Top 10 Best Experiences & Things To Do In Iceland. Golden Circle Attractions & Travel Guide

Destination Review: The Luxe Voyager's exclusive curated listing of the Top 10 Best Experiences & Things To Do as a tourist in Iceland. Iceland, a Nordic island nation, is defined by its dramatic landscape with glaciers, volcanoes, geysers, hot springs and lava fields. Massive glaciers are protected in Vatnajökull and Snæfellsjökull national parks. Most of the population lives in the capital, Reykjavik, which runs on geothermal power and is home to the National and Saga museums, tracing Iceland’s Viking history. The popular Golden Circle is a tourist route in southern Iceland, covering about 300 km looping from Reykjavík into the southern uplands of Iceland and back. It is the area that contains most tours and travel-related activities in Iceland.

Icelandic nature is unspoilt, exotic and mystical with its spouting geysers, active volcanoes, tumbling waterfalls, towering mountains, vast lava plains and magical lakes. Iceland’s fjords, glaciers and highland plains present visitors with some of the most beautiful and enchanting places they will ever see, as well as a rare feeling of utter tranquility. For those on a quest for action, Iceland’s pristine nature offers great potential for outdoor activities such as snowmobiling, horse riding, cave exploring, hiking, swimming, skiing, river rafting, kayaking and mountain safaris on modified four-wheel drives, to name but a few.

The island is bustling with subterranean activity, and a boundless supply of geothermal heat is used for thermal spas, cheap house-heating and natural energy creation. Iceland is the world’s second biggest user of geothermal energy, producing as much as the United States of America and trailing only the People’s Republic of China.

Top 10 Best Experiences / Things to do in Iceland:
1: Helicopter tour / Chase Lava flow from an active volcano / Watch Northern Lights from the geothermal pool at Deplar Farm
2: Chilling in the geothermal volcanic spa at Blue Lagoon
3: Glacier hike & Ice Cave Tour at Katla
4: Sky Lagoon / Off road ATV, Quad or Buggy Tour / Snowmobile on a glacier
5: Visit famous & spectacular waterfalls: Dettifoss, Gullfoss, Seljalandsfoss, Skogafoss, Hengifoss
6: Hike the Laugavegur Trek in the Highlands / Tour of Puffin colony / Whale watching in Reykjavik / Snorkel & scuba dive in the Silfra Fissure in the Thingvellir national park
7 Visit Reynisfjara black sand beach / Diamond beach in Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon / Strokkur Geysir
8: Visit Studlagil Canyon / DC plane wreck at Sólheimasandur black sand beach / Hvítserkur Rhino rock, Troll rock, Dinosaur rock
9: Visit volcanic crates lakes, Kerid / Natural hot springs / Islandic horseback riding
10: Explore a lava tunnel, Raufarhólshellir / Tour inside Thrihnukagigur dormant volcano

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