02 Sep 2024
Our 10 days traveling the Ring Road in Iceland on an Icelandic Tours vacation was wonderful! My sister, brother and I were with a group of 15 "new best friends" and were passengers in a comfy Mercedes Benz van. We made many stops every day and spent each night in a lovely hotel in a new town. We hiked up calderas, watched puffins, took a boat ride in a lagoon filled with huge icebergs, went to an Icelandic Horse "show", tried dried shark tidbits (yuck) and even saw the Northern Lights twice.
Our Guide, Gunnar (born and raised in Iceland) was exceptional and truly a high point of every day from wake-up/breakfast, to being an excellent driver and knowing about every stop and road we traveled along the way. The information Riina at Iceland Tours put together for us was easy to understand (we had many questions at first) and were even able to have an up close viewing of the erupting volcano on our last day as we took the FlyBus back to the airport
This was a once-in-a-lifetime trip for most of us and the guidance, suggestions, help with reservations (the Forest Lagoon was GREAT!) we received from Iceland Tours were so helpful for me as I carried the reins of our magic bus from April through the end of August.