Iceland exploration - Entrepreneurship

in #adventure7 years ago

Hello to you dear reader,

First I'd like to introduce myself a little bit, my name is Ástþór (Direct translation = Love-thor, nojoke) I'm from and live in Iceland,I've red hair, a red beard and blue eyes :)

Me and my friend are starting our own business, a tour agency based in Reykjavík (Iceland's capital "city") which focuses on day-tour exploring to enjoy this island's beautiful nature.
We're both on "super jeeps" so we manage to get to those "hard to get to" places which are often the most noteworthy and enjoyable places to see.

The reason for this story is first and foremost to get a little practice before we update and finish our website and facebook page and with any luck, get some feedback :).
Last but not least, I would like to share with you my latest trip to Þórsmörk, one of those "hard to get to" places where you have to cross some rivers and drive through some rough "roads" to be able to enjoy this wonderful place.

(Þórsmörk/Thórsmörk is a mountain ridge and a nature reserve between the glaciers Tindafjallajökull and Eyjafjallajökull)

Now, let's get into the tour itself and I'll give some Information about what the tour would look like in all aspects - Please advise if you find some errors or if you see where we could improve and so on :D.
Some pictures I took from google - with advanced search to make sure I'm allowed to post :)

Price for the day tour - 29.000 ISK/267 $/233 EUR.
The tour is approx. 7-9 hours.
Included:
Pick up and drop off at Reykjavík area.
Some small tasters of Icelandic snacks (Dried fish, Fish oil shot and an Icelandic snaps shot)

The tour:

First Part:
This part is on the Icelandic highway, and takes about 2 hours with a 30 minute stop at one small town for people who want to buy some snacks, food or use the bathroom.

Second part:
Seljalandsfoss - Waterfall.
A beautiful waterfall that you can walk behind and get some amazing pictures.

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While travelers are taking pictures and enjoying the sight, we will prepare our vehicles for the rough roads ahead.
Preparing our vehicles - We'll lower the air pressure in our tires considerably for a more comfortable ride and to protect the components of our vehicles. Also so we won't float when going over a big river we'll be crossing :)
We will stop here again on the way back to inflate the tires as well.
First stop around 15-20 minutes, second stop around 20-30 minutes.

Third part:
Þórsmörk nature reserve.
It takes about an hour to get into the valley, where we'll cross many small rivers and will be driving on a very bad road made out of compiled rocks and sand.
We haven't done any tours yet so we don't know how many stops will be requested, but it's a beautiful area and we have at least three stops planned inside the valley.

Some pictures of the area taken from google:
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Some pictures that we took when we were there of both nature and vehicles:

  • (We have better pictures that my friend is photo shopping a little bit to make them more clear and nicer)

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In the valley we'll make a stop at the bottom of a glacier for a short time, and we'll play around in the river "Krossá" if the condition of the river will allow us to do so. We'll also stop to take a short hike for those who want to explore a little bit.

Now, a little about the famous river Krossá. When booking the tour we will let people know that it isn't guaranteed that we'll be able to cross it (can still get into most parts of the valley and all scheduled stops) because it can be very dangerous to do so.
The river has already taken many lives from those who were to bold and daring, even one family who my mother knew.
Even if it can be driven across one of our vehicles will not be able to cross if the river goes over the hood of the car, since it doesn't have a breather/snorkel for the engine.
I don't have the video nor pictures from when we crossed but hopefully I can edit this later to show you the video and more???? - Note: I almost drowned the engine, it was, I think, the maximum amount of water that my jeep would have been be able to cross at.
This is the only picture of someone crossing krossá I found that I was allowed to use according to my google search so I'll let it in on the story so you can see the river (though it changes every year it looks similar)
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Well, that's about it.
No matter the pictures you find if you decide to google the nature reserve, it won't give it justice, and especially not the ones in this post xD.

Thank you so much for your time if anyone reached this far that is.
Have a great day and leave a comment if you're willing to spend some more time on my story.

If you've any questions, comments, ideas or criticism they're more than welcome and I'll answer all + up vote of course ;)

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Great Job you have =]
Would love to go on that kind of trip when I go rich with steemit !
The price you mentioned, is it for trip with 2 cars or just for 1 person ???
Good luck with your business !
Upvoted-Followed !
=]

Hey there,
Yeah I would definitely love it if the business succeeds :D!
If you succeed on steemit or in any other way and are on your way to Iceland, you should definitely send a msg :) -Good luck!!!
The price is per person :o! Yes I know it's expensive, but we'd still be the cheapest ones offering these kinds of tours xD.
I'll give you a discount if you make it here ;) and well, of course if we make it as well :s
Thanks for the upvote and follow, have a great day :D!

Someone said - discount ???
I am on my way !!!
I will text you when I am ready !
Do not lose steemit !
=]

hahaha yes ofc, I'll never lose steemit :)

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