Take Me Higher.

DEPARTMENTS THE GOODS As I arrive at Highland Base by helicopter in August, the main hotel appears in the distance as a jagged sliver of blond wood dropped into a sprawling expanse of glacial mountainside. The air taxi came courtesy of the Retreat at Blue Lagoon, the five-star wellness destination perched alongside the country's famously turquoise geothermal pond; Highland Base, which soft-launched in July, joins the same portfolio. To accommodate high summer-season traffic, Highland Base also offers seven of the aforementioned A-frame cabins, plus the property's original building from 1937, which can accommodate groups of up to 15, and a 60-vehicle campsite for more spartan-minded travelers. [Extracted from the article]