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From Bridgett

I just returned from Iceland.  For our last full day, my mom and I went on the Golden Circle Super Jeep Safari.  There were so many cool parts of our trip to Iceland that it was hard to pick a favorite until our Golden Circle safari.  The day surpassed my expectations and easily became my favorite part of the vacation! 

 

Earlier on our trip, we had gone on a tour with a different company.  I wish we had instead booked a second tour with Arctic Adventures – by far a better experience and a real adventure.  Palli was an awesome guide!!  He was on time to pick us up, gave us plenty of time at all of the stops, shared interesting information about each stop and about Iceland in general. 

 

The sights of the Golden Circle are incredible themselves, but the little/more personal things about the day made all the difference….I will never forget driving through the icy river (again and again), getting stuck and pulled out of the snow, and seeing the Icelandic horses up close and personal.   I feel like we truly had a personalized tour through the Golden Circle. 

 

This was a great way for my mom and I to end our trip to Iceland.  Thank you so much to Palli for the awesome memories!!  I highly recommend Arctic Adventures to anyone traveling to Iceland! 

 

Bridgett – visited November 2011 from New York, NY

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Arctic Adventures Environmental Policy

Policy Aims:

Our mission statement is simply: “Nature is the adventure”. Through it we have tailored all our trips in such a way that they do not harm or effect the nature. We always inform all our clients of how to take part and pass through nature without leaving a mark.

Our four guidelines are:

Take nothing but pictures.
Kill nothing but time.
Leave nothing but footprints.
Make nothing but memories.

Environmental Responsibility:

When we need transport between places or transfer of luggage or supplies we offset the carbon emission through the Icelandic Carbon fund.

Icelandic Carbon Fund

We also take part in the Icelandic Nature Conservation organization (www.natturuverndarsamtok.is ) and through them take an active part in supervision over constructions in the highlands of Iceland. The organization is puplic forum that issues statements and gives their opinion on all matters concerning construction in the Icelandic nature.

 

Náttúruverndarsamtök Íslands

We recycle as much of our waste as possible. Both at our office, at our basecamps, in our restaurant and on tours we take all waste with us and dispose of it after the trip.
We always buy ecological labelled products and all our printed material has the Nordic Eco-Label which is the official ecological label of the Nordic Countries. In Iceland the Nordic Ecolabel is hosted by the Environment Agency of Iceland, Umhverfisstofnun, and it has a wide spread acknowledgement and trust amongst Nordic consumers.

 

The Nordic Eco Label
On our treks through the magnificent Icelandic nature we place a heavy emphasis on our Leave No Trace Policy.

 

Leave no trace

At the start of every trip we will provide participants with information on how best to pass through without leaving their mark, so future generations can visit these special places in their natural state. Each trip has a different approach, f.ex. a cave trip and raft trip have different foucs points.

We run our own guide school here in Iceland where we train all our own guides. They are all passionate about their environment and its conservation. Environmental matters are kind of imprinted in all Icelanders. We are the only nation that depends solely on renewable energies for heating our houses and creating electricity (no fossil fuels except for cars). The conservation of electricity here in Iceland is therefore not the same big issue as elsewhere in Europe. We also have an abundant supply of water since we have very much rain- and snowfall. In addition to that the Icelandic nature is so unspoiled that all running water in Iceland is fit for drinking, right out of the rivers and streams. Hence, bottled water is not an environmental concern, it is not used on any of our trips.