Introduction
ICELAND IS A COUNTRY OF EXTREME GEOLOGICAL CONTRASTS. WIDELY KNOWN AS “THE LAND OF FIRE AND ICE” ICELAND IS HOME TO SOME OF THE LARGEST GLACIERS IN EUROPE, AND SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST ACTIVE VOLCANOES. ICELAND IS ALSO THE LAND OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS.
- We will be Doing Arctic birds photography with a great variety of nesting Arctic species and also the opportunity to see other vagrants.
- It is a photography tour to one of the most beautiful locations on this planet known for its beautiful landscapes crafted with ice and water. With its roaring waterfalls, photogenic seaside places, beaches, Untouched landscapes of the countrysides, Iceland is a fairytale land that is exiting for every nature photography enthusiast.
- We will also spend 2 Days on Two Different Small Island in the Arctic Circle.
- You Can Photograph the best of Iceland’s birds with incredible landscapes at every turn.
- Days are scheduled to avoid crowded Places – Iceland is exclusive.
- Flexible daily schedule to visit amazing locations during the best light.
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae | |
Snow Goose | |
Ross’s Goose | |
Graylag Goose | |
Greater White-fronted Goose | |
Tundra Bean-Goose | |
Pink-footed Goose | |
Brant | |
Barnacle Goose | |
Cackling Goose | |
Canada Goose | |
Red-breasted Goose | |
Mute Swan | |
Tundra Swan | |
Whooper Swan | |
Ruddy Shelduck | |
Common Shelduck | |
Wood Duck | |
Mandarin Duck | |
Garganey | |
Blue-winged Teal | |
Northern Shoveler | |
Gadwall | |
Eurasian Wigeon | |
American Wigeon | |
Mallard | |
American Black Duck | |
Northern Pintail | |
Green-winged Teal | |
Canvasback | |
Redhead | |
Common Pochard | |
Ring-necked Duck | |
Ferruginous Duck | |
Tufted Duck | |
Greater Scaup | |
Lesser Scaup | |
Steller’s Eider | |
King Eider | |
Common Eider | |
Harlequin Duck | |
Surf Scoter | |
Velvet Scoter | |
White-winged Scoter | |
Stejneger’s Scoter | |
Common Scoter | |
Black Scoter | |
Long-tailed Duck | |
Bufflehead | |
Common Goldeneye | |
Barrow’s Goldeneye | |
Smew | |
Hooded Merganser | |
Common Merganser | |
Red-breasted Merganser | |
Ruddy Duck | |
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae | |
Common Quail | |
Rock Ptarmigan | |
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae | |
Little Grebe | |
Pied-billed Grebe | |
Horned Grebe | |
Red-necked Grebe | |
Great Crested Grebe | |
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae | |
Rock Pigeon | |
Stock Dove | |
Common Wood-Pigeon | |
European Turtle-Dove | |
Eurasian Collared-Dove | |
Mourning Dove | |
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae | |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo | |
Black-billed Cuckoo | |
Common Cuckoo | |
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae | |
Common Nighthawk | |
Eurasian Nightjar | |
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae | |
White-throated Needletail | |
Alpine Swift | |
Common Swift | |
Pacific Swift | |
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae | |
Water Rail | |
Corn Crake | |
Sora | |
Spotted Crake | |
Eurasian Moorhen | |
Eurasian Coot | |
American Coot | |
Purple Gallinule | |
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae | |
Common Crane | |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae | |
Eurasian Thick-knee | |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae | |
Black-winged Stilt | |
Pied Avocet | |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae | |
Eurasian Oystercatcher | |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae | |
Black-bellied Plover | |
European Golden-Plover | |
American Golden-Plover | |
Pacific Golden-Plover | |
Northern Lapwing | |
Greater Sand-Plover | |
Common Ringed Plover | |
Semipalmated Plover | |
Little Ringed Plover | |
Killdeer | |
Eurasian Dotterel | |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae | |
Upland Sandpiper | |
Whimbrel | |
Eurasian Curlew | |
Bar-tailed Godwit | |
Black-tailed Godwit | |
Ruddy Turnstone | |
Great Knot | |
Red Knot | |
Ruff | |
Broad-billed Sandpiper | |
Stilt Sandpiper | |
Curlew Sandpiper | |
Temminck’s Stint | |
Red-necked Stint | |
Sanderling | |
Dunlin | |
Purple Sandpiper | |
Baird’s Sandpiper | |
Little Stint | |
Least Sandpiper | |
White-rumped Sandpiper | |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper | |
Pectoral Sandpiper | |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | |
Western Sandpiper | |
Short-billed Dowitcher | |
Long-billed Dowitcher | |
Jack Snipe | |
Eurasian Woodcock | |
Common Snipe | |
Wilson’s Snipe | |
Wilson’s Phalarope | |
Red-necked Phalarope | |
Red Phalarope | |
Common Sandpiper | |
