2025 Northern Iceland Summer Tour - June 22-29, 2025
Where: Northern Coast of Iceland
When: June 22-29, 2025
Cost: $5795.00
Limit: 10
Join Cecil and David on this epic Icelandic photography journey, where they'll bring you to some of the most amazing photographic locations along Iceland’s Northern Coast. We have enlisted one of Iceland’s most popular and recommended guides, Thor (yes, that’s his real name), for this trip. The workshop fee includes your ground transportation throughout the workshop and hotel accommodations, based on double occupancy. If you require single occupancy, there will be an additional $1100 charge that you can select upon registration.
You can reserve your spot with a $1000 non-refundable deposit. Followed by (2) payments of $2397.50 that would be due in November 2024 and April 2025.
Participants are limited to 10 students.
What you need: (a more in-depth list will be sent via email as the workshop date draws closer)
A DSLR or mirrorless camera
A Valid US Passport
A variety of lenses - a wide-angle lens will be your most used on this trip.
A sturdy tripod
Multiple memory cards
Extra batteries
Laptop
Photoshop and Lightroom installed on your computer (at least the trial versions)
What´s included in the Workshop:
Lodging at each location is based upon double occupancy (single occupancy adds $1100.00).
Daily hands-on time with the instructors, we will both be available to you all day long.
Ground transportation throughout the workshop.
Park entrance fees.
Breakfast daily.
Wildlife Tours
What´s NOT included in the Workshop:
Airfare to and from Keflavik International Airport.
Airfare for Iceland Domestic flights between Reykjavik and Aukeryi.
Meals except those mentioned above.
Transportation from Keflavik International Airport to the first-night host hotel. We recommend FlyBus Plus for transportation from the airport to the first-night hotel. (See further below).
Transportation to/from Reykjavík Airport.
Alcoholic beverages and desserts.
Trip Insurance - WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND TRIP INSURANCE!
Traveling to Iceland:
You will want to fly into Keflavík airport. From there we recommend using the flybus to get to the capital, Reykjavík (about 40km).
We recommend Flybus+ which will drop you off at the doorstep of our hotel in Reykjavík.
Physical Requirements:
This workshop will include a few moderate hikes.
Where are we staying?
We will be lodging at a variety of hotels throughout our stay, we begin and end in Reykjavík but we'll be staying at great hotels throughout the workshop. These accommodations are beautiful and conveniently located for our shooting locations.
Itinerary (can change based on conditions)
Day 1: Arrival Day (June 22)
You’ll fly into Keflavík intl. airport. We do recommend using the fly bus that will take you to Reykjavík, taxies are also available. The drive is about 45 min to Reykjavík. Once at the hotel you can settle in and acclimatize, relax and we’ll then meet for welcome dinner at the hotel restaurant.
Book FlyBus online:
1. Visit https://www.re.is/flybus
2. Choose the FlyBus+ service which will ask for your hotel information.
3. Pay online.
Accommodation in Reykjavík
Day 2-3-4-5: (June 23, 24, 25, 26)
You’ll head to the domestic airport in Reykjavik to catch your flight to Akureyri in the north. We’ll meet Thor at the airport and start to make our way to our hotel in Mývatn for the next 3 nights, where we check in and get ready to head out.
While there we have a pack full schedule but as always in Iceland we need to work around the weather, at this time of year we do have sunset around 11pm and sunrise around 3:30am. There is a lot to photograph here and one of the days we’ve planned to do a whale watching tour where we’ll hopefully have good photo opportunities to photograph these giants.
Possible locations:
Goðafoss (waterfall)
Aldeyjarfoss (waterfall)
Mývatn area (loads of bird life)
Dettifoss (waterfall)
Námaskard ( geothermal area)
and other lesser known locations.
We will have the opportunity to see & photograph several species of birds in this area. Some possibilities are White-Tailed Eagles, several species of waterfowl including Whooper Swans, Northern Gannets and Puffins.
Day 6-7-8: (June 27, 28, 29)
We leave Mývatn and head further east. Our destination is Egilsstaðir, the biggest town in the east, we’ll be staying here for 2 nights. Our plan is to visit one of the best puffin colonies in Iceland nearby while here, this time of year is when the puffins are bringing fish for the chick so that should allow for a great photo opportunity. We’ll explore the nearby area and visit one of the fjords which have the beautiful Klifbrekkufossar a river with multiple waterfalls cascading from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the fjord. We’ll also visit a stunning waterfall Hengifoss. Stuðlagil is a must visit while we are in the east, it’s a basalt column heaven, a deep gorge with basalt column walls with turquoise water running through it.
On June 29th you’ll catch your flight back to Reykjavík in time to jump on your flight back home, or if you like you can extend your stay and enjoy Iceland in the summertime.