Lift Kingswood

Iceland Trip

Students were given an opportunity to experience geographical experiences in the country of Iceland. The students travelled to Manchester Airport for their flight to Keflavik, filled with excitement about visiting one of the newest landmasses in the world. Arriving into Iceland, students got stuck into exciting excursions starting off with a bus journey driving through the capital city of Reykjavik through to the Pingvellir National Park, a protected area of Iceland also known as 'Iceland's Forest'. Students had their first experience of Iceland’s true natural processes by experiencing standing between a tectonic plate margin, where the Eurasian Plate and North American Plate meet. Students then travelled to see Kerid Crater, a crater that last erupted 6,000 years ago, where students walked around the extinct volcano and took in its extraordinary beauty. The next day commenced with waterfalls and more exhilarating sceneries of Iceland. Firstly, students visited the most famous, largest waterfall of Iceland, Gullfoss. Also known as 'the waterfall of light', Gullfoss has two tiers showing all of its beauty, even showing a rainbow for all of the students to enjoy. Students then visited the Geysirs, natural hot springs bubbling from the heat of the Earth's mantle, which was a truly explosive experience for our students who were able to see the natural world in all of its glory. Students then travelled to the south of Iceland into rural, remote areas where they passed volcanoes, rivers and glaciers before finally reaching the magnificent glacier of Solheimajokull. The last part of the trip was the adventurous waterfalls that stood high in the Icelandic landscapes, Skogafoss and Seljalandsfoss, where students experienced walking behind a waterfall.

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