From witnessing the Northern Lights to setting off on an ice diving adventure, the Nordic island nation abounds with awe-inspiring attractions and thrilling activities
With dramatic landscapes of volcanoes, geysers, hot springs and lava fields, Iceland is easily one of the top places for tourists who are seeking to be one with nature. The Nordic island nation can be also described to be a vision of contradictions, where fire and frost intertwine at primordial poles during dayless winters and nightless summer.
So discover Iceland's fiery ice-capped heart by indulging in seven of these best things to do there:
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4. Meet cherubic puffins
What sports a coat of monotone plumage, petite wings, and a tri-coloured beak? The puffins, of course! And where else better to see these cherubic winged friends than at Iceland, home to more than 60% the world’s entire Atlantic puffin population? The summer season, between May and August, is the best time to run into some puffins on your trip. The colony is usually the most active in evenings. The birds stand outside of their burrows, resting on the grass before heading out to sea to where they spend the night roosting. You don’t have to travel far from the capital, as a large puffin colony breeds on a small island just a few minutes sailing-time away from Reykjavík.
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