South Coast & Glacier Lagoon

This Private Day-Tour allows you to spend a magnificent day devoted to

the wonders of Iceland's south shore. You will see some of Iceland's most

magnificent scenery on the way, including the mighty Skógarfoss with its 60m

drop, black sand desert, and you have the opportunity of sailing in between

icebergs in the summer time (not available in wintertime). Truly a breathtaking

experience On this tour you will see some of Iceland's biggest glacier rivers,

black sands, and just before we reach the lagoon we will pass Iceland's second

largest active volcano in the country, Öræfajökull glacier. Jökulsárlón literally

means glacier lagoon, at the time when first settlers arrived in Iceland, the edge

of Breiðamerkurjökull, an outlet glacier of the great glacier Vatnajökull, is

thought to have been 20km further north than it is now. The climate began to

cool in about the year 1200, the cold spell reaching a peak in the period 1600-

1900, which is sometimes known as the "Little Ice Age". As a result the glacier

advanced until about 1890, reaching a point only about 1km from the coast at

Jökulsá river. Large blocks of ice break off the edge of the glacier, which is

about 30m high, keeping the lagoon stocked with icebergs