Visit the most fascinating highlights of South Iceland on this guided small group tour. Enjoy the knowledge a professional local guide as you visit unique natural attractions including black sand beaches, hot springs, waterfalls, volcanic areas and bird cliffs. You will also a get a chance to sail among icebergs with a guided boat tour on the spectacular Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon. 100% Guaranteed Departures.
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A day-by-day plan to guide your journey.
Download PDFOn arrival at Keflavik Airport, you will be welcomed by a driver and transferred to your accommodation in Reykjavík. After settling in, take the opportunity to explore the vibrant city centre at you own pace. The main downtown street, Laugavegur, offers a variety of shops, galleries, restaurants, coffee houses and bars to suit all tastes—all within an easy walk.
Spend the night at Hotel in Reykjavik.
This morning you and your fellow travellers will be picked up by your guide. The first leg of the tour is along the south coast, with a stop at the fairy tale-like Seljalandsfoss waterfall—the only of its kind in Iceland where you can walk behind the cascade on a footpath!
Then the focus shifts to geology, first with a visit to the Volcano Visitor Centre at the Þorvaldseyri farm, where you can learn all about the infamous 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption and its impact on the local residents.
We end the day in the area of Kirkjubæjarklaustur in beautiful South Iceland.
Enjoy a group dinner (either buffet or set menu) with your fellow travellers.
Spend the night in the Kirkjubæjarklaustur area.
Driving distance: 190 km (118 miles) / Duration: approx. 8 hours
Today’s drive takes you to some of Iceland’s most photogenic attractions, starting with a visit to the beautiful Skaftafell area of Vatnajökull National Park, named for Iceland’s largest glacier.
After lunch, the journey continues to the Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, where we will sail among the floating icebergs on a guided boat tour.
Enjoy a group dinner (either buffet or set menu) with your fellow travellers.
Spend the night in the Kirkjubæjarklaustur area.
Driving distance: 313 km (194 miles) / Duration: approx. 8 hours
Today we will focus our attention on the volcanic black sand beaches near the village of Vík í Mýrdal. One of the highlights here is the 120 metre-high promontory of Dyrhólaey with its spectacular rock arch, bird nesting cliffs and amazing views along with the unique Reynisdrangar basalt columns rising out of the ocean.
Further along you will get to visit the magnificent 60 metre free-falling Skógafoss waterfalls in Skógar, where you will find many interesting artifacts on display at the folk museum. From there, the journey takes you past the beautiful Eyjafjöll mountain range.
Enjoy a group dinner (either buffet or set menu) with your fellow travellers.
Spend the night in Selfoss area.
Driving distance: 200 km (124 miles) / Duration: approx. 8 hours
Note: The cliffs at Dyrhólaey are closed from mid-May until late June due to puffin nesting season.
On the way back to Reykjavik today, your journey takes you around the Golden Circle, a popular route containing some of the best-known natural phenomena in Iceland. Highlights include Þingvellir National Park, the Geysir geothermal area and the powerful Gullfoss Waterfall. You will also get to visit the geothermally-heated greenhouse at the Friðheimar tomato farm.
Back in Reykjavik, enjoy the rest of the evening as you wish after being dropped off at your hotel.
Spend the night at a hotel in Reykjavik.
Driving distance: 170 km (105miles) / Duration: approx. 8 hours
When it’s time to depart, you will be picked up from the hotel for your airport transfer by coach bus about three hours before your flight. If you’re flying in the afternoon, you have the option of visiting the Blue Lagoon* geothermal spa to relax in the warm mineral waters before continuing onwards to the airport.
Note: If you are interested in extending your stay, we can book extra night and activities in the Reykjavík area or even combine this tour with a visit to Greenland or our other Nordic destinations.
Note: The professional guide for each of our tours is very experienced with Iceland‘s weather conditions. In rare cases, due to bad weather or other unpredictable events, the guide reserves the right to alter routes, departure times or other parts of the itinerary to ensure the best experience for the group.
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The tour guide was excellent and accommodating. Everything was taken care of which made the trip stress-free. All of the tour info that was provided to us by the shuttle was extremely helpful to know what to do and where to go. We plan on booking other trips through Nordic visitor. Also, the support was very quick via email to help with all the questions I had.
My vacation to Iceland/Greenland was beyond all of my expectations. The drivers, tours, hotels, meals and especial our tour guide Rakel was wonderful. I was mesmerized by the beauty of your country and the kindness of the Iceland people. i would recommend your company and country to many people as I already have. Thank you for a wonderful experience.
I went as a solo traveller for my birthday but everyone in the group was just so friendly that I was never trully alone. The tour guide was excelent, great driver, lots of knowledge about Iceland and extremely friendly! Thank you!
Our guide was exceptional, she was very knowledgeable, and fun company. She included all sorts of wonderful "extra stops" which made the tour very special.
Truly believe the best way to see and experience your lovely country is to do it with a guide. It's the best way to get to learn cultures, traditions etc. We were so fortunate to have all that and more with our lovely guide.
We loved our entire package with Nordic Visitor and our tour guide was fantastic. We enjoyed the small group atmosphere very much (there were 6 of us). We saw several tour groups of many, many more and would not be interested in a larger group, so the Nordic Visitor tour suited us perfectly.
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