North Iceland
There are virtually unlimited possibilities for travellers in the North Arctic Region. Numerous group tours of varying duration are available as well as opportunities for individual travel, offering the possibility of diverse interesting day programmes like trout fishing, horse-riding, river-rafting, island-sailing, whale-watching, bird-watching, photo-safari, interior-wilderness trekking to name but a few. The coast of Northern Iceland is characterised by deep fjords and small islands off the coast. The shores are both sandy and stony, filled with flourishing birdlife. Inland you will find farming-areas and small fishing villages along the coastline and there is easy access into highland areas via Kjölur and Sprengisandur.

The highland
The highland south of this region is the most seductive part of the country, or The Interior, easily accessible from the North. This area of Iceland has often been referred to as Europe“s last wilderness. Part of the charm is that there are hardly any services available; no accommodation, no restaurants, no petrol stations, no bars, even no roads in places. This barren, rough wilderness with numerous volcanoes, lava fields, black desert sand and glaciers is something every visitor should experience.

Fauna
The Icelandic fauna may be said to be dominated by two extremes. On the one hand there is the paucity of wild land mammals due to a combined effect of isolation and harsh climate. The other extreme is the large number of bird species that inhabit the island, either permanently or, more frequently, as summer visitors.

Resources
In spite of harsh climate and barren appearance, Iceland possesses valuable resources which have helped its people towards prosperity in the past century. The chief of these are the rich fishing grounds surrounding the island, geothermal areas and, perhaps incredibly, the muddy torrents of glacial rivers.

The interior
The interior of Iceland is an example of a northern desert, formed by coldness instead of dryness and its coldest spots are the glaciers whose everlasting accumulations of ice adorn the highest plateaus and mountain peaks.