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Arctic Truck Experience

Northern Lights Weekend

Northern Lights Weekend

Truck Experiences & Northern Lights Viewings

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Black Sand Beaches

Black Sand Beaches

Steer Across The Black Sand Beaches Of The South Coast

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Breathtaking Scenery

Breathtaking Scenery

Take Command Of These Modified Trucks

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Golden Circle

Golden Circle

Drive Your Toyota Land Cruiser Through The Golden Circle Route

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A 3 Day Adrenaline Adventure

A 3 Day Adrenaline Adventure

Witness Iceland's Most Iconic Sights Whilst Driving Your Own Arctic Truck

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Arctic Truck Experience

Enjoy a unique adrenaline weekend behind the wheel of an Arctic Truck. As you take command of these specially modified vehicles, you will be taught and accompanied by the team behind both Top Gear’s trip to Magnetic North Pole in 1997 and Prince Harry’s ‘Walking with the Wounded’ expedition to the South Pole. Choose from a selection of adventures.
 
YOUR ARCTIC TRUCK EXPERIENCE
Each Arctic Truck programme starts with the team teaching you how to drive in different off-road conditions including airing down the tyres, driving through rivers and on glaciers. You take the wheel but are accompanied by a guide at all times. There is a maximum of 4-5 people in the car.Vehicles used include the Toyota Hilux AT38, which has tackled the most demanding terrains known to man. It has been used in the Icelandic Highlands for decades and has travelled to the magnetic North Pole, traversing over sea-ice, bolder fields and small islands.
 
Included in this experience is a 1-night pre & post hotel accommodation in Reykjavik, however whilst ‘on tour’ you will be lodging in wilderness huts or tents with limited/shared facilities. Appropriate equipment is provided as is breakfast, lunch and dinner. You bring warm clothes, suitable footwear, swim suit, driving license, snacks and a camera.
 
The Long Weekend tour Arctic Truck Experience is just one of a number of bespoke tours that we can arrange. Please call for further details.
DAY 1 Reykjavik
On arrival at Keflavik International Airport, transfer to the Centrum Hotel, where the remainder of the day is at your leisure to enjoy this vibrant city.
DAY 2 Golden Circle
After breakfast you will be picked up by your guides for a 3-day adventure driving modified Toyota Hilux or Toyota Land Cruiser. After your induction, you will head to Thingvellir National Park, where you will enjoy magnificent views. Next is Haukadalur, home of the Geysir, Strokkur. Thereafter is the magnificent Gullfoss waterfall. On Langjökull Glacier you can ride a snowmobile (supplement applies). Overnight in cottages where you will enjoy a BBQ dinner and relaxing hot tub.
DAY 3 Landmannalaugar
This morning drive to Mount Hekla and Landmannalaugar, a highland paradise which takes you through breath-taking mountain ranges. This is the ultimate 4X4 terrain, deserted tracks combined with stunning rugged surroundings. Your second night in the wilderness is spent in a cabin, where you can bathe in the natural hot river that borders it. BBQ dinner and a chance to view the Aurora before retiring.
DAY 4 Eyjafjallajökull
Today you head to the foot of Eyjafjallajökull passing small Icelandic farms lying in its shadow. You drive between two glaciers on rutted tracks and crossing unbridged glacier rivers before arriving at Pórsmörk valley at the foot of Mýrdalsjökull glacier and Katla volcano. Finally steer across the black sand beaches of the South Coast before a stop at the waterfall Seljalandsfoss. Arrive back in Reykjavik late afternoon and checkin to the Centrum Hotel, where there is plenty of time to reflect on your adventure and enjoy the charms of Reykjavik on your final evening in Iceland.
DAY 5 UK
Breakfast and transfer to Keflavik airport in time for your return flight.
Centrum Hotel
Centrum Hotel
A stylish modern hotel with an exterior sympathetically in keeping with the surrounding clapboard buildings. It is located in a quiet enclave in the heart of the old city close to restaurants and shops. During construction of the property the remains of a Viking longhouse from the Settlement period, along with Iceland’s oldest human remains, were found. These now form part of an exhibition in the hotel
.• City Centre • Quite location • Icelandic cuisine • Café/bar