Epic Iceland: The South & Snaefellsnes

Join me on this epic photography tour in winter to one of the world’s most unique and breathtaking countries – Iceland! A rugged wilderness comprising of glaciers, black sand beaches, sea stacks and lava fields, this 11-day photo-tour to the south and Snaefellsnes Peninsula has all the ingredients for a trip of a lifetime!

For photographers, Iceland is one country that requires very little by way of an introduction. At just 243,610 sq km, Iceland is 2.4 times smaller than the UK but what it lacks in size it more than makes up for it in breathtaking landscapes. Known as the Land of Ice and Fire, Iceland has an incredibly diverse and unique landscape where one moment you are standing there, in awe, as icebergs slowly move to the open sea and the next you are confronted with a black sand beach, glacier or thundering waterfall.

During the day on this 11-day photography tour to Iceland, we will visit all the iconic (and some lesser known) locations of the south and Snaefellsnes Peninsula, and at night, with fingers crossed, photograph the northern lights. Tour highlights Small group size of just 6 photographers Tuition and guidance from an experienced professional Expert driver 9-seater 4WD minibus Aurora borealis Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon Diamond Beach Waterfalls Stokksnes & Vestrshorn Reynisfjara Sea-stacks Stormy seas Kirkjufell / Wizard’s Hat Mountain Black sand beaches and dunes Imposing mountains Lava fields.

We plan to start in the very southeast close to the Vestrahorn Mountains and Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon and then gradually work our way back towards Reykjavik (where we will stay for one night) and then onto Snaefellsnes for a further 3. However, since Jokulsarlon is more than 400km away and not knowing either the flight’s arrival time or conditions (it could be snowing, heavily), we will, instead, drive just a couple of hours in that direction and stay overnight in a hotel in the immediate vicinity of the mighty Skogafoss waterfall! Therefore, time permitting, we can literally hit the ground running photographing this amazing sight as well as potentially under the northern lights, and again at sunrise. What a way to start the week!

From here we will move further east to the Jolulsarlon Ice Lagoon where we will stay for two nights and then return stopping for two nights at Vik and a night in the capital before moving on to the Snaefellsness Peninsula for a further three, finally concluding with a one night stay in a close-to-the-airport hotel.