Golden Circle Tour: Explore Iceland's Famous Landmarks and Hunt for the Northern Lights

Embark on a thrilling adventure through Iceland’s famous Golden Circle, visiting iconic landmarks and ending the day with an enchanting northern lights hunt.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Thingvellir National Park - The UNESCO site Þingvellir National Park is geologically and historically significant. Apart from being the location of the oldest parliament in the world, Alþingi, it is also a place where you can see the Mid-Atlantic ridge above ground.
What's Included
  • 6.5-hour Golden Circle tour
  • 3-hour Northern Lights tour
  • Bus fare
  • Carbon Neutral tour in cooperation with Vaxa Technologies
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Expert guide on both tours
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

Experience the best of Iceland in a single day with our Golden Circle and Northern Lights tour. Begin by exploring the geological marvels of Thingvellir National Park, the breathtaking Gullfoss waterfall, and the bubbling geysers of the Geysir area. After this enriching daytime adventure, enjoy leisure time to relax, change clothes, and savor a…

Location
Bus Terminal Reykjavík
Vatnsmýrarvegur
BSI Bus Terminal is our centrally located Bus Terminal. Please be there at least 15 minutes prior to your scheduled departure.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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299camillab
Jan 4, 2025
Amazing Golden Circle Trip - Great Golden Circle Direct trip with an amazing guide BG. BG told made the trip very interesting and told a lot of exciting stuff about Island. We highly recommend the trip and BG as a guide.
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Exploration704182
Dec 19, 2024
Great Golden Circle tour and guide - Great tour around the Golden Circle, and Gunnar B was a great tour guide. Highly recommended for anyone visiting Iceland and/or staying in Reykjavik
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156tricial
Nov 8, 2024
Golden circle - Very informative. Fantastic tour, despite the weather. Gunnar and Maggi our tour guides/ driver were great. Northern lights part of the tour was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions but was definitely for the best. Would do again in a heart beat.
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Harmonytoday2021
Oct 18, 2024
Beautiful and historic - The sights were awesome, and our guide, Flosi, was so helpful. He gave us history and background on our trip that really helped us enjoy them more. Thanks, Flosi!!
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Relax41181461450
Aug 28, 2024
An amazing and golden experience - We really enjoyed the excursion. Albert, our guide, was nice and his explanations were on point! The time duration to visit and stop was always right. Thank you for this incredible experience.
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Danielaln1240ln
Apr 4, 2024
Excellent experience - Wonderful experience, punctual service, efficient guides, they also explain the history of Iceland throughout the trip
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Odyssey48853284456
Feb 15, 2024
Outstanding golden circle tour - The views were outstanding. And the tour guide Margrèt was extremely knowledgable about all things involved in the tour. She answered any questions we had about the tour as well as other questions about Iceland. Very good tour and tour guide. Would recommend.
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Daytrip543691
Jan 18, 2024
A Day of Fire and Ice - We just wrapped the Golden Circle part of the tour. Our guide, Albert, was fantastic! He's comedic timing is great. As a Icelandic native, he shares what feels like insider knowledge of not just the sites we visited but also history and culture. It had snowed the night before our tour , despite that I felt very safe on the bus despite the road conditions. We are looking forward to the second part tonight where we go look for the Northern Lights. I especially liked his knowledge of Icelandic architecture.
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Jaclin_d
Feb 14, 2024
We felt uncomfortable and unwanted. - The tour bus has outlets to charge phones but they did not work. Our tour guide for the Golden circle tour wasn't as upbeat as our other tour guides. We didn't know if people had to sit in the same seats during the entire tour. My friend and I tried to move our seats because the couple behind us kept coughing and snoring really loud. The coughing bothered us. We moved at the end of the tour to the back, the right side, second to last row. This old man came (was the last person to get on the bus) he first fell on me and touched my thighs (did not apologize for that!) and said these are our seats, move! I said politely if he can please find a seat in the front. He angrily said no, get up and move! His body language looked and felt like he was going to put his hands on me again! I was scared and I moved back to the front. My friend tried to talk to him and said he didn't need to be rude. His response was that he wasn't there to make friends! Then proceeded to talk to other people about Americans this and Americans that while my friend was still in the back trying to leave! We felt very uncomfortable and unwanted during the last part of our tour. For this reason, I would not recommend this tour.
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Daytrip314431
Feb 10, 2024
Think twice about booking this tour - The golden circle tour Was ok but rushed would have liked to spend more time there. The coach driver got stopped by police and received a speeding fine, then he went fast over a bump and the people at the back bumped the heads on the bag holders . As for the Northern light what a waste of money . Why get us to stand for 2 and half hours in the freezing cold -10 knowing that there was going to be no lights as it was only grade 2 I can fully understand that it’s nature but , when I looked at the aurora map I could tell we wasn’t going to see anything. They also said if you didn’t see the lights you can come again for free. But what if you went home next day . Site was good thou
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