This has been the best vacation I've had in a very long time. Nordic Visitor was so great... read more
This has been the best vacation I've had in a very long time. Nordic Visitor was so great... read more
This was my first time booking with nordic visitor & my first time in Iceland and had an amazing... read more
We've recently returned from a trip around Iceland which we booked with Nordic Visitor. We booked the holiday pre-Covid and for a while doubted we would be able to go. Our contact at Nordic visitor remained positive and helpful during this period and it was a great relief when we were fortunate enough to go. Nordic Visitor went above and beyond what we could have expected in terms of contact during the holiday, and went to great lengths to tailor-made a specific trip for us, focusing on our interests and aims. The quality of the accommodation booked for us was generally excellent and the map/trip notes were very helpful. All in all, we would wholeheartedly recommend Iceland as a great destination and Nordic Visitor as a specialist tour company for this part of the world.
We loved exploring the West Fjords and the north of Iceland; saw whales in the fjords, seals basking and puffins doing puffin things. Our advisor, Perle gave us suggestions and though we added days, changed our mind on some of the accommodation and were generally picky about our needs; we were given terrific help and always with good humour. We stayed for 10 days and it was not long enough.
We would certainly use them again.
We had a Golden circle trip in the middle of July with Nordic Visitors.
We really wanted to have a vacation, after all these months of isolation. And we were afraid to travel in terms of constant changes in rules, flights cancelations, etc. We used to organize trips ourselves, but now it was pretty risky (and time consuming of cause :) Somehow we found the Nordic Visitors offer and this was just what we needed. They covered risks and that was very important for me, going vacation and be less stressed because of Corona, this is what I really appreciate.
They also covered covid test costs for us.
Our original flight was canceled and we had to get another one, so they helped to reschedule transfer from airport and answered very fast.
They provide us with all instructions and directions, so we had a bunch of options what and where to do, and all tips were excellent. Usually I know pretty well what to expect and read a lot before a trip, this time we had a room to be surprised. Every evening before the next day of the trip I opened papers from them, learn what to expect tomorrow and plan the next day according to their tips and instructions. They provided all materials in advance, but this time I really wanted to e surprised and did work very well.
They picked up for us all hotels, some of them were simply nice, some of them were really fancy with amazing view and service.
We got several custom options, we got whale watching tour and natural bath.
So this tour was very comfortable and the service overall is simply excellent.
We fall in love with Iceland. And going come back in winter time for sure with their help.
Overall the trip exceeded our expectations, many many thanks to Silja our travel agent and Nordic Visitors
We used Nordic Visitor for a 10-day trip to Iceland from 12/26/19-1/4/20. We did the self-drive tour. I can’t think of one thing that didn’t go right. Our travel consultant was Silja, and she was great. We wanted our itinerary to be a little different than the published 10-day trip because we wanted to be in Reykjavik for New Year’s Eve, and they changed things around with no problem.
This was our first international trip, and having Nordic Visitor do the accommodations made me feel so at ease. The hotels they booked us were all very nice. The rental car was great and the pickup and drop off went very smoothly. It was a really nice feature that the package included transportation to and from the rental car place. One SMALL thing was that we struggled to figure out the car’s GPS. But, we just used the GPS on our phones so it wasn’t a problem. Oh...AND the package included wifi for the car which was valuable for directions, Googling, and keeping our 21-year-old son occupied!
The book Nordic Visitor gives you with suggested places to stop is really great. It’s overwhelming, but so helpful to have a sense where you might want to go. It definitely included places I hadn’t seen in my research.
We booked some, but not all, of our excursions through Nordic Visitor. All of them went smoothly. We had a couple of things cancelled due to weather, and Nordic Visitor sent us emails and left messages at our hotel to let us know.
All in all, Nordic Visitor (and Silja) were amazing! Our trip was better than we could have imagined. We will be going back someday to see the country in the summer, and I will definitely use Nordic Visitor again.
Stayed in Rekjavik and let Nordic Visitor (Steinunn) make all arrangements. Not a gliche in arrangements which were convenient, informative, and illuminating. We enjoyed all recommendations madde by Nordic Visitor and found the Icelanders to have a fascinating history and also a model society. Drivers and guides were conversant and informative and friendly.
Highly recommended; we were impressed with the wind even though we were raised in Chicago.
GB
WOW! Iceland what a truly wonderful place and Nordic Visitor, the very best tour operator we have ever used (and we have used a lot, in many countries, over many years).
We looked at the Nordic Visitor website and chose our bucket list tour, then we chatted through some specific additions with Gudrún Eiriksdóttir, who expertly guided us with her local knowledge. (Huge thanks to Gudrún!)
We landed on 13th February 2020 just in time to greet the 257 kilometre per hour winds which arrived that evening. The storm lasted most of the following day, sadly wiping out our booking to Dive between the continents at SILFRA.
However Alex Freyr O'Dell, from Nordic Visitor, came to the rescue by rescheduling our booking at the PERLAN. Far from wasting our day we had a great time exploring the museum, walking through the glacier and at the planetarium.
Alex also rescheduled our booking at the Blue Lagoon, where we would throughly recommend the Premium entrance and dining in their Lava Restaurant. (Enormous thanks to Alex!).
As expected our hire car was delivered the following day, complete with a personalised itinerary, full size map with all our hotels and highlights detailed on it, together with a telephone, charged and ready to go.
We then set off on our great epedition 'full circle' around Iceland. The places we visited, which were all recommended by Nordic Visitor and the hotels we stayed in, which were booked by Nordic Visitor, were absolutely superb.
Apart from the 'golden circle' which is well known for its spectacular vistas and attractions, we found 'Diamond Beach', Seljalandsfoss, Reynisdrangar to be breathtakingly beautiful.
Another storm arrived whilst were were in the north of Iceland, which was terrific and terrible in equal measure. What an experience to see white out, enormous snow drifts and such angry seas! The down side was that we were 'cut off' in Siglufjörôur, the most northern town on mainland Iceland. The upside was that Klara Gylfadóttir, from Nordic Visitor called us to tell us to stay where we were (not that we could have moved on, all roads were now closed) and that arrangements had already be made for us to stay at the wonderful Sigló Hotel. Klara also contacted us the following day advising us to stay a further night, not a problem for us, it was a fabulous place! (Klara, another star from Nordic Visitor)
We had a long old drive from the north to the south as soon as the roads were opened, through more tremendous scenery, back to Reykjavik, which was a snowy picture postcard, full of fabulous restaurants and shopping opportunities!
The weather whilst stormy, snowy and wild was not as cold as we had expected it to be. Though we would recommend taking layers, to enable easy adjustment! Don't forget to take a camera to capture all the wonderful memories you will make!!
We truly cannot recommend Nordic Visitor highly enough, their thought, organisation and support before and throughout our holiday were second to none!