South 7 Fly Drive Adventure

What you'll do

Day 1: Arrive in Iceland

Fly in from your chosen UK airport and land safely at Keflavik.

Pick up your car hire from the airport and drive to your Reykjavik hotel

Take the afternoon to explore the capital and enjoy some tasty Icelandic food for dinner

Stay overnight at your Reykjavik hotel

Day 2: Explore Reykjavik & Northern Lights or Whale Watching

Spend another day enjoying the capital. 

In the afternoon/evening, you will be escorted on a Northern Lights or Whale Watching tour depending on which season you choose to visit.  If you visit during winter, you can witness the most spectacular show on earth in the most beautiful place on earth. Surrounded by incredible nature, watch in awe as the green, red and purple aurora borealis dance across the night sky.

For those visiting in summer, enjoy an Icelandic Whale Watching tour from the old harbour of Reykjavik. Abundant summer daylight combined with a unique mixture of cold and warm sea currents that blend in Iceland's shallow fjords make the Icelandic territorial waters home to a rich variety of krill and fish, and consequently a bountiful feeding ground that attracts twenty-three species of whales.

Stay overnight at your Reykjavik hotel

Day 3: The Golden Circle

Drive towards the Golden Circle and explore the area. Combining history, culture and extraordinary nature, you can see Thingvellir National Park and walk among the geological wonders of the fissure zone and in the footsteps of the early Viking settlers where the Althingi parliament was founded. You can then see the Gullfoss and feel the mist of glacial water as it cascades down one of Iceland’s most famous waterfalls.  Finally, you can witness the Geysir and hear the bubbling of the mud pots, smell the sulphur in the air and watch in awe as the geyser Strokkur blasts boiling water into the air.

Drive towards Hveragerdi and stay in a hotel there

Day 4: Vik

Drive east along the south coast towards Vik. This picturesque village boasts some fantastic sights including Dyrholaey headland where thousands of puffins nest every summer.

Stay overnight at a hotel in Vik

Day 5: Kirkjubaejarklaustur

Head further along the coast to Kirkjubaejarklaustur, the Skaftafell National Park and then Vatnajokull glacier

Stay overnight in Skaftafell

Day 6: Skaftafell National Park

Continue to explore Skaftafell national park and the many incredible sights it has. 

Stay overnight in Skaftafell

Day 7: Reykjavik

It's time to head back to Reykjavik to enjoy your last full day in Iceland

Stay overnight in your Reykjavik hotel

Day 8: Fly Home

Drive to the airport and drop the car hire off

Fly back to the UK

It is possible to add a Blue Lagoon tour to the morning of Day 8 at an extra cost.

To see some of the incredible sights on this route, check out our blog post here.