No you were tourists, that spent their time on an expedition. I don’t understand what you have against that term. However if you did indeed stay on the mountain

No you were tourists, that spent their time on an expedition. I don’t understand what you have against that term. However if you did indeed stay on the mountain roads, than I advice you to please be careful with your vocabulary. Off road driving is a huge problem in Iceland, and we don’t need people reading posts like these on HN, going to Iceland thinking they can drive off the roads.