Accessible Companion: Spouting Spring & Golden Waterfall

OVERVIEW

This excursion is for guests that use a cane/walker, have limited mobility issues or for companions of those guest that have booked mobility equipment tour.

Those guests that are fully dependent on their mobility device please book: REY_A4 ACCESSIBLE Mobility Equipment- Spouting Spring & Golden Waterfall.

Tour includes step-free routes, shorter distances and no stairs. Accessible restrooms with wide doors for wheelchairs are present along the tour route. Vehicles are adapted with an access ramp (or lift where available) to accommodate a limited number of wheelchairs and/or mobility scooters. Guides are not allowed to push wheelchairs; therefore, guests needing special assistance must be accompanied by an able-bodied.

Behold the stellar natural wonders along the Golden Circle, a spectacularly scenic route where nature reigns supreme. Your first stop will be Tingvellir National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site that is significant because the world’s first parliament assembled there in 930 AD. Plus, the landscape has changed little over the last thousand years. At Geysir, you will behold a geothermal area with dozens of hot springs and geysers heated by the vast boiling cauldron that lies below the surface. The geyser known as The Churn spews a white column of boiling water high into the air every 10 minutes or so, creating quite the spectacle. The roaring waterfall Gullfoss is equally mesmerizing, especially in the summer, when the water levels are the highest. From the accessible viewing platform, you can feel the waterfall’s sheer power. You will also pause at Kerid, a gently sloping 3,000-year-old volcanic crater now filled with water.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Visit Tingvellir National Park, where the world’s first parliament assembled in 930 AD.
• Watch a geyser shoot geothermally heated boiling water high into the air at Geysir.
• Marvel at the roaring waterfall Gullfoss and feel its power from the viewing platform.
• Gaze out over an aquamarine lake that filled a 3,000-year-old dormant volcanic crater.

HELPFUL HINTS

• Dress in weather-appropriate clothing.