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Traveling Well Includes… • Gratuities to Tauck Director(s), ship staff and local guides • Cruise aboard L’Austral accompanied by Tauck’s exclusive lecturer who shares her expertise • Private Tauck Shore Excursions – $1,355 Value! • Walk across the Arctic Circle on remote Grímsey Island with views of arctic terns and puffins • “Golden Circle” tour of Iceland’s major sights & a private visit to family-owned Vigur Island • Bar & restaurant beverages throughout the day aboard ship, including house wines and spirits • Airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted


• 22 meals including lunch at Reykjavik’s Perlan Restaurant with spectacular views, service charges, applicable fuel surcharges, taxes and porterage


It’s been described as surreal, not just for its lunar-like landscapes that defy comparison to anywhere else – glaciers, lava fields, thermal lagoons and mountain-ringed fjords among them – but also for the locals who live here... Arctic terns, the longest-distance migrating birds on the planet... comical puffins, sea parrots who fly through the water using their wings as paddles... Icelandic horses, hardy and hale enough to stay out in icy pastures the year-round... the elusive arctic fox, its only native land mammal... whales of all sizes and color – minke, pilot, sperm, fin, humpback and breathtaking blues – and islanders whose maritime heritage dates back to the days of the Vikings and who today fish, farm and harness the harshness of nature to transform it, through invention and hard toil, into rich, fruitful energy.


1. ARRIVE REYKJAVIK /  EMBARK L’AUSTRAL Tour begins: 12:30 PM, Reykjavik. A transfer is included upon arrival at Reykjavik’s Keflavik International Airport to the Hilton Reykjavik Nordica or the Grand Hotel Reykjavik where a day room has been reserved for you. Meet your fellow travelers at our welcome lunch at the glass-domed Perlan Restaurant, renowned for its cuisine and 360-degree revolving views of the city. An orientation tour includes Old Town and a guided visit to the National Museum. Embark L’Austral in Hafnarfjördur this afternoon for the start of your small ship cruise in “the land of fire and ice.” Settle into outside-facing accommodations, inviting with memorable views of Iceland’s mystical landscapes. Meals LD


2.  REYKJAVIK’S GOLDEN CIRCLE Embark on a tour of the “Golden Circle,” encompassing Iceland’s three major sights. Visit Thingvellir National Park –


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named a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is also Iceland’s most important historic landmark as it is where the Vikings established the world’s first democratic parliament, the Alping, in 930 AD. View magnificent Gullfoss waterfalls, dropping down 96 feet in two roaring falls that are often arched with rainbows. Continue on to the spouting hot springs of Geysir, where many of its geysers erupt with clockwork precision in impressive flumes. Stop at a power plant to learn how Iceland’s natural resources are put to work for the locals en route to your ship. Join us this evening for the Captain’s welcome dinner. Meals BLD


3.  HEIMAEY, A WESTMANN ISLAND Discover the Westmann Islands today. These “islands of the western men” were named for a group of rebellious slaves whose daring, albeit short lived, escape from captivity in ancient Iceland is still the stuff of legends on these volcanic shores. Come ashore on Heimaey for a day of exploration that includes a visit to Sprangan cliff, where young islanders are taught the


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