{"id":2675,"date":"2014-05-25T22:29:30","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T21:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legendarytrips.com\/?p=2675"},"modified":"2014-12-11T13:53:24","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T12:53:24","slug":"2-weeks-iceland-trip-planning-budget-itinerary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legendarytrips.com\/2-weeks-iceland-trip-planning-budget-itinerary\/","title":{"rendered":"LegendaryTrips is going to Iceland! Trip planning (part 1: budget, general itinerary)"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE: We are back! Check out our full trip report: https:\/\/www.legendarytrips.com\/trip\/hiking-iceland-2-weeks-itinerary\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

It looks like Iceland grew on us after watching the spectacular scenes from Walter Mitty, especially the shots of the\u00a0Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull volcano and\u00a0Vatnaj\u00f6kull National Park (see the full article<\/a> on Walter Mitty filming locations and itinerary). So we decided to go there for a 2-week hiking trip to see the beautiful natural wonders Iceland offers first hand! We will go the 2 first weeks of June 2014 for a total of 16 days.<\/p>\n

Trip planning is difficult, it takes times but what a joy! It’s easy to get overwhelmed as you read through different travel guides and forum posts from other travellers but after a while you can see an itinerary emerging and already picture yourself discovering all the amazing places you are reading about.
\nWe thought it might be interesting to walk you, dear reader, through our full trip planning process so that you can benefit from our leg-work if yo ever go to Iceland but also to get your help if you have good tips for us!<\/p>\n

We will break down the planning for this trip in the following parts:<\/p>\n