GOP-xcursions

Kom inn!
Exotic Autumn!
Becoming a part of an adventure ..
A wonderful time ..

Join the
GOP-Course
and become self-reliant!

When you decide to take up 4x4-driving there are many things to be considered. The car costs a heap of money and may be badly damaged if wrongly handled or stuck in a bad spot or a river. If you are not accustomed to driving on gravel-roads you simply must get some advice to be prepared. Many an accident has occurred in situations where sudden obstacles present themselves dangerously near the moving car. On vacation everything has to succeed. It must become a wonderful time for you and everyone in your company. To make it a success you should take your time for a short and effective course - a GOP-course.

Curriculum of a GOP-Course:
Theory
  • First a day on theory
    (a) Driving in the highland and the environmental regulations
    (b) Traveling as a joint venture - travelling with others and in a group
    (c) Maps and tracks in the highland
    (d) Managing open rivers
    (e) Winter-driving
    (f) Driving on a glacier
    (g) Preparing for the real thing

Those who do not wish to act as drivers in Iceland can skip parts of these topics.

Practice

At the river Tungna near glacier Vatnajokull.
Ready
in the early hour

  • The real thing: A Diplom-Excursion
    The coverage of each trip is adjusted to season and participants. One can choose amongst a short trip during one day up to a major project visiting a choice of Ieland's wonders near the shore and up in the higland in an expedition of 5 to 14 days or even longer.
    The jorney gives you the real experience!
    The participants drive their own - or rented cars - or join as passengers.
A
one - day
excursion

Midnight sun in Reykjavik
Reykjavik at 24:00

The stoneman at the Giant Canyon.
The stoneman ..

In a one-day-trip the plan is packed to get the feelings of tracks and open rivers and yet be back at the hotel in the evening.

>> A longer excursion
When there are more days for the excursion the schedule is more lenient. The way may go partly around the island and partly into the highland visiting attractive places as well as practicing in negotioating tracks and open rivers.
Tracks .. !?

A newly abandoned glacial bed.

This really is a track!! * A sandy desert mingles into a sandy mist of glacial clay.

Tracks may have little in common - even if all are passable. The Icelandic highland offers lava and gravel, deserts, snow in high places and glaciers on top.

Open
rivers

What we all want: Crossing safely!
.. and crossings

Is this an acceptable ford? * Some crossings must be studied meticulously and staked out with waders.

The rivers are studied methodically and participants are trained in wading and analysing the factors that affect the possible crossing.

On a localized ford.

In wintertime the snow and ice are sure to provide for unexpected factors.

.. and always
there are
sights to see
Beware of the sandstorm! * A crater from 1783. A lava-produsent! * A crater-lake
Huts
and houses

Reykjavik at 00:05
Reykjavík at 00:05

At the western side of galcier Vatnajokull. * Unforgettable!
A hut in the autumn - a tent in the summer ...

Overnightings may be in a hotel or at a farmhouse or in a hut or a tent in the mountains.

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