Lunar Landscape Adventure: Lava cave, hotsprings volcanoes and Blue Lagoon

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.

Once in Reykjavik we will drop you off at your hotel or a restaurant of your choice. This tour is ideal to do on your departure day if you have an afternoon flight out of Iceland. Then we would drop you off at Keflavik Airport in time for your flight.



Join us on an great geological exploration in the lunar-like landscape of Reykjanes  in a great day tour – and do it in style and comfort of our Super Jeeps. The Nature Exlporer Lunar Landscape adventure is a great way to see very different landscape and enjoy a relaxing vacation. 

Duration: 7-9 hours 
Departures: 9:00 (or at your convenience, be it earlier or later)
Price: 29.500 ISK per person - min 4 pax, children under the age of 12 get 50% discount
Includes: Pick up, guided tour and Blue Lagoon entrance
Not included: Lunch and refreshments (best to bring a lunchpack but we can stop on route)

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 Afternoon Mystery Adventure Tour

This 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 if weather permits

Duration: 8- 10 hours                                                                 
Departures: Daily at 13:00 (or at your convenience, be it a bit earlier or later)
Price: 33.500 ISK per person - min 4 adults
Includes: Pick up, guided tour, Blue Lagoon entrance
Not included: Dinner and drinks at the Blue Lagoon restaurant, Lava. For groups we can arrange a group menu
Please Note: The northern lights are a natural phenomenon - and we haven't quite learned to control the weather.

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