Golden Circle Private Tour

Þórufoss

Þórufoss is an 18 m (62 ft) high waterfall located east of Lake Þingvallavatn.

The waterfall makes up part of the 25 km (16 mi) river Laxá í Kjós which is distinguished for its healthy population of Atlantic salmon. The waterfall is less famous than its equivalents around the island and thus is not overly signposted.

Þórufoss is known to freeze over in the wintertime. Þórufoss was also used as a shooting location for HBO's Game of Thrones as the home of the Children of the Forest.

Þingvellir National Park.

Where one of the oldest Commonwealth parliament was founded in the year 930 by the settlers of Iceland, also known as Vikings, although they were mostly farmers but also excellent artisans and shipbuilders

Þingvellir National Park was founded in 1930, marking the 1000th anniversary of the Althing. The park was later expanded to protect the diverse and natural phenomena in the surrounding area and was designated as a World Heritage Site in 2004.

Þingvellir became a national park due to legislation passed in 1928 to protect the remains of the parliament site, thus creating the first national park in Iceland. The park was decreed as "a protected national shrine for all Icelanders, the perpetual property of the Icelandic nation under the preservation of parliament, never to be sold or mortgaged. "

The foundation of the Icelandic parliament is said to be the founding of the nation of Iceland, and the first parliamentary proceedings in the summer of 930 laid the ground for common cultural heritage and national identity. Thus, Þingvellir played a central role in the country's history, and its history runs almost parallel with the history of the Icelandic Commonwealth.

At Thingvellir, it's possible to see how the so-called Tectonic plates drift in different directions.

It's one of the very few places in the world where one can dive in between the tectonic plates. The tectonic plates move apart at approximately 2.5 centimeters a year and have done for millenniums. The effects of this movement are apparent within the park. Lava fields fill the valley from magma that welled up as the continents spread, and the whole area is littered with ravines ripped open by centuries of earthquakes.

Earthquakes continue every day in Þingvellir, although most are far too minor to be felt. No volcano has gone off in the area in 2000 years, but they are not considered extinct. Therefore, more eruptions are expected; the question is only as to when.

Gullfoss

Gullfoss (translated to 'Golden Falls') is Iceland's most iconic and beloved waterfalls, found in the Hvítá river canyon in Southwest Iceland.