Individual tours
Iceland 2024 & 2025

The capital Reykjavík in particular harbours a number of beauties that you should definitely visit on a tour of Iceland. For example, marvel at the imposing Hallgrímskirjkja, which is inspired by the mighty basalt pillars of Svatifoss. In this city, you will also be standing on historical ground – for example at the Höfði House, where the end of the Cold War was sealed. You may also see the special mentality of Icelanders at Stjórnarráðshúsið, the official office of the Prime Minister – who express their protest against the actions of the incumbent with toilet paper on the façade if necessary. You can relax in Iceland’s capital in the Einar Jónsson Sculpture Garden, among other places. Of course, the capital also has a number of interesting museums and galleries. Museum gems can also be found elsewhere with a Museum of Witches and Wizardry, museums about the Vikings and in charming collections such as the Nonsense Museum.

In Akureyri, you will come across another beautiful basalt-inspired church, the Akureyrarkirkja, whose stained glass windows depict a key scene in the Christianisation of Iceland: the immersion of the old gods in Goðafoss. You can’t miss the small, bright red Christmas House on the edge of town, where Christmas is celebrated 365 days a year.

If you drive a little way out of Akureyri along the eastern shore of Eyjafjörður in a hire car, you will find yourself in the small museum village of Laufas, where time stood still in 1865. The houses have stood there virtually unchanged since that year and allow you to take a wonderful trip into Iceland’s past.

A round trip to Iceland is a real treat, especially for lovers of spectacular landscapes. The best way to explore Iceland’s natural wonders is on the Snæfellsness peninsula. Everything that makes Iceland so unique is close together here: a volcano, a glacier, caves and bizarre rocks, craters, lava fields and waterfalls and, off the coast, the whales that you can visit off Ólafsvík. Climb Helgafell on Snæfellsness, the holy mountain of the Icelanders, and enjoy Kirkjufell, one of the “Games of Thrones” backdrops, of which there are several more in Iceland. Climb down into the belly of the earth in the Vatnshellir Cave or experience a real adventure in the Rauðfeldsgjá Gorge.

Goosebumps are also the order of the day in Thingvellir National Park. Here you are standing right next to the Rift Valley, where the North American and Eurasian plates are drifting apart. This is as close as you can get to the powerful forces from the earth’s interior. In Thingvellir, at Lögberg, you also enter the place where the laws of Iceland were proclaimed for centuries.

The Mývatn doesn’t sound tempting at first: mosquito lake. But the lake is surrounded by a magnificent landscape that you simply have to see and feel. Here you can wander through the bizarre formations of the Dimmuborgir lava fields. At Hverfjall Crater, you will feel a tingling sensation in your stomach as you look down to where a huge vapour explosion once tore the earth apart. The bubbling mud volcanoes of the nearby Hverarönd high temperature area seem almost tame.

Just like its landscapes, Iceland’s cuisine is also a little adventure. It ranges from extremely tasty to bizarre tests of courage. The latter clearly includes Hákarl, fermented shark. For some, Svið, the black scorched sheep’s head, is more of a visual challenge. In addition to such traditional specialities, modern Icelandic cuisine offers a delicious variety. In particular, fish is on the menu here in all varieties: raw, boiled, fried, steamed, grilled or dried. In addition to everything good from the sea, reindeer and lamb, the menu also includes duck, goose, puffin and even horse. They are usually served with potatoes and various vegetables. Many restaurants have now also created vegetarian and even vegan options in the Icelandic style, with mushrooms often ending up in the pot.

What is less well known is that Icelanders love sweets more than anything else and create very refined creams, cakes, tarts and other desserts. Here, too, there are curiosities such as cocoa soup with rusks. Iceland also has incredibly delicious pancake varieties such as Lummur and Pönnukökur. Icelanders are also incredibly fond of ice cream, which is why you can try it in abundance and in many flavours.