Summer 2025
More information coming soon!
If interested in this trip, please email the trip name and your name to Adventure.Tours@uwsp.edu.
This all-inclusive tour (except for one lunch and one dinner) shares the beauty of Northern Iceland - far away from the throngs of tourists - and helps you relax, refresh and recharge through cultural/historic, recreational, culinary, and wellness experiences. Designed for women and by women (Herdis and Sue), cultural/historic highlights include visits to the Museum of Icelandic Textiles, the Herring Era Museum and Akureyri Botanical Gardens. Recreational highlights include hiking at Hljodaklettar, riding Icelandic horses, exploring the Dettifoss and Godafoss waterfalls, swimming in local pools and whale watching in Husavik. We will also indulge in plenty of local fish and lamb plus traditional Icelandic foods (wine, beer, and chocolate, too!). Wellness experiences include the solitude of the North Atlantic, drinking wine in the midnight sun, soaking in spas including the Beer Spa, Geoseas Nature Baths, and the Forest Nature Baths. Free time to explore the capital city of Reykjavik round out the tour. Come explore the Land of Fire and Ice with Sue and Herdis!
Sue Kissinger and Herdis FridriksdottirSue Kissinger has traveled extensively throughout the United States,
Canada, Central America, South Africa and Europe. She recently retired
from UWSP where she worked for 30 years as a Career Specialist and
Academic Adviser. Sue has a BS in Forestry and an MS in Natural Resources
from UWSP. She has led 25 UWSP international trips for students and the
public, including 11 to Iceland! Sue and her husband Don recently relocated
to a lake in northwestern Wisconsin and enjoy hiking, kayaking, fishing and
spoiling their grandchildren.
Herdís Friðriksdóttir is born and raised in Iceland. She has an MSc in
Forestry, and after finishing an MSc in Project Management, she started
working at an environmental center in an eco village in South Iceland.
She started teaching study abroad students Icelandic language, history
and culture. Over time her interest towards study abroad in Iceland and
educational tourism grew. She established the tour company, Understand
Iceland and is now a certified tour guide. Herdis is also the program
director at the historic Skalholt Cathedral. Herdís speaks 5 languages and
has traveled to 25 countries and almost all continents in the world.
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