Full-Day Nature and Culture Super Jeep Tour in East Iceland
Egilsstaðir, Iceland
Trip Type: Day Trips
Duration: 8 hours
This day tour begins with a visit to the town of Breiðdalsvík and a local business. You will journey through pure Icelandic nature, visiting some beautiful hidden treasures of Austurland. The tour gives you the best of both worlds- nature and culture, giving you a good sense of Icelandic everyday life and culture while visiting a local home and the community church.
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This day tour begins with a visit to the town of Breiðdalsvík and a local business. You will journey through pure Icelandic nature, visiting some beautiful hidden treasures of Austurland. The tour gives you the best of both worlds- nature and culture, giving you a good sense of Icelandic everyday life and culture while visiting a local home and the community church.
This excursion begins with a tour around the town of Breiðdalsvík and a visit to a local business. From there we head to the black sand beach Meleyri which is the locals favorite site for outdoors activities. Next stop is the scenic cost line by the lighthouse at Streiti, a place that is of a key importance to the local seafarers.
We follow the mountain roads Öxi and Breiðdalsheiði where we get a feeling of remoteness as well as stunning scenery.
The next stop is at the local church at Heydalir where you get a chance to see an example of a typical rural church in Iceland as well as a peek into a part of Icelandic culture.
At the end of the journey we visit a local home where we receive some light refreshments and spend a nice time with the locals.
We follow the mountain roads Öxi and Breiðdalsheiði where we get a feeling of remoteness as well as stunning scenery.
In Jórvík we visit abandoned farms which give a glimpse into who regular Icelanders used to live in the late 19th to early 20th century as well as being in an important geological site and displaying beautiful flora during summertime. After that we visit the Flögufoss waterfall and from there on the Beljandi waterfall. To arrive at those waterfalls we do some trailing on rough roads and after we visit Beljandi waterfall we cross the river below it at a point where there are no bridges.
The next stop is at the local church at Heydalir where you get a chance to see an example of a typical rural church in Iceland as well as a peek into a part of Icelandic culture.
At the end of the journey we visit a local home where we receive some light refreshments and spend a nice time with the locals.
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