Iceland, with its eerie landscapes, its ancient culture, and its dramatic birdlife, has long fired the imagination. This most captivating of birding destinations has also been among the most expensive–well worth it, of course, but still decidedly pricy.

Until now. Thanks to the efforts of our Icelandic friends and our hardworking colleagues at Sunbird, we’ve been able to reduce to about $4,460 the 2009 price of James Lidster’s ever-popular tour to the land of dark sagas, blue whales, and white Gyrfalcons.

This female Gyrfalcon was at Myvatn on our 2008 tour. Photo: James Lidster.