Cultural Tours
ICELAND educational tours: This unique country is really a fascinating tour destination for groups! Students can always experience something new – maybe see an art exhibit in a green power plant, or after an expoloratory day - enjoy a sunlit-night in Reykjavik – we can make it happen. Read on for further details on this fascinating country which also has Europe’s newest and largest national park!
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Reykjavik Tourist Card – This handy discount card provides admission to all the thermal pools in the capital city, public transport, the National Museum, the Family Park and Zoo and many more attractions.
Things to see and do!
Iceland's Vatnajökull National Park — Europe’s largest national parks - 13,000 km2 in size, roughly 13% of the area of Iceland. The national park include's the entire Vatnajökull glacier and is Iceland’s largest wilderness area, where the forces of volcanic fire, glacial ice, water, and wind create a majestic and fascinating landscape of stunning lava beds, sand flats, mountains, and glaciers. Vatnajökull is more than 8,000 km² in size and is by far Iceland’s largest glacier. A large part of the glacier lies in an active volcanic zone.
Jökulsá á Fjöllum is the second-longest river in Iceland and the one with the largest river basin. It is host to Selfoss, Dettifoss, Hafragilsfoss, and Réttarfoss waterfalls. Dettifoss is considered the most powerful waterfall in Europe. Ódáðahraun – In the Ódáðahraun area are barren lava expanses, desert sands, and vast clusters of mountains. Skaftafell – This area boasts the biggest valley glacier, the most extensive sand flats, and more fertile ground and varied vegetation than most other areas in the country
WATERFALLS. Iceland has over 10,000 waterfalls and many of the largest waterfalls are power plants. Many are open to tours by local schoolchildren and they are spotless, high tech, with huge generating rooms and giant silver pipes carrying water it looks like the set of a James Bond movie!
In the northcentral part of Iceland is one of the country’s most interesting tourist exhibitions - The Lax Station features works by sculptor Hallsteinn Sigurdsson based on the Nordic gods. The sculptures are arranged in the facility’s eerie tunnels and vaults.
Closer to Reykjavik, Ljósafoss Station has two exhibition halls, one for the Landsvirkjun art collection, the other for educational displays that explain how they manage to run the lights and keep the Reykjavik espresso machines steaming thanks to clean hydroelectric energy.
MINERAL RICH BLUE LAGOONS. Mineral Springs Rise to the Top – Writer Paul French tested the waters, “I’m easing into Iceland’s Blue Lagoon: Bathtub-warm and odor-free geothermal seawater fills a large pool lined with black lava. Last year, 400,000 bathers took similar restorative dips in these mineral-rich waters – an all-time record. Mineral-spring spas are getting hot again.”
The “Jules” of Iceland
Drawing attention to the exotic Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Jules Verne's science fiction novel, 'Journey to the Center of the Earth', took place in beautiful Western Iceland. The area contains Snaefellsjokull, the volcano glacier, which Verne speculated was the trailhead leading straight to the Earth's core. The tale hit the big screens in July with the film "Journey To The Center Of The Earth".
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