every few years since the island was formed. Some of Iceland’s appeal, aside from sheer natural beauty, surely stems from this very fact.

However, every new eruption, such as the recent Reykjanes Peninsula fissure, will make some travelers, tourists, and adventurers uneasy, especially given the fact that sensationalist media is not immune to misinformation and speculation.

Since we work with a number of expert local guides in Iceland, we thought we’d share their input and fill you in on what’s actually going on.

• • First of all, air traffic has not been affected. Flights to and from Keflavík International Airport and Reykjavík Domestic Airport are operating as they always do.
  • Second, the effects of volcanic activity have been localized, with some roads closed, and all services in Iceland are operating as usual. Reykjavik, the capital, is around 40 km (25 miles) away from the volcanic fissure, and life there is as normal as ever.
  • And third, trips offered by 57hours are taking place much further away, and are thereby even less likely to be affected by the volcanic activity, being perfectly safe for adventurers. Naturally, the authorities (and guides) are monitoring the situation and doing everything possible to keep both local residents and visitors safe and well informed.

In case you have any additional questions or dilemmas, feel free to get in touch with either your guide or 57hours. For more information, please visit:
https://safetravel.is/ and https://www.visiticeland.com/article/volcano-info

Or watch the video with Dr. Matthew Roberts from the Icelandic Meteorological Office explaining the recent volcanic activities in Iceland:
https://youtu.be/QA3-BXYuYrw?feature=shared