verne journey to the center of the earth

Continue to Akureyri, the capital of North Iceland, for three nights at the Akureyri – Berjaya Iceland Hotel. (B, D)ĭay 3 A scenic drive, on a mountain pass and over a fjord, leads to the northern Vatnsnes Peninsula and to Skagafjördur, to visit Vidimýri’s historic turf church, and the Turf Houses of Glaumbaer, the thirteen 18 th-19 th buildings now forming a museum and giving a glimpse of bygone days in traditional farms and households. Continue to Arnarstapi fishing village, set at the western end of the peninsula, and steeped in ancient Icelandic Saga legends, for overnight at the 3-star Fosshotel Hellnar. Visit the tiny town of Grundarfjördur to see ‘Iceland’s most photographed mountain’, the steeple shaped Kirkjufell, standing alone at the edge of the sea.

It is factually considered as ‘Iceland in Miniature’, and fictionally ‘the centre of the earth’. Stay overnight at the 3-star Hotel Klettur.ĭay 2 Journey to the Snaefellsnes (‘snow mount’s peninsular’), a National Park where spectacular landscapes include a volcano and a glacier, mountains and craters, caves and waterfalls. This tour takes in both the creativity of Man and the creation of Nature, united in the harnessing of geothermal resources for heating, and crafting houses from the turf and visits the lands of legendary trolls, villages on the fjords, and whales in the waters around them.ĭay 1 Fly from your chosen airport to Keflavik and transfer to Reykjavik, your introduction to city life, Icelandic style, surrounded by natural wonders. Just 30% of Iceland’s landmass is inhabitable, the rest a mesmerising mix of glaciers, mountains, hot springs, and lava fields. We follow their path (but stop short of penetrating the earth’s crust!). Jules Verne certainly had those thoughts when writing his classic novel, choosing to send his characters, on the pure-bred Icelandic horses, to the Snaefellsjokull crater, for their Journey to the Centre of the Earth.

The days in between are an eye-opening reminder of the force of Nature, where tectonic plates are exposed, geysers and volcanoes litter the landscape, and it’s easy to imagine that this is where the barrier between the planet’s surface and the elements beneath is at its flimsiest. This tour of ravishing scenery and geological wonders begins and ends in the world’s most northerly capital, Reykjavik, seen from the air like a multi-coloured Lego town, experienced on the ground as a kaleidoscope of culture, cafés, classic galleries, and quirky street art.

Verne journey to the center of the earth