Spotted Sandpiper | |
Green Sandpiper | |
Solitary Sandpiper | |
Spotted Redshank | |
Greater Yellowlegs | |
Common Greenshank | |
Lesser Yellowlegs | |
Wood Sandpiper | |
Common Redshank | |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae | |
Collared Pratincole | |
Black-winged Pratincole | |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae | |
Great Skua | |
Pomarine Jaeger | |
Parasitic Jaeger | |
Long-tailed Jaeger | |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Alcidae | |
Dovekie | |
Common Murre | |
Thick-billed Murre | |
Razorbill | |
Great Auk | |
Black Guillemot | |
Crested Auklet | |
Atlantic Puffin | |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae | |
Black-legged Kittiwake | |
Ivory Gull | |
Sabine’s Gull | |
Bonaparte’s Gull | |
Black-headed Gull | |
Little Gull | |
Ross’s Gull | |
Laughing Gull | |
Franklin’s Gull | |
Mediterranean Gull | |
Mew Gull | |
Ring-billed Gull | |
Herring Gull | |
Yellow-legged Gull | |
Caspian Gull | |
Iceland Gull | |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | |
Slaty-backed Gull | |
Glaucous-winged Gull | |
Glaucous Gull | |
Great Black-backed Gull | |
Sooty Tern | |
Little Tern | |
Gull-billed Tern | |
Caspian Tern | |
Black Tern | |
White-winged Tern | |
Whiskered Tern | |
Roseate Tern | |
Common Tern | |
Arctic Tern | |
Forster’s Tern | |
Sandwich Tern | |
GAVIIFORMES: Gaviidae | |
Red-throated Loon | |
Arctic Loon | |
Common Loon | |
Yellow-billed Loon | |
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae | |
Yellow-nosed Albatross | |
Black-browed Albatross | |
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Oceanitidae | |
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel | |
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae | |
European Storm-Petrel | |
Leach’s Storm-Petrel | |
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae | |
Northern Fulmar | |
Great Shearwater | |
Sooty Shearwater | |
Manx Shearwater | |
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae | |
Black Stork | |
White Stork | |
SULIFORMES: Sulidae | |
Northern Gannet | |
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae | |
Great Cormorant | |
European Shag | |
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae | |
American Bittern | |
Great Bittern | |
Little Bittern | |
Least Bittern | |
Great Blue Heron | |
Gray Heron | |
Purple Heron | |
Great Egret | |
Little Egret | |
Snowy Egret | |
Cattle Egret | |
Squacco Heron | |
Green Heron | |
Striated Heron | |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | |
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae | |
Glossy Ibis | |
Eurasian Spoonbill | |
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae | |
Osprey | |
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae | |
European Honey-buzzard | |
Booted Eagle | |
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier | |
Hen Harrier | |
Northern Harrier | |
Pallid Harrier | |
Montagu’s Harrier | |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | |
Red Kite | |
Black Kite | |
White-tailed Eagle | |
Rough-legged Hawk | |
Common Buzzard | |
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae | |
Eurasian Scops-Owl | |
Snowy Owl | |
Long-eared Owl | |
Short-eared Owl | |
BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae | |
Eurasian Hoopoe | |
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae | |
Common Kingfisher | |
Belted Kingfisher | |
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae | |
European Bee-eater | |
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae | |
European Roller | |
PICIFORMES: Picidae | |
Eurasian Wryneck | |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | |
Great Spotted Woodpecker | |
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae | |
Eurasian Kestrel | |
Red-footed Falcon | |
Merlin | |
Eurasian Hobby | |
Gyrfalcon | |
Peregrine Falcon | |
PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae | |
Acadian Flycatcher | |
Alder Flycatcher | |
Least Flycatcher | |
PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae | |
Red-eyed Vireo | |
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae | |
Eurasian Golden Oriole | |
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae | |
Red-backed Shrike | |
Red-tailed Shrike | |
Isabelline Shrike | |
Great Gray Shrike | |
Woodchat Shrike | |
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae | |
Eurasian Jackdaw | |
Rook | |
Hooded Crow | |
Common Raven | |
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae | |
Great Tit | |
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae | |
Horned Lark | |
Greater Short-toed Lark | |
Eurasian Skylark | |
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae | |
