Iceland sits at the edge of the Arctic Circle, a dramatic island where glaciers meet volcanoes and the landscape feels utterly untouched by time. Black sand beaches stretch beyond steaming hot springs. Basalt columns rise like ancient cathedrals. Waterfalls thunder into frigid fjords while lava fields sprawl toward a horizon marked by moonscape ridges. 

And yet, for all its raw, elemental beauty, Iceland also offers refined Nordic sophistication—world-class restaurants, striking architecture, cutting-edge art, and excellent shopping. It's a place of wonderful contradictions: wild yet welcoming, remote yet remarkably progressive (hello, most gender-equal country in the world).

NextTribe always seeks out women and women-owned businesses on our trips, and in Iceland, that's delightfully easy. We'll meet women entrepreneurs, artists, and other locals who add considerable warmth to this chilly landscape. Our tour is led by an Icelandic woman our age who knows exactly what we want to see and experience—and she's as passionate about the environment as she is about showing off her country. For each traveler, she plants a tree to help preserve Iceland's fragile ecosystem. That means your booking removes the equivalent of about 21 kg of CO2 per year. Not bad for a vacation.