Day 9
In the early morning, we arrived in Reykjavik and our trip came to an end. We said ‚Goodbye!‘ to ship and crew and started our way home.
Day 8
Also our last day, started in sunshine. As a masterpiece of navigation, the captain steered the ship into the narrow harbour of Heimaey, the largest and only inhabited Vestman island. Then, the clouds took over, but nevertheless we explored the island in many ways: by boat tour and RIB safari, by bu...
Day 7
Bakkagerdi in the east coast of Iceland greeted us with bright sunshine. Because the little harbour was even too small for our tenderboats, we were brought ashore in the zodiacs. From there, a shuttle bus took us to town where we got a guided tour and learnt about the live in a 100 people village or...
Day 6
According to plan A we were supposed to go tot he island of Grimsey. However, due to the strong winds and storms of the last days, there was too much swell to land there in our tender boats. Luckily, captain and expedition leader had a plan B and so we went to Husavik instead. As this place is the w...
Day 5
The next day saw us in Akureyri, the second largest town of Iceland. There too, the winter had come back, and hence we explored the jewels of the northern part of the country in a snow-powdered landscape: the mighty waterfall of the gods, the lavafields and craters around Lake Myvatn and the hot, co...
Day 4
The ship stopped in front of the little village of Holmavik. We were tendered ashore and from there, three small shuttle busses took us to an even tinier place called Saudfjarsetur á Ströndum. The weather continued to be cold and windy, but we were given a very warm welcome by the sheep farmer’s fam...
Day 3
From Stykkisholmur we sailed to Patreksfjördur, a little village in the Westfjords of Iceland. During the night, the wind had become even colder, and the higher parts of the flat mountains were covered by fresh snow. Most of us went on an excursion: either to one of the largest and most beautiful wa...
Day 2
Our first stop was in Stykkisholmur. The weather was cold and windy, but from time to time the sun came through the clouds. On different excursions we explored the Snaefellsness peninsula. We visited lava caves and craters, enjoyed beaches of black sand or admired rocks of basaltic columns. Finally,...
Day 1
On a cloudy day, 354 adventurous guests from 21 nations embarked MV Fridtjof Nansen. When they all settled in and had completed the mandatory safety drill, we set sail and started our circular saga around Iceland.