Day One
Wed · 15 July
Arrival, by light that won't end.
Touch down at Keflavík. Pick up the car. Drive the short, soft road into Reykjavík.
An Orange Jacket Private Journey
An Orange Jacket Private Journey
For Yogesh and Friends
This is Iceland at its most generous. Twenty four hours of daylight. Glaciers you can walk on at midnight. Black sand beaches lit gold at two in the morning. Waterfalls you walk behind. Lava fields, basalt cliffs, ice that drifts to sea. Four of you, one Nissan X-Trail, and the whole south of the country to drive.
Day One
Wed · 15 July
Touch down at Keflavík. Pick up the car. Drive the short, soft road into Reykjavík.
Day Two
Thu · 16 July
A walk through Þingvellir National Park where two tectonic plates pull apart. Then a slow city afternoon.
Day Three
Fri · 17 July
Drive north to Snæfellsnes. Lava beaches, basalt arches, a black wooden church, and a mountain shaped like an arrowhead.
Day Four
Sat · 18 July
Descend into a lava cave. Loop the peninsula. Watch a glacier-topped volcano change colour all day.
A note on the light
From late May through early August, Iceland sits inside the midnight sun. Twenty two to twenty four hours of daylight every day. You'll find yourselves at waterfalls at one in the morning with golden light, and on glacier faces at midnight in soft pink shadow. Sleep when you want. The country won't tell you to.
Day Five
Sun · 19 July
Cross the country to the south coast. Seljalandsfoss, Gljúfrabúi hidden in a moss canyon, then Skógafoss. A stretch where waterfalls fall every few kilometres.
Day Six
Mon · 20 July
Iceland's most theatrical beach. A small village watched over by a hilltop church. Puffin colonies in full nesting season.
Day Seven
Tue · 21 July
A canyon with hundred-metre walls. A black basalt waterfall. A lagoon where house-sized ice chunks float to sea.
Day Eight
Wed · 22 July
Höfn sits at the edge of Vatnajökull, the ice cap that covers eight percent of the country. Today is yours: hike the glacier if you want, photograph Stokksnes, soak in a natural hot pool.
Day Nine
Thu · 23 July
A long drive west along the south coast. A walk to a half-buried plane wreck. A cabin under the mountain.
Day Ten
Fri · 24 July
A park between continents. A geyser. A two-tier waterfall that thunders gold. And a milky-blue spa to close the trip.
Day Eleven
Sat · 25 July
Breakfast at Konvin. Short shuttle to Keflavík terminal. Iceland keeps for you in photographs and the small ache you'll feel for a week.
Where you'll sleep
Nights 1 + 2 · 15 to 17 Jul
Reykjavík
A clean, modern city hotel in Kópavogur, ten minutes from Reykjavík's main streets. Breakfast included.
Nights 3 + 4 · 17 to 19 Jul
Grundarfjörður, Snæfellsnes
Boutique guesthouse in a postcard fishing village, fifteen minutes from Kirkjufell.
Nights 5 + 6 · 19 to 21 Jul
South Coast
Glamping bungalows close to the south coast waterfalls. Cosy, simple, grocery and cafés walking distance away.
Nights 7 + 8 · 21 to 23 Jul
Höfn
A full two-bedroom apartment with kitchen, in the lobster town of Höfn. Cooking-night ready.
Night 9 · 23 to 24 Jul
Hvolsvöllur area
A private cabin under Rauðafell mountain. Kitchen, possibly a hot tub. Quiet end to a long driving day.
Night 10 · 24 to 25 Jul
Keflavík, by the airport
Modern airport hotel, fifteen minutes from KEF terminal. The last short hop before flying home.
Your ride
Iceland rewards a vehicle with ground clearance and four-wheel drive. The X-Trail is the right size for four travellers: high enough for gravel approach roads, big enough for four large suitcases plus four shoulder bags, comfortable for the long driving days.
Pre-booked for you
July books out months in advance. We hold these slots so you just turn up.
Day Four
A 45-minute guided descent into an 8,000-year-old lava tube on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. Helmets and lamps included.
Day Ten · Lunch
Tomato soup buffet inside a working greenhouse on the Golden Circle. Vegetarian-perfect. Reservations sell out six weeks ahead.
Day Ten · Sunset
Sunset slot at the milky-blue geothermal spa. Two to three hours, towel and welcome drink included.
If you want more
Tell us before you fly. We'll secure the slot. These sit outside the package.
Snorkel or dive between two continental plates at Þingvellir. Day Two.
45-minute amphibious boat tour among the icebergs. Day Seven.
Guided 3 to 4-hour crampon walk on Europe's largest ice cap. Day Eight.
Guided 3-hour hike on a south-coast glacier tongue. Day Six.
3-hour boat tour, humpbacks and minkes peak July. Day Four.
Vegetarian along the way
Iceland is more vegetarian-friendly than people expect. Here is a hand-picked list of veg-strong stops on your route.
Why Orange Jacket
Six years of running adventure travel from India to the ends of the earth. Hand-picked stays. Pre-booked slots. A real human on call through the journey. We don't just hand you an itinerary, we carry the trip with you.
What's covered
What's separate
Your investment
Group of four · ₹11,84,000
All inclusions listed above. Taxes (5% GST) and payment gateway charges already included. Optional add-ons billed separately if you choose to book any.
Bring from home
Lonid Apartment and the cabin at Rauðafell both have full kitchens. Bring your favourite ready-to-eat packs from home, anything that travels well and reheats fast.