Sightseeing Flights

This is one of those Iceland trips where the scenery looks unreal until you’re actually looking down at it. You fly from Skaftafell and glide above Lakagígar crater chain and the ice worlds of Vatnajökull National Park in a short, focused sightseeing window. Two things I really like: first, the scale hits fast. From the … Read more

Sky tours make Iceland make sense fast. I like this one because it strings together volcanoes and glaciers into a single, easy outing, so you don’t spend your trip threading the country by car. The best part is the up-close perspective: from the air you can actually read the terrain, not just guess at it … Read more