Private day tours
The same sights. None of the timetable.
Every tour below is private. It is your car, your driver and your day — so a stop lasts as long as it deserves, and nothing is skipped because forty other people are waiting on a bus.
Tour 01
The Golden Circle
The three that everyone comes for, close enough together to do properly in a day.
Þingvellir
The rift valley where the Atlantic is pulling Iceland in two, and where the old parliament met for eight centuries.
Strokkur
The geyser that still performs, every few minutes, close enough to feel it.
Gullfoss
The waterfall the route is named for — two drops into a canyon, loud enough to end conversation.
- Round trip
- About 230 km
- Time
- 6–7 hours
- Season
- All year, weather permitting
- Price
- 90,000 ISK
Tour 02
The South Coast
A longer day, and the one people talk about afterwards. Waterfalls you can walk behind, black sand, and the sea coming in hard.
Behind the water
A path runs all the way around the back of the falls. You will get wet. It is worth it.
Sixty metres
A wall of water you can stand at the foot of, with steps climbing the side for the view down.
Reynisfjara & Vík
Black sand, basalt columns and the sea stacks offshore. The waves here are genuinely dangerous — you will be told where to stand.
- Round trip
- About 390 km
- Time
- About 10 hours
- Season
- All year, weather permitting
- Price
- 140,000 ISK
Tour 03
Northern lights
An evening drive out of the city lights, chosen on the night from the forecast and the cloud — not from a fixed route.
Nobody can promise you the aurora. It needs darkness, a clear sky and solar activity at the same time, and no driver on earth controls any of the three. What a private car buys you is the freedom to chase the gap in the cloud, and to stay out when it is worth staying out.
- Season
- September–April, weather permitting
- Time
- 3–5 hours, after dark
- Route
- Decided on the night
- Price
- Agreed before you travel
Tour 04
Your own route
The tours above are the well-worn ones. They are not the limit. Every trip, listed or not, depends on the weather on the day — Snorri will say so plainly.
Snæfellsnes
The peninsula that gets called "Iceland in miniature" — a glacier, black churches, lava fields and sea cliffs in one long day. About ten hours, 151,000 ISK.
Jökulsárlón
The glacier lagoon, 377 km out. A very long day trip, and better as an overnight — ask and it can be planned properly.
Private groups
Family, wedding party, colleagues. More than fit in one car is fine — there is more than one. Tell us the number and the day and it gets built around you.
Something specific
A film location, a hot spring, the farm your family came from. If it can be driven to, it can be arranged.
What the price covers
The prices above are for the car, not per person — the same number whether there is one of you or four. Anything not listed is quoted per trip: tell us the plan and you get a number back before anything is booked. You pay in the car on the day, card or cash — nothing is charged online.