Following the success of the 2007 trip to Iceland, the geography department are taking 18 students from years 10 and 11 to Iceland in August 2009.
The trip includes;
Day 1: Monday 24th August
- Flight: UK-Iceland (Heathrow - Keflavik) with Icelandair
- Meet our guide and travel to the Blue Lagoon to relax and enjoy the geothermal waters.
- Transfer to the 4* Hotel Selfoss (Keflavik) for check in and evening meal
Day 2: Tuesday 25th August
Visits to…
- Skogafoss waterfall, more than 200feet high.
- A short visit to Skogar the home of Iceland’s best known folk museum en route to the cliffs at Reynishverfi and Dyrolaey.
- A chance to walk on the Solheimajokull glacier.
- Overnight at Hotel Selfoss
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| Pingvellir National Park; site of the World's first parliament. |
Day 3: Wednesday 26th August
Visits to…
- A full day tour to Porsmork, 150km east of Reykjavik and one of Iceland’s top natural reserves; known as Thor’s landscape of rocks, glaciers, wild wood and rivers.
- Travel on a ‘superbus’ and explore Gigujokull where a glacier calves into a pro-glacial lake.
- See Seljalandsfoss waterfall and the rift canyon at Stakkholtsgja
- Evening entertainment of Ice-skating at the local indoor ice rink
- Overnight at Hotel Selfoss
Day 4: Thursday 27th August
The Golden Circle
- Full day excursion to visit Hveragerdi to observe geothermal energy use in huge greenhouses used to grow plants, vegetables and flowers.
- Travel to Kerio, a lake filled volcanic crater to look at volcanic landforms.
- Stop at Gullfoss waterfall, one of the most impressive in Europe.
- Followed by the great geyser Strokkur, spouting 10-20m every ten minutes.
- Finally travel through Pingvellir National Park; a beautiful canyon where two tectonic plates meet at the mid Atlantic Ridge and the site of Iceland’s first Parliament.
- Overnight at the 3* Fosshotel Baron in Rejkjavik
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| Skogafoss waterfall, more than 200feet high and only 5 minutes from our hotel! |
Day 5: Friday 28th August
- Breakfast at the hotel and explore the city for site seeing
- Transfer to Keflavik airport;
Return flight Keflavik-Heathrow with Icelandair.