The South Adventure
About the trip
The South Adventure is the carefully crafted and unique on the market trip that offers the famous and lesser-known part of the southern highlands of Iceland combined with the essentials of this country.
For those looking for more than a conventional trip. It combines the highlands and the well-known southern part of the island, hiking, hot springs and incredible excursions. We will kayak among icebergs and walk through a glacier tongue on the largest glacier in Europe! The landscapes of the south and the highlands will leave you speechless, while you hike through the incredible Kerlingarfjöll mountain range, Landmannalaugar, through the Thórsmörk valley, the Langisjór lakes or the Eldgjá canyon.
This adventure breaks with traditional trips to Iceland, offering you a small group, an experienced guide, a 4×4 vehicle, activities every day and a unique route.
Available dates
From August 08 to August 17, 2026
6 places available!
Price: 3,670€ per person
The group: 10 people
Where: The South and the Highlands of Iceland
Effort: medium
Includes
- Transfers from and to Keflavík airport (Iceland)
- 9 nights in private and shared accommodations (shelters in the highlands)
- Half board during all days (except the first and last night)
- Private 4×4 vehicle and fuel
- Experienced guide and driver from ‘5elementravel’ (es/cat/ing)
- Trekking on the Vatnajökull glacier
- Kayak among icebergs
- Entrance to the spa/hot springs
- Trekkings and excursions
- Guided tours during a unique tour on the market
- A package of drone photos and videos
- Online personal training routine and sports monitoring
Not included
- Flights
- Lunches
- Costs derived from adverse weather or flight delays
- Everything that is not in ̈includes ̈
Excursions
- Trekking on the Vatnajökull glacier
- Kayak among icebergs
- Entrance to hot spring spa
- Excursion to the top of the Fjallabak Natural Park
- Trekking in the area of the largest volcanic canyon in the world, Eldgjá
- Visit to the turquoise-colored lakes of Langisjór
- Ascent to the top of Sveinstindur
- Trekking in the area of Kerlingarfjöll
- … and much more!!
Flights
Although flights are not included, when the group is closed, we will make a WhatsApp group to buy flights together and to help you in the process, if necessary.
Day 1
Airport of origin – Keflavík
Our guide will welcome you and pick you up at Keflavík airport. With our 4×4 vehicle we will go to explore the Reykjanes peninsula, known for its geothermal activity. We stay in a hotel in the city of Keflavík, near the Fagradalsfjall volcano. Accommodation in a hotel.
Day 2
Keflavík – Landmnannahellir (highlands)
Our first day of adventure! Today we have to go into the highlands to discover why Iceland is said to be another “planet”. We will make some excursions and visits along the way to enjoy its waterfalls and landscapes. Once in our accommodation, we will make an excursion to a summit of the FJALLABAK NATURAL RESERVE that will leave you speechless. Accommodation in mountain refuge.
Day 3
Landmannahellir (highlands) – Skaftárhreppur (highlands)
On our next day we will go even further into the interior of Iceland. The interior is characterized by being completely uninhabited, with a large presence of glaciers and lava deserts. This combination makes this place a unique site. Our destination is the mountains of LANDMANNALAUGAR . An active area where, apart from being able to enjoy its trekkings, we can enjoy its natural hot springs.
Accommodation in mountain refuge.
Day 4
Skaftárhreppur (highlands)
We start the day with a trekking in the area of the largest volcanic canyon in the world, ELDGJÁ . An unusual and astonishingly beautiful landscape. Once the effort is finished, we will go with our 4×4 towards the heart of the highlands. This time to explore and visit the lakes of LANGISJÓR, one of the most emblematic and at the same time hidden gems of the highlands. There we will make the ascent of the mountain with possibly the best views of the whole country: SVEINSTINDUR. Accommodation in mountain refuge.
Day 5
Skaftárhreppur – Vatnajökull National Park
On our fifth day of travel we will approach the largest glacier in Europe…VATNAJÖKULL, famous for its landscapes and contrasts. Our goal is to perform one of the best activities of our trip: a GLACIER WALK through one of its icy tongues, where they will teach us how to use crampons and ice axes on the ice. We will end the day with the pearl of Iceland, the JOKURSARLÓN glacial lagoon and its DIAMOND BEACH. We stay on the slopes of the mountains, near the glacier. Accommodation in rural house.
