We gave a lot of thought to what we wanted to see in Iceland so we booked four days with BR and an excellent guide, Siggi. The first day was a tour of the Golden circle where we walked between the European and North American tectonic plates, saw an erupting geyser, thermal pools, and the amazing Gulfoss falls. The second day was our best weather and we used it to go to the Snaefellsjokull peninsula where we saw amazing vistas of the peninsula, fishing villages, a hidden black pebble beach, sea cliffs, a glacier, lava fields and waterfalls, including one not visible from the road where we were able to take pictures from behind the falls. On the third and fourth days we went to the south coast. On day three we saw more amazing waterfalls, walked to a glacier and took photos under an ice bridge, saw basalt cliff formations that looked like something from a science fiction movie, walked on a black sand beach and went to a spot looking into a deep gorge with, of course, another huge waterfall. The final day we got up close to the huge Vatnajökull glacier including a boat ride on a lake at the edge of the glacier where small parts of the glacier were floating all around us, a visit (accessible by a super jeep with huge tires) to an ice cave formed by run off from the glacier where the sun shines through the ice making the whole cave shine white and blue, a visit to another black sand beach where pieces of the glacier that had washed out to sea by a river were washed back up by waves.
In addition doing all of the driving, Siggi was great in arranging the trip to maximize the use of good weather days. He also explained the natural and human history of Iceland during the long drives. What we appreciated most was his ability to show us different approaches and sights that would have been impossible for us to find on our own. For example, he suggested we walk along the edge of a creek behind a 50 foot rock. It looked like nothing special from the outside. Inside was a small canyon into which a waterfall poured. There were so many more. We really enjoyed our trips with Siggi and loved the sights we saw.