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Landmannalaugar's Hot Rivers
Bathe in a geothermal river beneath rhyolite peaks, reached by private Super-Jeep.
The Icelandic Interior
The Highlands
A roadless interior of lava deserts, hot rivers and absolute silence.
- When to Go
- Late June – Early September
- Estimated From
- ~US$2,050 per person, per night
Open only in high summer, Iceland's Highlands are its last true wilderness — a roadless interior of geothermal valleys, rhyolite mountains and rivers you can bathe in. We reach it by Super-Jeep and helicopter, to a handful of private lodges where the silence is the luxury.
Access · Not Itinerary
Signature Moments
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A Helicopter to the Interior
Land where no road goes — a crater, a glacier, a valley kept for you alone.
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Midnight Sun at a Wilderness Lodge
Dinner at midnight in full light, the nearest town hours away.
Curated Journeys
Curated Journey Archetypes
The Roadless Interior
Super-Jeep and heli access to valleys closed to ordinary travel.
Designed to your pace
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Volcano & Lava Fields
Active geology with a volcanologist, across the interior's lava deserts.
Designed to your pace
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The Photographer's Highlands
Rhyolite colour and midnight light, at the pace of the image.
Designed to your pace
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More of Iceland
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Each a starting point — our advisors weave them into a single, seamless journey.
Common Questions
Questions, answered.
There's no single right month — it depends on the experience you want. Your Forest Travel advisor, who has spent time on the ground in The Highlands, matches the timing to your trip: the light, the harvest or season worth being there for, and the weeks the crowds haven't found.
Enough to travel unhurried. Rather than a fixed package, your advisor shapes the length around your pace and the moments that matter — a few unforgettable days or a slow, immersive fortnight.
Entirely. Every The Highlands journey is built around you — private access, the stays that never list, pacing and introductions that only four decades of relationships unlock. Nothing is off the shelf.
Because an advisor opens what no platform can sell. Online platforms list what's already public — the same rooms and flights available to everyone. A Forest advisor opens what isn't: private after-hours access, the host who answers because they know us, pacing built around your life, and logistics that stay invisible. Over forty years we've built the relationships that turn 'impossible' into 'it's arranged.'
It begins with a conversation, not a quote. A dedicated advisor learns how you want to feel — not only where you want to go — then designs a journey around you and reshapes it freely as your plans evolve. There's no fee for the initial consultation and no obligation.
Discretion is built in. We work quietly, share nothing, and arrange private transfers, exclusive-use stays and after-hours access so you're never on public display. For clients who require it, every detail is handled under strict confidentiality.
Begin in The Highlands
None of this is fixed.
Every journey here is a starting point a private advisor reshapes entirely around you — your pace, your people, the The Highlands only you would recognise.