Vantage River and Small Boat Tours

[Hydrokitty]

Hi

Pictures are on the way. Also, I found a short, 2 part travelogue that I did for friends and sent it also. DW and I recently returned from Churchill,Manitoba, where we saw polar bears. LMK if you want those pics too. We have never been to Iceland and are debating between land tour or a cruise stopping in Iceland.

There is a woman, cc name I love Scotland who went on Hurtigruten Northern Lights tour March last year go to over 55 board.

Tom:)

 

Pictures were wonderful (especially grandchildren :D). I will check out over 55 board, never visited it before. As for Iceland, IMHO book it through Iceland Air. We flew out of JFK and flight was about 5 hours, landing at 6 a.m. They put us up at the Saga Radisson in Reykyavik, which was a lovely high end hotel and a short walk (no more than 1/2 mile) into the heart of the City. We were unescorted as all airline did was book flights and hotel, but hotel had a tour desk in the lobby and we booked several tours with them, all of which were excellent. Because we went in Oct. the northern part of Iceland was already closed down for winter but most everything of note we visited on the "Ring Tour" which takes all day and stops at several of the waterfalls, geyser, national park at Thingvillir, a hot house where they grow veggies and fruit and the town of Vik, which is where the birds roost and is absolutely fascinating and then walked out to a glacier. We also spent an afternoon at the Blue Lagoon (you can bring your own bathing suit or rent one and is not to be missed) and did two fruitless trips to see the Northern Lights. If you want to see my pictures, let me know and I'll send you the link to Costco. You don't need to be a member to see them, but I think you do need to sign in. Regardless, they will not send you any e-mails.

 

Thanks again, Judy

[Tom47]

Pictures were wonderful (especially grandchildren :D). I will check out over 55 board, never visited it before. As for Iceland, IMHO book it through Iceland Air. We flew out of JFK and flight was about 5 hours, landing at 6 a.m. They put us up at the Saga Radisson in Reykyavik, which was a lovely high end hotel and a short walk (no more than 1/2 mile) into the heart of the City. We were unescorted as all airline did was book flights and hotel, but hotel had a tour desk in the lobby and we booked several tours with them, all of which were excellent. Because we went in Oct. the northern part of Iceland was already closed down for winter but most everything of note we visited on the "Ring Tour" which takes all day and stops at several of the waterfalls, geyser, national park at Thingvillir, a hot house where they grow veggies and fruit and the town of Vik, which is where the birds roost and is absolutely fascinating and then walked out to a glacier. We also spent an afternoon at the Blue Lagoon (you can bring your own bathing suit or rent one and is not to be missed) and did two fruitless trips to see the Northern Lights. If you want to see my pictures, let me know and I'll send you the link to Costco. You don't need to be a member to see them, but I think you do need to sign in. Regardless, they will not send you any e-mails.

 

Thanks again, Judy

Hi Judy

You're Welcome. Yes, please send your pics link. Did you stay in the same hotel the whole time or move to others?

Tom:)

[Hydrokitty]

Hi Judy

You're Welcome. Yes, please send your pics link. Did you stay in the same hotel the whole time or move to others?

Tom:)

 

Please send me your e-mail address so I can send you the Costco link to my photos. You can send it to Chydro564@yahoo.com.

 

We stayed in the same hotel the whole 5 days we were in Iceland. If you were to visit in the summer you might need more time and you might want to stay in a hotel in the north for a few days. I haven't been to the north, but I'm sure it's very beautiful. Reykyavik is very walkable and the people all speak English and are very friendly. We went in October because my primary intention was to see Northern Lights, which everyone knows by now we did not! As I said if you want something different and you love nature you will love Iceland.

[Tom47]

Please send me your e-mail address so I can send you the Costco link to my photos. You can send it to Chydro564@yahoo.com.

 

We stayed in the same hotel the whole 5 days we were in Iceland. If you were to visit in the summer you might need more time and you might want to stay in a hotel in the north for a few days. I haven't been to the north, but I'm sure it's very beautiful. Reykyavik is very walkable and the people all speak English and are very friendly. We went in October because my primary intention was to see Northern Lights, which everyone knows by now we did not! As I said if you want something different and you love nature you will love Iceland.

Hi

Thanks email on the way, along w. updated grans pic.

Tom

Edited November 23, 2013 by Tom47

[sjde]

Roadlamp asked if anyone had been on the small ships.

Am I to assume their are the usual 150-ish passenger ships and then there are smaller ones?

[Host Jazzbeau]

Roadlamp asked if anyone had been on the small ships.

Am I to assume their are the usual 150-ish passenger ships and then there are smaller ones?

 

Hard to say what Roadlamp was looking for -- original post was in 2011 and mentioned planning for a 2012 cruise, but OP never came back to this thread.