Húsavík, a small fishing town on Skjálfandi Bay, is called the whale-watching capital of Europe. Boat trips have a very high chance of seeing humpback whales, and often minke whales, dolphins and sometimes blue whales, from spring to autumn. Some tours also visit the puffin island of Lundey.
Traditional oak boats and faster RIBs run from the harbour; bring warm clothes. The Húsavík Whale Museum is excellent. Relax afterwards in GeoSea, sea baths on the cliff.
A volcanic lake in north Iceland surrounded by craters, lava formations and geothermal areas.
A lagoon at the foot of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier filled with icebergs that break off and drift slowly towards the sea, with seals swimming amon…
A jet boat ride up the glacial Hvítá river into the canyon below Gullfoss, the huge two-tiered waterfall on Iceland's Golden Circle.
Iceland's most famous waterfall, the 'golden falls', where the Hvítá river plunges 32 m in two stages into a deep canyon.
The geothermal area of Haukadalur, where the original Geysir, which gave its name to all geysers, now rarely erupts.
A rift valley where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates are pulling apart, and where Iceland's parliament, the Alþingi, met in the open a…
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