Reykjavik Snaefellsnes Golden Circle & South Coast

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

Enjoy another day in the capital. Explore the area at your own pace or book a Reykjavik sightseeing tour with us at an extra cost. You will learn about the rich history and culture that shaped Iceland by visiting the prime landmarks and attractions in and around the capital city. Sit back and enjoy educational commentary, interesting facts, and stories that relate to the most important locations in and around Reykjavik.

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.

Then drive further onto Hveragerdi and check into your hotel there.

Day 4: South Iceland

Drive along the coast road in a westerly direction passing under the Hvalfjordur and then onto the Snaefelsness Peninsula via Borgarnes where you will be staying for 3 nights.

Stay overnight in your Snaefelsness hotel

Day 5: Snaefelsness Peninsula

Spend the day exploring the Snaefelsness Peninsula

Stay overnight in your Snaefelsness hotel

Day 6: South Iceland

Spend another day exploring the area by car or book an optional Skidoo Glacier tour with us at an extra cost.

Stay overnight in your Snaefelsness hotel

Day 7: Blue Lagoon

Drive back towards Reykjavik for your last full day in Iceland

Enjoy a relaxing visit to the Blue Lagoon which includes transfers from your hotel and the entrance fee. There is also the option to subsitute the Blue Lagoon tour with an alternative such as Whale Watching, the Sky Lagoon or the South Coast Waterfalls and Black Sand Beach Sightseeing Tour

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