Day 6
Vatnajökull National Park – Vík
Early in the day a secret trekking awaits us where we can see a movie landscape. Everything and that the best is yet to come, today it’s time to navigate with KAYAK BETWEEN ICEBERGS. An initiation experience with which you can pass between the ice floes and enjoy a unique environment. Towards the afternoon we will go to our accommodation, hidden in one of the most peculiar and remote valleys. Accommodation in cabins
Day 7
Vík – Thórsmörk
Today we will tour the south coast, the area of Iceland with the most famous visits, such as the SELJALANSDFOSS waterfall (the waterfall that can be passed behind), SKÓGAFOSS, REYNISFJARA (basalt beach) and the famous volcano of 2010 (Eyjafjallajökull). Our group will not only stay with the typical visits of the area, our day hides many other waterfalls that we will travel. Our destination moves away from the conventional routes and we will enter the valley of Thor, where we will cross several rivers with 4×4 and make some little-known excursions and visits. Accommodation in glamping.
Day 8
Thórsmörk – Kerlingarfjöll
If we liked the interior of Iceland at the beginning of the trip… it’s time to repeat. This time we enter the area further into the interior of the highlands: KERLINGARFÖLL. In this place a bit of everything awaits us: a 4×4 route to reach a very impressive volcanic area, where we will understand why Iceland is called the land of Fire and Ice. In our refuge today we have several trekkings to perform and reward of hot springs. Accommodation in refuge.
Day 9
Kerlingarfjöll – Reykjavík
Last day of travel, but no less spectacular. Leaving the highlands by another magnificent route in 4×4, we will visit the best known waterfall of the whole trip and the famous GEYSIR (Strokkur). Once in Reykjavík we will take a guided tour of the city and we will have the afternoon and night free to enjoy the city, with famous buildings such as Hallgrímskirkja, Perlan and Harpa.
Day 10
Keflavík – Airport of origin
It’s time to say goodbye to Iceland! It is the last day, but the group will have more than half of the day to enjoy the city on their own. In the afternoon we will go to Keflavík airport to fly to the airport of destination.
News!
We give an exclusive service in the world of adventure travel:
Online personal training routine with sports monitoring so that you arrive at the trip in the best physical condition and thus fully enjoy it.
Once the trip is over, you will get a wonderful memory of this trip, with the videos and photographs captured by our drone.
Extras
In the following section we attach the extra services that could be contracted before the trip by 5elemenTravel.
Blue lagoon/sky lagoon
€70-90pp
Entrance to the new/famous blue hot spring spa. The entrance is with unlimited time and includes the transfer with the bus from the city (before or after the trip).
Extra night in Reykjavík + transfer
from €125pp
Extra night in accommodation in the center of the capital in Reykjavik, before starting the trip or at the end of the trip. Includes transfer from or to the airport.
Sleeping bag for mountain shelters
€45pp
Sleeping bag rental for the entire trip, essential for nights in wooden cabins and mountain shelters.
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Easy payments
Ease when paying for your trip. Pay the deposit and the rest up to 61 days before the first day of travel. In one, two, three… or in the number of payments you want!
Total flexibility
Times change and the way of traveling too. Date changes and cancellations up to 61 days before the departure of the trips. Travel when you are ready!
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We promote sustainable and responsible tourism!
From 5elemenTravel, we want to give every traveler the opportunity to get involved in the country they are about to discover. As the fifth element (human being), we aim to help and support projects that benefit other elements such as:
We support the ICE-SAR volunteer rescue units and their projects in Iceland through an annual donation.
Iceland is a country with high air quality but a significant lack of forests. That is why we want to offset our vehicle CO2 emissions by cooperating with the organization Kolviður, which is responsible for planting trees across Icelandic territory.
We inform every traveler about the importance of nature for this country and its people through Iceland’s sustainability pledge.
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