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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 18 May 2012 03:02 |
Would you like to explore Iceland, but don´t want to sit in a crowded bus? Maybe you do not want or are not able to rent a car? Do not worry, we have a solution for you. We offer private tours for families and groups. We work with each client individually and make tour plans according to our client wishes. Doesn´t matter if it´s a family vacation, honeymoon or a business trip – we will help you to make trip to Iceland unforgettable.
We offer basic tours, that you can see on our website, but also we organize customized tours all year round. Sometimes visitors stop by in Iceland only far a half day. Even if you are tight on time, we can help you to visit most popular places in Iceland taking in plan your tight time.
Here you can see example of a private tour. A half day trip visiting Seljalandsfoss waterfall and Seljavallalaug – oldest working swimming pool in Iceland (built 1923). This example just shows, if you do not have lots of time but want to visit particular places, we can make it happen!
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Last Updated on Friday, 18 May 2012 03:31 |
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:46 |
Iceland is a unique country – and what makes Iceland so special – it´s geological characteristics. In one country you can see glaciers, mountains, vulcanos, geysirs, waterfalls and Mid-Atlantic Rift on land. How come?
Iceland is built up with the same material as the ocean bottom (tertiary basalt formation). The country is geologically an unusually thick (20km-40km) ocean crust. Iceland is located where two tectonic plates meet – North American and Eurasian plates. This is the main reason why Iceland has had so many active vulcanos. There are few places in Iceland where you can see Mid-Atlantic Rift on land, but most popular would be Thingvellir National Park.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 18:27 |
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 13 December 2011 18:09 |
When traveling around Iceland, you will probably notice the Icelandic horse, wherever you go. The small horse might look wild, but it is known for being very friendly, it is also believed to be one of purest horse breeds in the world. So what is Icelandic horse and why is he so unique? Here will be answers for those questions.
This small horse (average 135cm) came to Iceland when first viking settlers sailed to Iceland around year 800. Even though it is not a big horse, it is very strong, can carry a full-grown man and has adapted to Icelandic weather conditions very well. Most of the time horses spend outside, and during the winter time they grow very thick coat to protect themselves from the cold and strong winds. Icelanders are very proud of their horse, and it is not recommended to talk bad about their horses in front of them. Even they are in size of ponies, they are not called Icelandic pony.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 18:30 |
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 08 May 2012 14:36 |
Iceland is unique in many ways – nature, scenery, geology, history and people. The weather can change in 5 minutes. You can see waterfalls, hot springs and glaciers in one day. There are not many places on earth that offer such variety. We would like to introduce you with some interesting facts about Iceland. Lets start with vulcanos.
There is no other place on earth that has so much vuclanic activity going on as in Iceland. In the last millenium, one third of all magma that has come from vulcanos on dry land came from Iceland.
The largest lava flow since ice age was in Iceland. Þjórárhraun came from erruption 8500 years ago and was 950 km2 long and approx. 30km2 wide.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 08 May 2012 14:48 |
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:29 |
Even though Iceland´s national bird is gyrfalcon, Atlantic puffin is probably most popular that catches tourist´s eye. So, little bit about this bird, that can be seen in Iceland from April until September.
Atlantic puffin (Icelandic: Lundi, Latin: Fratercula Arctica) is a small bird (around 30cm and weights 500-600gr) is most popular bird in Iceland. In autumn around 8 to 10 millions puffins are in Iceland. Which means around half of all Atlantic puffin population is located in Iceland for few months. The Vestman Islands in south of Iceland is has the biggest population of puffins on whole world. Puffins live near the see and their main food is sand eels and capelins. Puffins are known for their diving skills, and when watching them dive, it looks like they are flying under the water.
Take a look at the video .
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:46 |
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Written by Juris
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Saturday, 15 October 2011 12:49 |
Here is a little insight in a jeep tour organized by GILDO, which led us to Landmannalaugar. The trip was supposed to be on Saturday, however because of bad weather conditions, it was decided to wait until next day. Weather condition in Iceland can be very harsh and it could be dangerous to travel in such conditions, but safety of people is in the first place for GILDO team.
But everything from beginning. In Saturday morning the group met at Olís gas station, ready for adventures, even though the strong wind was almost 28 m/sec. After serious conversations about the trip and weather we decided to wait until Sunday for the trip. Some of the group went straight home, however there were few persons with true viking attitude, who said that no wind or rain would stop them from adventutes, so we decided to spend the day near Reykjavik. The plan was to explore a little bit of Hvalfjörður area, so off we went. Most of the participants of the trip were using jeeps from GILDO car rental. As we were almost at Hvalfjörður tunnel, we took the turn to right, and there most of the drivers had chance to fight the strong wind to try to hold their vehicles on the road.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 October 2011 16:07 |
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