Independent Travel Opportunities

One of Icepedition’s greatest strengths is its sensitivity to our customers’ individuality and need for independence. Icepedition has retained a remarkable team of travel experts is at your beckon call- just click the tab “About Us’ to learn more about our impressive Board of Directors.

Icepedition can custom-design a unique trip just for an individual, a couple, a family, friends, or organization- just name your interests and let us propose something tailor-made just for you. One recent Icepeditioner even plans to return for her wedding!

While Icepedition’s itineraries are built around peak season, there are in fact endless opportunities year-round to consider. Iceland’s winters are surprisingly mild- on average two degrees warmer than New York. You can stay active with countless winter sports or just relax soaking outdoors in the mists of a natural hot spring as snow falls down all around you. Not to be missed is the mysterious and mesmerizing Aurora Borealis which many consider one of the most impressive and moving experiences of a lifetime.

 Whatever your interest, Iceland truly has something especially for you, be it arts, culture, history, nature, sports, health, action adventure, or a little of everything. Icepedition has spent years researching and compiling a proprietary data base that covers hundreds of interests, many of which are listed below. Any of these- or a combination of several- can become the focus of a custom-designed Icepedition!

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HIGHLIGHTS of ICELAND:

Antiques
Archaeology:
Excavations
Sagas
Sites
Architecture:
Architectural museums
Blue Lagoon spa
Churches
Church ruins
Cleits (drying sheds)
Danish trade houses/warehouses
Drying sheds (cleits)
Fishing huts
Fishing Stations
Historic farms
Longhouse reconstruction
Historic architectural techniques
Lighthouses
Merchant Houses
Falcon house
Ruins:
Churches
Fishing villages
Pagan Temple ruins
10TH century Irish
Lighthouses
Trading posts
Sheep folds
Spas
Towns- historically intact
Turf houses/farms
Whaling stations
Windmills
Art :
Exhibitions
Foundations
Installations
Museums
Studios
Aurora Borealis (Northern lights)
Bathing / Swimming:
Hot beachs
 Hot springs
Natural saunas
Swimming
Geothermal swimming pools
Ocean swimming
Spas
Best beaches
Biking / mountain biking
Bird watching
Boats / boating:
Boat model museums
Trips and tours
Viking longship reconstruction
Camping
Caving
Cliff walks
Cliff swinging
Clinics, Spas and ‘Health’ Hotels
Concerts
Conservation (environmental)
Crater climbing
Cuisine:
Bakeries
Beer
Cafes
Four Star / Favorite Restaurants
History of food in Iceland
Junk food
Traditional foods
Rotten shark
Vegetarian
Whale meat
Wild foods
Reykjavik flea market food hall
Sea birds, eggs
Herbs, herbalists
Moss
Berries
Angelica
Worker’s canteens
Dance
Diet and Exercise
Diving
Dog sledding
Environmental conservation
Exercise in Nature
Fashion
Festivals:
Akureyri Arts Festival
Menningarmott (fashion, art, music with fireworks)
Westfjords Folk Festival in July
Viking heritage celebrated in reconstructed stone circle
A Seydi in Seydisfjordur
Dagar Myrkurs darkness festival
Djasshatid Egilsstada jazz festival
Herring Festival in Siglufjordur
Icelandic Folk Music Festival
Lobster
Ormsteiti sea monster festival
Film- Icelandic films
Fishing:
Deep sea
Fjords
Lakes
Rivers and streams
Salmon
Flora / Botany:
Botanic gardens
Flowers, wildflowers
Moss fields
Forests
Wild herbs
Horticulture
Fauna:
Birds and bird watching:
Breeding, nests and chicks
Great Auk extinction
Insects
Arctic foxes
Seals
Whales
Fossils
Flea market in Reykjavik
Folk museums (regional artifacts and culture)
Gay culture
Geneaology:
Icelandic immigration to America
Decode genetics
Geothermal activity
Geothermal energy:
Geothermal fields / areas
Hot lakes
Hot rivers
Hot springs / springs
Natural sauna/steam vents
Geothermal landscape:
Geothermal fields / areas
Hot lakes
Hot rivers
Hot springs / springs
Natural sauna/steam vents
Geothermal spas and swimming pools
Geology:
Volcanoes:
Craters and pseudocraters
Lava and lava floes
Lava tubes
Geothermal Energy:
Geothermal fields / areas
Hot lakes
Hot rivers
Hot springs / springs
Natural sauna/steam vents
Geysirs
Glaciers and ice caps:
Glacial lakes (with icebergs)
Ice Caves
Caves
Fissures / tectonic rifts
Fiords
Minerals
Mountains
Islands
Lakes
Waterfalls
Glacier tours
Golf
Handcrafts shopping
Hiking:
Highland
Interior
Historic towns and sites
Hot springs
Homeopathy:
natural cures
wild herbs
Horseback riding
Horses:
history
riding
breeding
buying
Ice climbing
Ice caving
Ice skating
Islands
Jewelry design
Lake cruises
Literature:
Eddas
Runes
Sagas  
Hallador Laxness, Nobel Prize winner
Maritime museums
Merchant house museums
Mopeds
Music
Country music
Festivals:
Westfjords accordian  festival
Djasshatid Egilsstada jazz festival
Icelandic Folk Music Festival
Icelandic Folk Music
Orchestra
Opera
Pop
Symphony
Natural History Museums
Natural Landscape:
Volcanoes:
Craters and pseudocraters
Lava and lava floes
Lava tubes
Geothermal Energy:
Geothermal fields / areas
Hot lakes
Hot rivers
Hot springs / springs
Natural sauna/steam vents
Geysirs
Glaciers and ice caps:
Glacial lakes (with icebergs)
Ice Caves
Caves
Fissures / tectonic rifts
Fiords
Minerals
Mountains
Islands
Lakes
Waterfalls
National Parks, nature reserves , wildlife sanctuaries and beautiful scenery
Religion:
History: Vikings and Christianity
Extreme churches and cathedrals see ‘Churches’ under ‘Art’ above
Paganism; old and new
Ruins:
Churches
Fishing villages
Pagan Temple ruins
10TH century Irish
Lighthouses
Trading posts
Sheep folds
Sea monsters / lake monsters:
Ormsteiti sea monster festival
Supernatural Iceland
Darkness festival
Ghosts
Giants
Trolls
Hidden people
Witches
Sagas:
manuscripts
Saga locations :
Grettir’s
Egil’s
Erikstaddir
Hrafnkell’s
Njal’s
Laxadella
Snorri Sturluson
Saga Museums
Settlement:
Museums
Sites
Sea kayaking
Skiing
Snowboarding
Snow kiting
Snowmobiling / skidoo
Shopping
Spas, clinics and ‘Health’ Hotels
Studio walking tours
Swimming
Textiles:
Textiles Museum
 Knitting
Weaving
Wool:
Wool and knit factory shops
Theater
Vikings:
Graves/graveyards
Farms
Remains
Ruins/reconstructions:
Turf house
Long house
War:
Iceland Wartime Museum
Whales:
Whale watching
Whaling  museums
Whale restaurants
Whaling stations
Whitewater rafting
Wildlife sanctuaries