Booted Warbler | |
Sykes’s Warbler | |
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | |
Melodious Warbler | |
Icterine Warbler | |
Sedge Warbler | |
Paddyfield Warbler | |
Blyth’s Reed Warbler | |
Marsh Warbler | |
Eurasian Reed Warbler | |
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae | |
Lanceolated Warbler | |
River Warbler | |
Common Grasshopper-Warbler | |
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae | |
Tree Swallow | |
Bank Swallow | |
Barn Swallow | |
Red-rumped Swallow | |
Cliff Swallow | |
Common House-Martin | |
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae | |
Wood Warbler | |
Yellow-browed Warbler | |
Hume’s Warbler | |
Dusky Warbler | |
Willow Warbler | |
Common Chiffchaff | |
Arctic Warbler | |
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae | |
Eurasian Blackcap | |
Garden Warbler | |
Barred Warbler | |
Lesser Whitethroat | |
Subalpine Warbler | |
Greater Whitethroat | |
PASSERIFORMES: Regulidae | |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | |
Goldcrest | |
PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae | |
Red-breasted Nuthatch | |
PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae | |
Eurasian Wren | |
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae | |
European Starling | |
Rosy Starling | |
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae | |
White’s Thrush | |
Scaly Thrush | |
Varied Thrush | |
Gray-cheeked Thrush | |
Swainson’s Thrush | |
Hermit Thrush | |
Wood Thrush | |
Mistle Thrush | |
Song Thrush | |
Redwing | |
Eurasian Blackbird | |
American Robin | |
Fieldfare | |
Ring Ouzel | |
Black-throated Thrush | |
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae | |
Dark-sided Flycatcher | |
Spotted Flycatcher | |
European Robin | |
Thrush Nightingale | |
Common Nightingale | |
Bluethroat | |
Siberian Rubythroat | |
Red-flanked Bluetail | |
Red-breasted Flycatcher | |
European Pied Flycatcher | |
Common Redstart | |
Black Redstart | |
Whinchat | |
European Stonechat | |
Siberian Stonechat | |
Northern Wheatear | |
PASSERIFORMES: Bombycillidae | |
Bohemian Waxwing | |
Cedar Waxwing | |
PASSERIFORMES: Prunellidae | |
Dunnock | |
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae | |
House Sparrow | |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow | |
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae | |
Gray Wagtail | |
Western Yellow Wagtail | |
Citrine Wagtail | |
White Wagtail | |
Tawny Pipit | |
Meadow Pipit | |
Tree Pipit | |
Olive-backed Pipit | |
Pechora Pipit | |
Rock Pipit | |
American Pipit | |
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae | |
Common Chaffinch | |
Brambling | |
Hawfinch | |
Common Rosefinch | |
Eurasian Bullfinch | |
European Greenfinch | |
Eurasian Linnet | |
Common Redpoll | |
Lesser Redpoll | |
Hoary Redpoll | |
Parrot Crossbill | |
Red Crossbill | |
White-winged Crossbill | |
European Goldfinch | |
Eurasian Siskin | |
PASSERIFORMES: Calcariidae | |
Lapland Longspur | |
Snow Bunting | |
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae | |
Black-headed Bunting | |
Yellowhammer | |
Pine Bunting | |
Ortolan Bunting | |
Reed Bunting | |
Yellow-breasted Bunting | |
Little Bunting | |
Rustic Bunting | |
PASSERIFORMES: Passerellidae | |
Fox Sparrow | |
Dark-eyed Junco | |
White-crowned Sparrow | |
White-throated Sparrow | |
Lincoln’s Sparrow | |
PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae | |
Yellow-headed Blackbird | |
Baltimore Oriole | |
PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae | |
Black-and-white Warbler | |
Prothonotary Warbler | |
Tennessee Warbler | |
Common Yellowthroat | |
American Redstart | |
Cerulean Warbler | |
Northern Parula | |
Magnolia Warbler | |
Blackburnian Warbler | |
Yellow Warbler | |
Blackpoll Warbler | |
Black-throated Blue Warbler | |
Palm Warbler | |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | |
Black-throated Green Warbler | |
Canada Warbler | |
PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae | |
Scarlet Tanager | |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak | |
Indigo Bunting |
This tour is for everyone who would love to visit and photograph the landscapes, waterfalls, beautiful beaches in Iceland. The tour is designed to help participants learn the nuances of making beautiful photographs of landscapes not just in Iceland, but carry the know-how acquired into future rendezvous. Note that the participants are not required to be experts in photography. Beginners and newbies as well as serious photographers benefit through our personalised attention to photography sessions and on field assistance. Non photographers interested in exploring the region are welcome too.
