Iceland- Land of fire, Ice and Northern Lights. Iceland is the dreamland for
many travellers and Photographers. It’s a paradise on earth that every
human being visit once in his lifetime to explore the beauty of nature and
Lights.
This whole tour is Iceland circle beauty and exploring the different
destination of Mother Nature. Travelers and Photographers can live 12days
of extreme Adventure with us on this Tour.
TRIP ESSENTIALS
Date of Travel: 22 sep - 03 oct'2024
Price: 2.3 lacs + 5 % GST for (this price is reserved for 5 people). If it’s less than 5 people then cost might go up.
Maximum Altitude on the Trip: 3 400 meters ASL
Accommodation: Hotels & apartments (with private (mostly) and shared bathroom)
Car: 7seater luxury car or Big 9 seater car
Category: PHOTO + SELF DRIVE SAFARI (tour leader drive and participants can drive)
Participants: 5 people only + Nakul (tour leader)
More than 4 people we need 2 cars and 2 drivers for whole trip
(Iceland Self-drive Circle ring road (whole Iceland circle)
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
- Drive through the amazing landscape of the country.
- Explore the Beautiful waterfalls of ICELAND
- Staying in most country sides and places of Iceland.
- Experience the Northern lights show.
- Driving on the Icelandic roads and experience the journey.
- Photographing the Night and AURORAS HUNTING
- Proper Covid rules and instructions throughout the Journey for safe travel.
- Mentor advices and help throughout the journey for better understating the aspects of Photography and visualization.
NOTE: This tour is open to all (Photographers and NON photographers)
We believe in travel, explore and connecting to other travel enthusiast Travelers. So, everyone is welcome on board.
ICELAND Tour advice:ICELAND is chilling weather condition during summers also.
So, we advise you to take proper winter gears and clothes for this Tour, temp could
drop down at night especially, With Proper gears we could be able to enjoy & explore
the beautiful ICELAND. We send the list of items to carry for this trip
once we get the booking amount from you
Terms & conditions:
- No refund will be made to any participant if he is unable to complete the tour in case of any health issue or abandoning in the middle. ( Extra charges for car or other arrangements.)
- In case there is no flight to Kyrgyzstan or delayed and you cancel the trip on the day of the tour starts, there will be only No refund ( apply only in-flight cases ). Certain things are beyond our control and we are not responsible for that.
- If there is trip cancelation from our side (Emergency or Covid issue), 100 % refund will be initiated or adjusted for the future trips with our company.
- Itinerary is subject to change in case of any road blockage or bad weather. We try to alternate with the other options on the spot but no money will be refunded for any change due to bad weather or heavy snowfall or any change in itinerary.
- If you don’t like to share the room with anyone or you have any night problem, we advise you to opt for Single supplement plus the tour cost for more comfortable space and privacy.
- If you are not interested in any Photography activity, we advise you to have patience and let other enjoy or click, you can wait in car or in hotel (whatever is possible on the moment).
- If you are not interested in Night Photography or star gazing, we advise you to stay back in Hotel. We don’t rush for night Photography, if you join then please respect until all we finished all.
- Night photography is not guaranteed, It depends on weather and clear sky, no refund is made if weather is not in our favor. We can’t control certain things like weather and natural calamities.
- Every Participant has to sign the Covid Undertaking form and Consent form before the trip. Once you book the trip, we send both the forms.
ITINERARY
DAY 1- ARRIVAL TO REYKJAVIK OVERNIGHT
Arrival and transfer to hotel and spend night at hotel and around (according to the time
of arrival of your flight)
DAY 2- SNAEFELLSNES PENINSULA. OVERNIGHT - GRUNDARFJORDUR AREA
Today, we have a beautiful drive and explore more of North western area of ICELAND, enter more
into Western area , arrive at hotel and check in, sunset at KIRKJUFELL MOUNTAIN. Night at hotel
Night Aurora shoot possibility around the area.
DAY 3- . EXTRA DAY IN THE AREA. OVERNIGHT - STYKKISHORLMUR AREA
Today, We woke up early morning to capture the first light in Grundarfjordur, after the
breakfast , we drive in Snæfellsnes Peninsula. And explore the National park,
VISIT BALCK
CHURCH
and more exploration, shoot at different locations to get the maximum from the
national park. Sunset at KIRKJUFELL MOUNTAIN again.
Night Aurora shoot possibility around the area.
DAY 4- DRIVE TO MYVANT AREA AND EXPLORE MORE OF WESTERN AREA ALONG THE F1 ROAD
We woke up early morning, today it’s a long drive to Myvatn lake, On the route we explore
many locations and stop at many spots to explore more western area, passing by Akureyri
Town, depending on time we can make a quick stop in the town,
We drive all the down to Myvant and arrive at hotel and sunset in Godafoss/
ALDEYJARFOSS
waterfall.
Night Aurora shoot around the area
DAY 5- DRIVE TO MYVATN LAKE AND EXPLORE THE AREA AROUND IT. OVERNIGHT IN MYVATN AREA.
