6-Day Budget Iceland Travel Package

You take the Flybus from Keflavík International Airport to Reykjavík and check in at Reykjavík Lights Hotel, where you stay all five nights. You are based in one place for the whole trip, so you unpack once and every tour starts and ends at the hotel. From September to April an optional Northern Lights tour can be added for the first evening.

A full-day small-group tour of the Golden Circle. At Þingvellir National Park you walk through a rift valley where the North American and Eurasian plates are pulling apart, and where Icelanders founded their parliament in 930. Brúarfoss is a small waterfall on the Brúará river, known for the bright, milky blue of its water. At the Geysir geothermal area the geyser Strokkur erupts every few minutes, and Gullfoss drops in two steps into a narrow canyon. The route also stops at Kerið, a volcanic crater with red walls and a lake at the bottom, and at an Icelandic dairy farm known for its homemade ice cream. Breakfast at the hotel is included before pick-up, and the tour brings you back to the hotel in the evening.

A guided small-group tour along the South Coast, with pick-up and drop-off at your hotel. You stop at Seljalandsfoss, where a path leads behind the falling water, and at Skógafoss, which drops about 60 metres from a cliff. You also see Sólheimajökull, a glacier tongue reaching down from the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap, and the village of Vík. The black sand beach at Reynisfjara has basalt columns in the cliffs and rock pillars in the sea, and Dyrhólaey can be seen along the coast. It is a long day with short walks at each stop. Breakfast at the hotel is included.

A free day, with no tour booked and the hotel as your base. You can walk the city at your own pace: the harbour, Hallgrímskirkja church, Harpa concert hall and the old town streets are all within reach. You can also book optional activities, such as whale watching, a food tour, the Lava Show, a museum or a local geothermal pool. Optional activities are not included in the price. Breakfast at the hotel is included.

A full day on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula, often called Iceland in miniature, with pick-up and drop-off at your hotel. The route follows the south coast of the peninsula past Ytri Tunga, a golden sand beach where seals often rest on the rocks, and the sea cliffs of Arnarstapi, a small fishing village. At Djúpalónssandur you walk through black lava formations to a beach of black pebbles at the foot of the Snæfellsjökull glacier. The day ends at Kirkjufell, a 463-metre mountain next to the waterfall Kirkjufellsfoss, the classic photo of West Iceland. It is a long day, about 12 hours, with short walks at each stop. Breakfast at the hotel is included.

Breakfast at the hotel, then check out and use any remaining free time in Reykjavík before the Flybus transfer to Keflavík International Airport.