Featuring a wealth and wide variety of incredible photography opportunities, Northern Iceland is one of the best places on Earth to photograph cliff-dwelling birds such as colourful and comedic Atlantic puffins, razorbills, murres, fulmars, and many other seabirds. we will marvel at the beautiful sights at every turn. Our Iceland photography tour shows you the best of Iceland’s birds with other marvellous sights along the way.
An Unforgettable Iceland Photography Tour Arranged by Light
During this time of year in Iceland it never gets truly dark, thus we will have 21–22 hours of daylight which means many potential hours of sweet light! Your days will be scheduled to avoid crowds and take advantage of amazing locations during the best light, often shooting late into the night after dinner or even before breakfast. Then we will balance our down time with the remaining hours of daylight.
Explore the archipelago of Svalbard where we will have time to wait for the wildlife. A trip of a lifetime that will bring you memories and wildlife meetings not many people get to experience. Our expedition ship is the perfect platform to enjoy a vacation that will be on the go in an environment that might be the most relaxing of them all.
Day 1
Arrival in Iceland - Reykjavík
Note: Those arriving early may opt for an early arrival with the hotel or pay for an extra night. We can also facilitate any early arrival simply for the cost of the additional hotel night. Please inquire with us regarding specific early arrival recommendations.
Day 2
Drive to Skógarfoss, visit Seljalandsfoss for sunset.
This Day we will travel to charming fishing village, Höfn is one of the largest towns in East Iceland. One can walk along the harbor and coast enjoying views of the ocean and Vatnajökull glacier. Overnight at Vik
Day 3
Birding and Landscape Photography around Vik
Day 4
Sunrise at Reynisfjara Beach; Visit Svínafellsjökull Glacier and then Jökulsárlón – Glacier Lagoon for sunset, OverNight At Egilsstadir
Day 5
Birding and Landscape Photography around Egilsstadir.
Day 6
Egilsstadir To Akureyri Drive
The northern part of Iceland especially around Lake Myvatn and Krafla is a geological wonderland. Here the stench of sulphurous fumes, lava fields, bubbling mud pools and steaming fumaroles escape from the heated ground. The region is volcanically active and tearing itself apart. It was spine chilling and exciting in equal measure and we couldn’t wait to witness the raw power of nature. Dettifoss is the most voluminous waterfall in Europe. The power of the waterfall is staggering. You can hear the falls before you can see it. Even from a distance, you can get soaked in its mist. In a country full of waterfalls, Dettifoss is unique and definitely worth a stop.
Overnight at Akureyri.
Day 7
Visit To HUSAVIK Island.
Húsavík is one of Iceland’s many charming towns found at the coast line by Skjalfandi Bay. The town is recognized as a great place to go whale watching and birding and is quite the cultural hub with numerous museums and great restaurants.
Day 8
Visit To HRISEY Island.
Hrísey island, sometimes called “the Pearl of Eyjafjörður,” is the second-largest island off Iceland’s coast. At Lambhagatjörn (Lambhagi Pond), north of the village and less than a km from the harbour, is a hide. Nearly 40 bird species breed on the island, and are densely spaced during the nesting season. The Ptarmigan has a special place among the island’s birds, and features on the community’s official crest. It is a protected species on Hrísey.
Day 9
Akureyri to Grundarfjordur
The day begins early with a short drive to photographing the troll by the sea at Hvítserkur. The animal-like rock in the sea makes for excellent photography opportunities in the morning. Later, we drive to Snæfellsnes peninsula and spend the evening time photographing the well-known waterfall at Kirkjufell and walking around the area. We stay at Grundarfjörður tonight.
The most photographed mountain in Iceland, Kirkjufell is a free-standing mountain right on the water. Kirkjufell is typically photographed with a small set of waterfalls in the foreground.
Day 10
Grundarfjordur to Reykjavik
We will visit Búðar Church in the morning and subsequently make our way back to Reykjavik. The evening can be spent photographing the locations within the town including the Sun Voyager.
Day 11
Departure from Iceland
This morning you will enjoy breakfast at your hotel before transferring for your flight home. If you would like, you may opt to spend extra days in Iceland on your own or set up a custom extension.
Depart hotel in Reykjavík.
The itinerary is tentative and may be changed by your photography mentor depending on the weather, photography opportunities available and the group dynamics. This tour requires a quorum of six persons.
Per Person
US$7999 Onwards
11 Days / 10 Nights
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Expected Tour Dates
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Availability Of Seats
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10-Jul-2022 to 20-Jul-2022
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6
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25-Aug-2022 to 04-Sep-2022
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6
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Please Note:
Pre-customisation of the tours are available, Contact team Incredible Birding.
