It was billed in Icelandic dollars, but it isn't charged unless we stay. We are FULLY refundable and can cancel up to 4pm the night before. Our credit card only holds the room.

My rates definitely include my spouse for free. It even says so on the reservation. I am not sure if this is because I am a Hilton honors member, but I don't think so.


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Interesting about Flybus. Thanks for the info, Marcie. I will check with the hotel about the best way to get there.

On another note: tours. I am taking a golden circle jeep tour with Brad and Leslie who kindly invited me to join them. I am looking for a tour for the the 19th. Doug is arriving on the 20th and we are planning on doing a night tour called Lunar Landscapes.


The lunar landscape at Reykjanes, with all it´s volcanos and different lava formations, gives you a good idea why Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin came to Iceland to practice their moonwalk. Our adventure is not quite as extreme but still very extra terrestrial.
You might call this a "hot" tour since we experience geothermal power, blowing steam, hot springs and endless lava before a relaxing soak in the Blue Lagoon.

We start by going driving up to the geothermal area around Hengill volcano and visit the geothermal powerplant. Not only do we get to go into the powerplant but we also drive into the lava field and feel first hand the power of a blowing borhole.

We then continue through a secret little track where we need to cross an unbridged river many times before we get back to a main road (our driverguides love this bit). We don't stay long on the main road but go into another lavafield where you have the opportunity to do some caving in a lava tube cave.

A bit further we see how Icelanders still dry fish in the lava field just outside of the capital area - even if it's just a few miles from the city, it still the middle of nowhere. A few minutes later we are again away from all city lights off-roading on the Super-Jeep in lunar-like landscape which is vast, barren and deserted with many volcanoes and endless lava. We are in fact driving right where the tectonic plates meet; the Eurasia-plate and the North America-plate. This is the reason why the Reykjanes Peninsula is so volcanic.

We make our way along the rough tracks to Lake Kleifarvatn, a secluded mountain lake with black sanded beaches. At Seltun in Krysuvik we will explore a large geothermal area with many hot springs, boiling mud pools and blowing steamvents. Some journalists have said this are to be more facinating than other more known than the more famous Geysir area. There are certainly fewer people and it is a strange and colorful world.

In the spring it's worth while to take a look at the Atlantic ocean from the sea cliffs at Krýsuvik which is brimming with sea birds. Later in the afternoon we go by the back roads to the Blue Lagoon for a relaxing soak before heading back to Reykjavik.
The Reykjanes tour is also ideal to do in the afternoon and evening. This adds to the mystery and the extraterrestrial feeling. After relaxing in the Blue Lagoon you have dinner in it´s award winning restaurant before we go hunting for the Northern Lights on the way back to Reykjavik.

We are also looking into a jeep tour on the 21st.

21st Tour idea 1
Thorsmork Nature Reserve - a Real 4x4 Adventure Day Tour from Reykjavik


Thorsmork is a wide valley named after Thor, the Viking God of Thunder. The rugged nature of green valleys, steep mountains, clear creeks and wild rivers make Thorsmork one of the country´s most popular hiking grounds.

Surrounded by 3 glaciers, Myrdalsjokull, Eyjafjallajokull and Tindfjallajokull in the southern part of Iceland, it offers a great picturesque panorama and landscape. It´s only about 160 km east of Reykjavik but the last 30 km is one of greatest strips of mountain track you encounter – with unbrigded rivers and streams to cross in our strong and reliable Super Jeeps. It´s a great 4x4 track and a lot of fun.

We´ll take a photo stop by a glacier lagoon where you can get real close to the falling glacier and icebergs. In Thorsmork we stop for a couple of hours to enjoy the fantastic landscape, have lunch or take a short hike. On the way back you have the opportunity to take a short hikes through small but magnificient canyons with a hidden waterfall at the end.

We will also stop at the clear freefalling waterfall of Seljalandsfoss where we go a short walk behind the waterfall and feel the refreshing spray and drizzle from one of Iceland´s highest waterfalls. Once in Reykjavik we will drop you off at your hotel or a restaurant of your choice.

21st Tour idea 2

Iceland´s Magnificient West Super-Jeep Day Tour: Lava Tube, Hot Spring, Waterfalls & Glacier

This Nature Explorer adventure day tour starts by driving to Thingvellir where the oldest parliament in world was founded and you can see the tectonic plates drift apart. After Thingvellir we cross the rough mountain road of Kaldidalur (Cold Valley) were we enjoy great variety in barren landscape before reaching Langjokull, Iceland´s second largest glacier. After a short cruise on the white plains of the glacier on the Super-Jeep we continue to one of Iceland´s largest and most magnificient lava caves, Surtshellir which was inhabited by outlaws. We can provide you with headlights so you have the option of caving and explore the strange lava formations. We continue down to Borgarfjordur to see Hraunfossar (Lava Waterfalls) where the river flows from underneath the lava field and cascades down into river. Just a few meters away there´s another great waterfall, Barnafoss. We pass through the historical site of Reykholt before visiting Iceland´s most powerful geothermal spring, Deildartunguhver. Return to Reykjavik via scenic Hvalfjordur (Whale Fjord).
Anyone interested in joining me to do anything on the 19th?


Anyone interested in joining us on either of our other adventures?