Northern Europe
Iceland: Fire & Ice
Volcanoes, waterfalls, and the midnight sun by sea.
A summer circumnavigation of Iceland's volcanic coast, geysers, glaciers, and light that never quite fades.
Iceland rewards the ship over the plane: you wake in a different fjord each morning, the light barely dips below the horizon, and the whole otherworldly island unspools from the rail. From colourful Reykjavík the voyage rounds the wild Westfjords and the north coast's whale bays, with the Golden Circle, black-sand beaches and steaming geothermal lagoons ashore. It is our most cinematic Northern Europe sailing, and one both Virgin Voyages and Princess run through the long summer.
What you’ll do
- Travel style
- Small-ship & mid-size cruise
- Typical length
- 7–14 nights
- Best season
- May – September
Sail it with
Book a CallThe route
4 stops, one seamless plan
- 01
Reykjavík
The Golden Circle, geothermal lagoons and the world's northernmost capital.
- 02
Ísafjörður
The sheer, remote Westfjords and their seabird cliffs.
- 03
Akureyri
The capital of the north, gateway to Goðafoss and Lake Mývatn.
- 04
Grundarfjörður
Kirkjufell mountain and the Snæfellsnes 'Iceland in miniature'.
Why it’s special
The Golden Circle
Þingvellir's continental rift, the Strokkur geyser and the Gullfoss falls.
Geothermal lagoons
Soak in milky, mineral-blue water under a sky that never fully darkens.
Whales & Westfjords
Humpbacks in the northern bays and Iceland's wildest, emptiest coast.