Today we have more free time in Myvatn area, explore Godafoss waterfall, we start early
morning and try to capture the first light at Godafoss. Back to apartment and relax time in day
time, evening we drive all the way to ALDEYJARFOSS waterfall for the sunset, drive back to
apartment late and dinner.
Night Aurora shoot possibility around the are.
DAY 6- DRIVE TO EGLISTIRDIR (EAST AREA),174kms 3hr.
Today we have a Small journey and will start easily by passing through the most iconic HOT
SPRING bath of Western Iceland. We can stop at NATURAL BATH ( BLUE LAGOON) optional
swimming to experience the most beautiful thing of Iceland. After the lunch we drive towards
our hotel, on the way we shoot at detifoss waterfall, one of the most powerful waterfall of
Iceland.
Installation at apartment and explore Seydisfjordur area. Night at apartment
Day 7- EGLISTADIR-HOFN,256kms 4hrs.
Today’s drive is one of the longest and amazing scenic drive, We have a long drive to HOFN and entering into the southern part of Iceland, beautiful drive to explore the coastal areas and some hidden locations on the way. Sunset at Vestrahorn Mountain, One of the most photogenic and iconic location of Iceland.
Night Photogarphy possibilities in the area. Night in hofn are
Night Aurora shoot around the area.
Day 8- FREE DAY IN HOFN AREA.
Today, we explore the South area, we woke up early morning to capture the sunrise at
VESTRAHORN mountain, one of the most beautiful mountain, after breakfast, some relax time
and review session for the photos, we drive to jokulsarlon for sunset and more shooting
possibilities. Night at guesthouses
Night aurora shoot Possibility.
DAY 9- HOFN-REYNISFJARA BEACH-SKOGAFOSS AREA
We continue to explore the southern region and first stop at reynisfjara beach, beautiful
view point to shoot the black sand beach, next stop at dyrholaey and drive straight to some
hidden locations. After the lunch we drive all the way to Skogafoss watrefall , the most
famous waterfall of Iceland, it gives many opportunities of photography.
Night in Skogafoss area, Posibility of Night Photography or Auroras hunting.
DAY 10- SKOGAFOSS-SELFOSS VIA GOLDEN CIRLE
After the breakfast, we drive towards Þingvellir (Thingvellir) is a historic site and national park, we visit theOxarafoss Waterfall and drive around the area and after the lunch we drive towards the Golden circle and spend evening in that area. Sunset at gulfoss, Arrive at Selfoss and check in at hotel, Night possibility of Aurora shoot ( maximum 60-80Kms drive)
DAY 11- SELFOSS- REYKJAVIK
Arrive in Reykjavik and installation at hotel,
Free time in area and last shopping and free time in the Night market
Last Aurora hunting before going to the airport.
DAY 12- Departure from Reykjavík
It’s time to say good bye to all the participants, Early morning
(breakfast not included)
50% of the advance payment with the copy of your passport to start the
booking before 1 september 2024
Rest of the Payment till 30 september 2024 with Flight tickets and Visa copy.
TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
- Northern Lights hunting
- Iceland waterfalls and Landscapes
- Self Drive on ring Road
- accommodation according to your comfort (Guesthouses with shared & private Bathroom mix)
- Photography lessons and Tips
- Northern Lights lesson and Photography tips
- Breakfast all the days.
INCLUDED
- arrival at aiport & transfer from airport to hotel
- 11 nights’ accommodation on twin sharing basis.
- Breakfast daily
- insurances
- Travel photography and landscape photography knowledge
- Car fuel
- Rental Luxury car for 12 days Unlimited mileage, CDW and VAT - 2 x 4
- Two authorized drivers per vehicle
- GPS Navigation System free of charge for the rental period.
- Transfer from your hotel in Reykjavík to Keflavík international airport by Cars.
Excludes
Air transfer from India
Visa fee
Meals (lunch & dinner)
Anything not mentioned in the package includes.
• Personal, Travel and medical insurance.
• Any Camera fee or Entrances fee to monuments and places
• all items of personal nature.
• Participants are responsible for their Camera and Equipment’s
• Additional costs due to roadblocks etc
• Some things are beyond our control e.g. weather etc. and we will not be held liable for changes to locations, itineraries, accommodation or schedules due to bad weather, road closures, breakdowns or other unforeseen circumstances.
Tour leader- Nakul Sharma (Tour leader and Photographer)
Nakul sharma is professional tour leader and Travel photographer based in Delhi. He has been traveling since 2009 and Spiti valley and Iceland are his favorite destinations in India and abroad. He has been to Iceland and become the First Indian who has done a Professional Photo story on northern Lights and explored the whole valley and knows it by heart.
His Iceland work and Photo is known everywhere and selected by some of the
highly reputed organisation like
TPS TOP 45 (travel photography Society Award) Smart Photography magazine,
CHIIZ magazine, lonely planet INDIA, CAMARENA photographer of the Month,
INDIA PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD and many More.
Check out his Iceland work
