The Experience

Flights are the attendee’s responsibility.

You will be flying into KEF Keflavik International Airport in Iceland. Direct round trips flights out of Raleigh start in the month of May 2022 and the main reason I created this retreat at this time. Icelandair is the most reasonable but if you have airline miles or credit card points by all means use them! In our group, I can help you decide on what and when to book.

I am fully vaxxed and so is everyone on my team. We require our attendees to also be fully vaccinated.

Covid.is is the website that I follow for all things Iceland and Covid.

“All passengers must pre-register on covid.is

All passengers must present a negative COVID test that is not older than 72 hours when traveling abroad.

Passengers must present an approved certificate of vaccination, a certificate of a positive outcome of a PCR test older than 14 days, or an antibody certificate.

Alternatively, the passenger should undergo PCR sampling on arrival, and return after 5 days of quarantine.”

Leaving the country we will register prior and schedule a PCR test in Reykjavik when we visit on our planned day trip to the capital.

(Also know this is ever-changing…I would highly suggest purchasing Cancel for Any Cause Trip Insurance just to make sure you’re covered. it’s inexpensive and you will be able to recoup your cost if something happens and you’re not able to make it to Iceland or an incident happens while there.)

I’ve been to many retreats and I wanted to make sure that everyone had their own space. You will have your own bed. Upstairs there’s a loft of “rail car” beds… they have a little curtain and you’re tucked into your bunk. There are photos of the sleeping spaces above. I highly recommend and will be placing earplugs in everyone’s bags. It just makes a better experience for everyone when we get well-rested sleep! There are also two large sofas you can nap or lounge on..

Let’s talk about it… if this is you and you’re concerned, reach out to me! Iceland is not an easy country to grab food out and I feel like there’s so much intimacy in cooking and eating together in a “family style” environment. Iceland is an island so food is quite expensive. Meat and dairy are pricier so we will probably use less than what we would eat in the states. I also want you to have so many choices and say in what we have on our menu… So we will create our menu in the group based on some starter ideas I have already. I will do everything I can to accommodate anyone who has an allergy but you are also welcome to bring food. There is a grocery store we can stop at coming out to the cabin and when we’re out exploring!

You will be traveling internationally, drugs, unless prescribed, should be left at home. I love sitting in the hot tub in the cool air having a glass of wine or beer so we will make sure to have beer and wine available and will gladly take requests. With that being said, I think we all need to make sure our intake is limited to be able to experience all the adventures and curriculum we will be going through. When you arrive at the airport, there is a duty-free shop where you can buy beer, wine, and liquor. Feel free to bring what you prefer or like, we will have a limited amount on hand.

I will be working on a detailed plan for each day placing us in an area where we can see several things in an afternoon. The farthest excursion would be to Joskularon and Breidamerkursandur- otherwise known as Diamond Beach. Mainly because the moment I saw it for the first time and every time after I was just in awe of it.. hopefully, we’ll get to see some seals frolicking in the water!

Again, I want you to really have input into what you’d like to experience.