Iceland can offer an abundance of experiences to a traveler: beautiful nature, tasty cuisine, and inspiring art and culture. Prepare for your trip, and you will be able to get the most of it. Our short list of essentials has been specially designed to teach you the essentials of Iceland travel.

The Flight’s On Us, The Adventure Is Yours! Experience one of Hurtigruten’s incredible Voyages of Exploration  and the flight is on us! Where do you want to go? Available On These Incredible 2017 Voyages. Antarctica – on MS Fram. Antarctica – on MS Midnatsol Iceland, Greenland and Canada – on MS Spitsbergen. Norway – on MS Fram. Greenland – on MS Fram. Greenland – on MS Spitsbergen. Iceland – on MS Spitsbergen.

New Year's Eve is one of the greatest holidays in Iceland, almost as big as Christmas. Although there are no offical city sponsored events, private parties and celebrations are held all over the city. New Year´s Eve is one of the most popular times to visit Iceland, Along with New York, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Paris, London, Sydney and Hong Kong, Reykjavik is in the top 10 best places in the world to celebrate New Year's Eve!

My husband and I have just returned from an amazing holiday in Iceland. We booked through DORA at Nordic Saga. Everything went smoothly and we got the cabin we wanted. We did a circumnavigation of Iceland on a small cruiseship, the Ocean Diamond, which was small enough to go down the fjords, right to the harbours of the small villages. It was an outstanding trip! I highly recommend it! The expedition crew on the Ocean Diamond were amazing! We were always given the best safety gear for our excursions (helmets, goggles, survival suits, life jackets, etc.). Every day was an adventure! We visited waterfalls, geysers, lagoons, fishing villages, volcanic craters, museums, nature baths, geo-thermal pools, glaciers, and icebergs, and much more. We rode Icelandic horses, went whale watching, saw puffins, eider ducks, black guillemots (with red feet!), and arctic turns.

If you’re planning a trip to Iceland for the first time, there are just a few things you should know before you go. Here is a list of 10 things (in no particular order) that you might find helpful before you begin your journey through Iceland.