Iceland 6-Day Ring Road Tour from Reykjavik: Glaciers and geysers

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Duration6d

GroupUp to 18

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Six Days Circling Iceland: Glaciers, Geysers & the Midnight Sky

You spend six days circling Iceland by minibus, visiting the Golden Circle, South Coast waterfalls, Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, and North Iceland's geothermal zones. You hike on Sólheimajökull Glacier with full safety gear, explore a blue ice cave on Vatnajökull, and join a whale watching tour from Hauganes. Five nights of accommodation with breakfast, transport, and a single guide for the entire tour are included, so you don't arrange logistics yourself—you just show up and travel.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1 — Golden Circle highlights

Visit Gullfoss Waterfall
Explore Geysir Geothermal Area
Tour Þingvellir National Park

Day 2 — South Coast and glacier hike

Visit Seljalandsfoss Waterfall
Visit Skógafoss Waterfall
Explore Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach
Glacier hike on Sólheimajökull

Day 3 — Glacier lagoon and ice caving

Visit Fellsfjara (Diamond Beach)
Visit Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon
Explore Vatnajökull ice cave by SuperTruck

Day 4 — Exploring the East Fjords

Visit Lagarfljót Lake
Drive through East Fjords and fishing villages
Optional horseback riding in East Fjords

Day 5 — North-East Iceland sights

Optional visit to VÖK Nature Baths
Visit Námaskarð Geothermal Area
Visit Dimmuborgir Lava Formations
Visit Lake Mývatn
Visit Goðafoss Waterfall

Day 6 — North Iceland and return

Visit Hauganes for whale watching
Drive back to Reykjavik through scenic landscapes

The Experience

"You'll see things here that don't exist anywhere else on Earth," our guide said on the first morning, and he wasn't exaggerating. The 6-day minibus tour from Reykjavik takes you around the entire Ring Road, starting with the Golden Circle—Gullfoss waterfall drops 32 meters into a canyon carved by the Hvítá River, and Strokkur geyser erupts every few minutes, shooting boiling water 25 meters straight up. Þingvellir National Park sits where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates actually meet, and you walk between them. It's geology you can touch, not just read about.

Days two and three push south along Iceland's coast. You walk behind Seljalandsfoss (60 meters, mist everywhere, bring a rain jacket), climb 527 steps above Skógafoss for the panoramic view, then stand on Reynisfjara's black sand beach where the Atlantic throws itself at basalt columns and sea stacks. The glacier hike on Sólheimajökull comes with all safety equipment—crampons, ice axe, harness—and takes you across ice streaked with volcanic ash. After that, the landscape shifts again: Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon fills with icebergs calved from Breiðamerkurjökull, and they drift toward the ocean while seals swim between them. The ice cave tour uses a SuperTruck to reach remote outlets of Vatnajökull, Europe's largest glacier, where you explore blue ice formations and tunnels carved by meltwater.

The East Fjords on day four are quieter—dramatic mountain ridges, fishing villages, and Lagarfljót Lake, where local folklore says a serpent lives in the depths. Day five takes you north through geothermal zones: Námaskarð's steaming fumaroles and mud pots, Dimmuborgir's lava formations (said to harbor trolls and elves in Icelandic mythology), Lake Mývatn's volcanic landscape and birdlife, and Goðafoss waterfall, which drops with serious power. You stay in Akureyri, a charming town in the north. The final day includes a whale watching tour from Hauganes before the drive back to Reykjavik. Each night you get a chance to search for the Northern Lights if the sky clears.

The group stays under 19 people, and the same English-speaking driver-guide leads the whole six days, so you're not switching hands every morning. Breakfast is included at your hotel each day, and you're picked up and dropped off at select Reykjavik locations. WiFi runs on the minibus, which matters when you're six hours from the capital. The pace is steady but not rushed—you're not sprinting between stops, you're actually standing in front of these places long enough to feel them.

What’s included

Your six days include minibus transport with WiFi on board, five nights accommodation with breakfast and private bathroom, professional English-speaking driver-guide for the entire tour, pickup and drop-off from select Reykjavik locations, glacier hike on Sólheimajökull with crampons and safety equipment, ice cave tour on Vatnajökull with a SuperTruck, whale watching tour from Hauganes, and entry to all major attractions (Gullfoss, Geysir, Þingvellir, Seljalandsfoss, Skógafoss, Reynisfjara, Jökulsárlón, Dimmuborgir, Lake Mývatn, Goðafoss). Small group experience with a maximum of 19 participants.

Good to know

Easy physical level

Operated by Troll Expeditions

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see Iceland's major natural landmarks—waterfalls, glaciers, geysers, and the Ring Road—without renting a car, planning logistics, or switching guides every day. Six days is long enough to reach the north and east without feeling rushed, and the included glacier hike and ice cave tour are the kind of activities that require gear and instruction you'd have to arrange separately otherwise.