10 Best Golden Circle Tours in Reykjavik

I show you some of my favorite excursions to know the Golden Circle, which is undoubtedly one of the best activities to include among the things to see and do in Reykjavik at any time of the year.

Private tours, full day tours and even combined tours, the Golden Circle has many things to see and that is why I want to show you some of the options you have to know this popular place in Iceland.

This is the most basic excursion you can get to this place. In this case, you will see the most typical places that comprise the Golden Circle and that you can only see in the southwest of the island.

It is a basic tour but with everything you need if you have little time to visit Reykjavik and Iceland in general and want to do it in record time. During this tour you will visit Iceland's Thingvellir National Park, Strokkur and the great geyser Geysir, as well as Kerid Krater.

Details of interest

• Price: from 59 euros per person.
• Duration: approximately eight and a half hours for the entire trip.
• Means of transport: by fully equipped bus.

This eight-hour experience is perfect for people traveling in small groups. One of the differences between this tour and other similar tours is that it has the advantage of being private. Only you and your group will be able to participate in this activity.

During the tour you will have the opportunity to visit the places that comprise the Golden Circle and you will be able to do it in the comfort of a minivan with your group of family or friends. The places to visit are Thingvellir, Gullfoss waterfall, Geysir and Faxi waterfall.

Details of interest

• Price: from 73 euros per person.
• Duration: approximately eight hours for the whole tour.
• Means of transport: minibus equipped with all the necessary amenities.

This premium excursion just for your travel group is different from others because you will not only get to see the most beautiful places of the Golden Circle, but you will also learn a lot about the history and culture of Iceland, while having a personalized travel experience.

Besides the typical places to visit in the Golden Circle, you will be able to see an authentic Icelandic horse farm where you will also appreciate a beautiful show of their skills and abilities. Some of these horses are responsible for giving the best horseback riding tours in Iceland from Reykjavik. Of course you will also see the Gullfoss waterfall.

Details of interest

• Price: this experience is priced at approximately 74 euros per person.
• Duration: the tour can last around 8 hours, although it is a flexible tour in terms of time.
• Means of transportation: the entire transfer will be done by minibus with all comforts on board.

This afternoon experience is one of the best you can have if you go on an excursion to the Golden Circle. For approximately eight and a half hours you will have the chance to see the natural wonders of southwest Iceland in a different light that will give you the chance to take even more amazing pictures.

This is a classic version of the typical Golden Circle tour, with the difference that you will do it in the afternoon, being ideal if you want to have the morning available to do other activities or simply to take the time to do some of the best tours in Reykjavik. The places you will visit are Thingvellir, Gullfoss, Strokkur and Kerid Crater.

Details of interest

• Price: from 50 euros per person.
• Duration: approximately eight and a half hours will be necessary to do this complete excursion.
• Means of transport: the entire tour is done in a fully equipped bus.

This combination is one of my favorites because it mixes the best of an evening tour to the Golden Circle, along with an evening Northern Lights viewing expedition, two of the most important attractions to include on the list of things to do in Reykjavik in winter, or at least close to the city.

In at least 10 hours you'll see the wonders hidden in typical Golden Circle sites like Thingvellir, Gullfoss waterfall and Kerid Crater, just before you go with your expert guide to see the northern lights dancing in the sky. This is one of my favorite options to see the Northern Lights from Reykjavik.

Details of interest

• Price: from 179 euros per person.
• Duration: about 10 hours for the whole tour.
• Means of transport: this expedition will take place entirely on board a bus equipped with all the amenities.

In this experience for the whole family you can take a comfortable ride to the Golden Circle and also enter the Fridheimar greenhouse, a beautiful area where tomatoes are grown in the geothermal heat typical of Iceland.

After learning a bit about tomato growing, next you will see Thingvellir National Park, the geothermal area of Geysir, and the Gullfoss waterfall, places you can't miss if you go to Iceland.

