Highland Exposure

Highlights include…

• Sensational journey through one of Europe’s last wilderness areas
• Stunning locations for sunrises and sunsets
• Colourful geothermal phenomena of Mývatn
• Photograph in areas seldom visited by other tours in Iceland.
• Thorough exploration of locations.

General Summary

Introducing a breathtaking expedition into the remote, vast and uninhabited interior of Iceland giving us some unique opportunities to photograph, immense lava flows, deserts, powerful waterfalls, azure blue crater lakes, majestic mountains, volcanoes and glaciers including Europe’s biggest Ice cap Vatnajökull and the remote, little visited glacier Þórisjökull. Our expedition will finish with a day exploring the National park of Þingvellir, and the relatively quiet and active geothermal area around Nesjavellir; a truly wild and unique opportunity for serious landscape photographers who are prepared to put in that ‘extra mile’ for their images.

Brief Itinerary

For full details download the PDF dossier

Day 1 – Flight across Iceland

Rendezvous at Reykjavík’s domestic airport; evening flight to Iceland’s northern capital Akureyri, transfer to Lake Mývatn.

Day 2 – Explore around Mývatn

Photographing the wildly contrasting areas around Lake Mývatn.

Day 3 – Dettifoss, Selfoss, Hafragilsfoss

Travel North to Dettifoss taking in three outstanding and totally different waterfalls.

Day 4-5 – To Herðubreiðalindir

Today we set off into the vast Ódáðahraun to a small oasis of greenery surrounded by one of the largest lava flows in the world. Our base for two days is beneath the “Queen of Icelandic Mountains” the unique shape of Herðubreið.

Day 6-7 – Askja

We will spend two days here exploring the area around Öskjuvatn. The water in the caldera of caldera that remained following the eruption of Askja in 1875 is strikingly blue. There are amazing vistas from the various ridges of the caldera; our base for two nights is close to the interesting and foreboding looking canyon, Drekagil, The Canyon of Dragons.

Day 8 – Nýidalur Oasis

From Askja we follow the great Vatnajökull South West through Vonarskarð pass to Nýidalur oasis.

Day 9-10 – Kerlingarfjöll

Travel to Kerlingarfjöll and the ‘Ogress Mountains’ where we will encounter geothermal phenomena such as bubbling mud pools, fumaroles, hissing fissures, snow and a landscape that is truly Tolkein.

Day 11-12 – Hlöðufell and Þórisjökull

Our base for the next two nights is a mountain hut close to Hlöðufell, a beautiful and unusually shaped table mountain permanently covered with snow. We hope to explore and photograph the relatively un-visited and remote glacier Þórisjökull.

Day 13 – Þingvellir National Park

Photographing the Þingvellir national park and the geo-thermal area on the Hengil volcano before heading back to Reykjavík for hot showers and a celebratory dinner.

Day 14 – Reykjavík-UK

We take an early morning transfer from our guesthouse to Keflavik International airport for flights to the UK.

What’s included

• All accommodation
• All food, breakfast, picnic lunch, dinner (day 1 dinner only) and (day 14, breakfast only)
• All in country transport: exclusive use of comfortable 4×4 bus specially adapted for the rough terrain
• Transfer to Reykjavik International airport
• In country flight Reykjavík-Akureyri
• Guide
• Photographic tutor
• Mývatn Nature Bath

What’s not included

• International flights
• Transfers from Keflavík international airport
• Alcoholic beverages
• Snacks and beverages other than with meals
• Travel Insurance

Complete itinerary and full details

This page is only a brief summary. A complete itinerary and full details can be found in our PDF dossier. It is important that you read the full day-to-day description and further information for this holiday before making your booking.

Booking this holiday

As an incentive for people who would like to book a group holiday, we are offering one totally free place for each 10 people booked. The free place can be used as a perk for the organisor, or maybe spread the reduction to benefit the whole group or to donate the savings to a worthy cause – this is entirely up to you.

Contact us by email and we will send you a booking form either online or in the post.