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Soft Adventures For Groups In Iceland
Iceland is not just reputed to be a travel destination with amazing scenery, landscapes, natural landmarks, historical legends, folklore and as an adventure travel paradise. It is an amazing country with activities for all age groups that will leave beautiful imprints of the experiences in your memory for a lifetime! Our focus in this blog is on group activities and soft adventures even seniors can engage in and still experience the raw, breathtaking, and spectacular beauty of Iceland. A boat trip on a glacial lagoon between floating icebergs, the walk on ice, exploring ice caves (winter only) is an opportunity to see the enchanting formation of the ice first hand. It is only advisable to have your camera handy to freeze these awe-inspiring sights as they would become your prized memoirs of these beautiful experiences.
There are myriad of magnificent and equally spectacular activities that you can engage in as a senior, that are neither physically demanding nor strenuous but quite thrilling and enjoyable. Now, let’s take a look at the soft adventures you can engage in as a senior on your visit to Iceland and still have a swell time!
Walk on Ice
A walk on ice is a fantastic, exhilarating, and completely stress-free way to feel the raw beauty of the natural formations of ice. The first-hand experience of walking on an icy landscape and seeing the varied ice colours and shapes. You are assured that this is not a sight everyone gets to see in a lifetime, so it is an opportunity to enjoy the beauty of the frozen world nature is offering or better still having a camera at hand to capture these experiences is a great way to always relive the experience! As you traverse the awe-inspiring land of ice formations, you will come across deep crevasses and ridges, and you will also learn about these disappearing giants. You will be provided with the necessary gear such as crampons and an ice axe and a professional and experienced glacier guide will lead you through this amazing adventure.
Bath in Geothermal Lagoon
The geothermal lagoon is one of Iceland’s major attractions. It is simply amazing! Bathing in the geothermal lagoon is a revitalizing encounter. It is a perfect place to relax and revel in the wonders of nature surrounding the lagoon. The geothermal lagoon is one of the major benefits of Iceland’s volcanic activity; the water is warmed by the heat in the earth and cooled to its warm state by melted glaciers. It is unique in that, there is no need to add extra chemicals to keep the waters clean because nature has taken care of that with the incessant flow of the hot springs that supply the lagoons and Spas; this means the waters are regularly replaced naturally. The water is not only soothing but is also filled with healing minerals. It is a great way to relax and enjoy your visit to Iceland; it is unreservedly stress-free. It is an experience you will not forget too soon; it is phenomenal. For more see our geothermal Spa blog.
Sail between Icebergs
A Glacier lagoon is one of Iceland’s picturesque sights, its beauty is arresting. Breiðamerkurjökull is a channel of the Vatnajökull glacier; Vatnajökull is a mammoth-sized glacier and has numerous glacier tongues that end in a glacier lake. Fragments of the great glacier Vatnajökull, come off the steep side of the mountain of a glacier and big portions of icebergs break into the lagoon; where they float in their raw beauty dotting the lagoon in different shades before melting. There is also the Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon fondly referred to as the ‘crown jewel’; its stunning ice formations make it distinctive. A boat ride can be taken to sail from May through October between the gem-like icebergs, spread floating across the lagoon. This stress-free boat ride takes you across the lagoon and brings you immensely close to the sculpted formation by nature in varying degrees of glittering color shades due to the reflections of light on the crystal-like ice.
Search for Aurora
The Aurora Borealis is also referred to as the Northern Lights, and Norðurljós in Icelandic. It is one of the most eye-catching exhibitions on the planet. It often is seen in Iceland from September through April on crystal clear nights. The Aurora materializes high up the plane of the earth where the air is very thin, at an altitude of 100-250 km. These exhilarating rays of light are formed by electrically boosted molecules that make the thin airglow most gloriously. There is a scientific clarification for these beautiful rays but do not allow it to distract you from soaking in this exceptional light shows of the Northern Lights. Watching the Aurora is absolutely stress-free, exciting and enjoyable too. The rays are just phenomenal to watch! If you wish to read more about Northern Lights, click here!
Explore a Lava Cave
A journey through a lava cave is a distinctive experience and a fantastic chance to watch the operations of a volcanic eruption as you walk in the footway of lava that circulated during volcanic eruptions over thousand years ago. Every winter picturesque ice sculptures are formed at the entrance and inside of some of the caves; this makes visiting the cave a more awesome experience. This visit gives you the rare chance to get an upfront look at the majestic forces of nature that surface from the crux of the earth and the exceptional opposite of the underworld. The difficulty level of lava caves varies. For groups, we select lava caves with good walking trails and stairways which offer rather easy exploring full of compelling adventures. Like to know more? – see here!
Go Whale Watching
Iceland over time has become one of Europe’s leading whale-watching sites. Whale watching is just a perfect adventure that is not physically demanding. Iceland is an inexhaustible nourishing ground that enchants at least twenty-three species of whales; from the tender little harbor porpoise to the mammoth-sized sperm whale. The Minke whale the most frequently was seen the animal and is found all over Iceland throughout the year. You will enjoy the experience! Related blogs: Whale Species in Iceland & Whale Watching Spots in Iceland.
Climb a Volcano Crater
Iceland is home to numerous active volcanoes, frequent earthquakes, thermal springs, and geysers translates this country to one of the most volcanic active countries on the planet. Though there are nearly 130 volcanoes in Iceland, only about 30 of them are active. Iceland having a known history of eruptions is now shaped to an island of considerable variations throughout its landscape. These volcanoes have formed gigantic craters, plains of black sand, extensive fields of lava. A majority of these volcanoes are inactive; these volcanic craters are a wonder to behold. A visit to many of these volcanic craters do not make undue demands on you physically; sighting these wonders of nature will simply blow your minds and offer often incredible vistas! If you like to know more about active & famous volcanoes, see here.
Check out an Ice Cave
Ice caves are formed by melted water from glaciers and geothermal activity. Each passing year the ice caves take different formations by melting and are refined to disclose new parts and covering up old ones. The finest time to visit is during the winter because the chilly temperatures keep the ice in place and solid frozen and are safe to venture into. Strolling into the ice cave is also an adventure that demands normally less of you physically. Ice caves are a natural occurrence, glacier created in winter. They are created by water flowing through the glacier and the unique thing about ice caves is that newly formed caves show up annually. There are two main kinds of ice cave: the naturally formed caves which are located at Vatnajökull glacier and Myrdalsjökull glacier and the man-made cave in Langjökull glacier. These ice caves are mesmerizing wonders of nature with its glassy and crystal-like ambiance. Visiting an ice cave is nothing short of a magical experience. Read here about different ice & lava cave options.
In conclusion, says a visit to Iceland is just for the young and sporty, with the above-mentioned activities, it is more than certain there is no way seniors and group tours would not have a swell and adventurous time on their visit to Iceland!