Details of interest

• Price: approximately 60 euros per person.
• Duration: you can complete this tour in approximately eight hours.
• Means of transport: the whole excursion is done by tourist bus. But from your place of accommodation to the bus station you will have to move on your own, either using public transportation or a rental car.

Eleven hours will be enough to see all that the Golden Circle has to show you. Not only that, but it will also give you time to have your own thermal and relaxing bath in Iceland's most important natural spa, the Blue Lagoon. If you don't want to miss this place, I also invite you to check out the best Blue Lagoon tours from Reykjavik.

Right after visiting amazing places like Kerid Crater, Thingvellir National Park and Gullfoss waterfall, you can take at least two hours to relax in the Blue Lagoon and enjoy its silica masks.

Details of interest

• Price: from 113 euros per person.
• Duration: approximately 11 hours to do the whole tour.
• Means of transport: the whole trip is done by bus properly equipped with all the comforts.

Continuing with the geothermal activities that can be done in Iceland in conjunction with the visit to the Golden Circle, this is another of the ones I recommend you to do and one of my favorites. It is an excursion of about ten hours.

During the whole tour you will have the opportunity to visit the most special places of the Golden Circle, and then you can go to the Secret Lagoon to enjoy an hour and a half of thermal and relaxing spa. This experience differs from others in that the tour starts at the lagoon and then continues to the other sites of interest.

Details of interest

• Price: from 86 euros.
• Duration: this tour can last approximately 10 hours.
• Means of transport: the whole transfer is done by bus with all the comforts.

This is one of the best excursions to visit the Golden Circle and take the opportunity to do another interesting activity. In this specific case, you can visit places like Thingvellir, Gullfoss and Geysir, in addition to visiting the Langjökull Glacier.

Just in this last point of the excursion you will have the opportunity to drive a snowmobile through the most pleasant paths of the glacier. Of course, before you get on the snowmobiles, you will be trained and shown the necessary safety measures for handling the snowmobiles.

Details of interest

• Price: this excursion can have an approximate price of 210 euros per person.
• Duration: you will be able to do the whole tour in approximately 10 hours.
• Means of transport: the means of transport you will use to travel to this area will be a bus with all the basic amenities you will need along the way. To the pick-up point in Reykjavik you will have to get there on your own using public transportation or a rental car.

In this combined experience you will be able to visit the Golden Circle aboard a super jeep, for a completely extreme adventure that I like to classify as one of the best snowmobile tours in Reykjavik. After this adventure, you will have the opportunity to ride a snowmobile to get around the entire Langjökull glacier.

The sights you will visit on the Golden Circle tour include Thingvellir National Park, the Geysir area and the Gullfoss waterfall. After this rewarding tour, you will go directly to the Langjökull area.

Details of interest

• Price: from 274 euros per person.
• Duration: between 9 and 10 hours.
• Means of transport: by properly equipped bus you will reach the starting area of the trip in a super jeep. After that you will get into the jeep and drive through the most interesting places of the Golden Circle. Later on you will experience a snowmobile adventure.

Depending on the tour you choose, you will be able to see different places, but generally the natural attractions that will always be on your list of places to visit during these types of tours will be Thingvellir National Park, Gullfoss Waterfall and the Geysir area, where Strokkur is also located.

During most of these experiences you will be able to see the Kerid crater, and in some cases you will have the opportunity to visit the Blue Lagoon or the Secret Lagoon, places where you can take special thermal baths, either to close the day's activity or to start the day's visit to places of interest.

• Wear comfortable clothes and trekking shoes so that you can walk on ice and snow without difficulty.
• If you go with children try to check the minimum age to participate in each of the experiences, since for some of them you need to be at least 4 years old, while for others children over 2 years old are allowed to attend.
• Even if you go during the winter season, don't forget to pack your bathing suit, because in some of these experiences in the Golden Circle you will also be able to visit the hot springs.