Iceland Trip Review: Reykjavik, Glacier Hike, Waterfalls, Black Beach, Blue Lagoon, One-Week Tour

Iceland is a beautiful country and thanks to our travel agency we were able to fully enjoy it! Prior to our trip, Arnar was helpful with suggesting a great itinerary and then patiently customizing it to meet our changing needs. Our family (myself and two adult daughters) have traveled extensively in the past and used agencies in different countries. Although this travel company is a small family owned business, it certainly exceeded our expectations. The accommodations Arnar selected for us were exactly the type we requested, and they were all safe, clean, and had very friendly, accommodating staff. They were well located and allowed us to easily explore Reykjavik and enjoy the restaurants, shops, museums, and harbor. Our favorite was the suite in the hotel at the Reykjavik marina. It was very quaint, yet updated with all the modern conveniences (but the others were wonderful too). The food in Reykjavik was very good and the restaurants Arnar booked for us (Apotek and the Grill Market) did not disappoint. The more casual restaurants around the marina also had great seafood. Now on to the rest of our trip… when we arrived at the airport in Iceland we were greeted by our wonderful Icelander/driver/guide/friend. He was truly one of the highlights of our trip! He was very personable, knowledgeable about Iceland, and frankly, fun.  He felt like a friend on vacation with us, yet still stayed focused on accommodating our needs and what we wanted to do. During our trip we relaxed in the hot springs of the Blue Lagoon, hiked through parks, splashed through streams in a Jeep, visited waterfalls (and went behind one), walked on a black beach, went in caves, climbed a glacier, took amazing photos, and made wonderful memories. And those were just some of the experiences of our 7 day adventure in Iceland. Thank you to our travel agency for creating a wonderful Icelandic Adventure for us!