Golden Circle & Blue Lagoon Small group tour

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Top Attractions:

Golden Circle

Thingvellir National Park

Great Geysir & Strokkur

Gullfoss Waterfall

The Blue Lagoon in Iceland

Overview

Take a journey of the iconic Golden Circle Route, whose attractions include the historic Thingvellir National Park, Gullfoss Waterfall, and Geysir Geothermal Area.

Tour Snapshot

Duration

11 hours

Level

Easy

Availability

All year

Starting point

Reykjavik

End point

Reykjavik

Languages

English

Trip style

One-day tours

Minimum age

14 years

What to expect

On tour

English Speaking Guide
Golden Circle tour
Comfort admission to the Blue Lagoon spa
The comfort admission includes: entrance to the Blue Lagoon, silica mud mask, use of towel and 1 drink of your choice

Transportation

Pick & up drop-off in Reykjavik
Meet on location

Accommodation & Meals

Meals
We recommend you bring your own snacks
Accommodation

Route map

Use our interactive map to investigate the details of your adventure.

11 hours

Route Overview

This stunning tour will take you to some of the most popular destinations in the land of fire and ice, on a spectacular journey via minibus. It begins on the iconic Golden Circle Route, whose attractions include the historic Thingvellir National Park, the glorious Gullfoss Waterfall, and the fascinating Geysir Geothermal area.

The final part of the day will be spent rejuvenating in the natural waters of the Blue Lagoon, which was rated as one of the 25 wonders of the world by National Geographic.

The Golden Circle and Blue Lagoon are must-dos for everyone visiting Iceland and will give you an excellent preview of the diverse landscapes found in Iceland.

Starting point

Reykjavik

End point

Reykjavik

Thingvellir National Park

The famous Golden Circle Route starts at the UNESCO rated Thingvellir National Park, which holds important historical and geological significance. It is home to Althingi, where a group of Viking nobles gathered in 930 AD to found the Icelandic Parliament. The modern parliament (now located in Reykjavik) still bears the same name, making it one of the oldest continuously running parliaments in the world. Thingvellir also straddles the gap between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates, offering you the chance to gaze across the ever-expanding gap between two continents. This makes it the only land-based gap between two tectonic plates in the world and a one-of-a-kind location that everyone should add to their Iceland bucket list.

Departure from

Thingvellir National Park

Geysir Geothermal Area

Your next stop will be the famous Geysir Geothermal area filled with bubbling hot springs and erupting geysers that toss boiling water into the air. Foremost of these is the now dormant ‘Great Geysir’, which is where the English word geyser originates from and the still-active Strokkur that propels molten jets of water more than 25 meters into the air every few minutes. This majestic area has become the totemic of Iceland and is another thing that everyone should see.

Departure from

Great Geysir & Strokkur

Gullfoss Waterfall

From there we will head to the magnificent Gullfoss Waterfall, whose alluring golden waters have enchanted visitors and locals alike for many years. Its roaring cascade originates at a glacier and then flows down the Hvita River until it vaults over a steep lava face into an emerald valley below. On sunny days rainbows regularly form above the falls creating a profoundly beautiful effect that you are bound to treasure for the rest of your life.

Departure from

Gullfoss Waterfall

The Blue Lagoon

After your Golden Circle adventure, the last highlight of the day is getting to enjoy the famous Blue Lagoon. There you will find volcanically heated turquoise waters that are very rich in nutrients and are never at a temperature that is not between 37-39 degrees, making it ideal for bathing. Local doctors regularly prescribe it as a treatment for skin conditions and it is surrounded by gorgeous natural scenery. Soaking in its replenishing waters is a truly incredible experience that will remain with you for the rest of your life. Its waters are sourced from the Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant making it eco-friendly and 100% ethical!

Departure from

The Blue Lagoon in Iceland

Please note

This is a combination of two separate tours. If one of the tours is cancelled, you will still be able to join the other part.

Your Day Tours

Your Day Tours is a family-run company offering small group adventures with a personal touch. Founded by three brothers and their father, they focus on creating fun, intimate day tours to Iceland’s top spots. With a maximum of 19 passengers per trip, you’ll enjoy a relaxed and memorable experience, complete with Icelandic music, local stories, and plenty of laughs along the way. It’s like exploring Iceland with family—only with a lot more glacier views.

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Packing list

Get ready for your trip, here are some items, you should not forget.

What to bring (Required)

Warm outdoor clothing
Sturdy shoes
Swimming suit

We're here to answer your questions

The pickup time is stated on your voucher and therefore we recommend you to review your voucher carefully. We ask all participants to be ready from the start of the pickup time indicated as you may well be the first pick up of the day. Please be at your assigned location at the right pick up time that you chose when booking the tour.

Wait for your guide at your assigned pick up location.

Have your email and phone number listed with us so we can contact you if we run into any trouble finding you.

View our pick-up locations in Reykjavík.

Alcohol is prohibited on all of our tours before and during activities. If we find the participant to be intoxicated, we will prohibit them from taking part in the activity.

After the activities of the day are finished then you are more than welcome to have a drink and relax.

Yes, we do have a tour into Langjökull Ice Cave that has no minimum age and it is a fantastic option for the whole family. As a Whale Watching with our partner company Special Tours, enjoyable tour for a family traveling with young children, these guys have an enormous success rate in seeing whales (upwards of 98% in the summertime).

If you want to explore parts of Icelandic Highlands than we have our magnificent Landmannalaugar Safari tour that also offers you to bathe in natural hot springs. Almost all of our jeep tours are suitable for children over the age of 6 years old. Then we also have a relaxing experience that we highly recommend, our Golden Circle & Secret Lagoon tour.

We reserve the rights to adjust the itinerary and/or take different routes depending on conditions. Your safety is our number one priority.

Please read more information in our terms and conditions in regards to this matter.

Yes, we have specially trained and certified guide on all of our tours, expect on our self-drive tours.

All of our tours are English guided.

No, for all your questions and concerns you would need to contact our customer service.

In Iceland, the standard is 230V and 50Hz and we use F-type power sockets and plugs. If you are visiting from the UK, USA, Canada or other countries using a different voltage, Hz or plugs, therefore, we highly recommend you to bring an adaptor.

We have four different categories that help participants to get a better understanding of what to expect from the tour. The categories are Easy, Moderate, Challenging and Demanding. All of our tours are rated to make it easier for you to find a tour that suits you.

For further information about the difficulty ratings and descriptions.

You can book almost all of our trips here on our website. You will find a booking window on each tour page and the best and safest way is to book and pay is directly through our website.

1. You can pay directly through our website. That is the easiest, safest and fastest way to reserve and pay for your adventure. If you choose this way then you will receive a voucher as a confirmation via email. Which you will need to bring with you on your trip.

2. You can pay via phone, our phone number is +354 562 7000. Please be noted, however you pay, you will always get a voucher. It is important to have your voucher ready for your tour so please remember to print it out or make sure that you can show it through your electronic device.

You will receive a confirmation email after you have made the booking. If you think that you have made a booking and haven’t received an email confirmation then you may please contact us via email with an inquiry through our contact form, and we will figure it out together.

All charges are made in the tour operators currency: For tours in Iceland it's Icelandic krona, ISK, but for tours in Canada/Greenland it's either USD or CAD.

On Adventures.com you can view an estimate of prices in EUR and other currencies. This is only to help you understand the approximate price.

Your credit card will always be charged in the operators currency.

Keep in mind that your card issuer may charge you a foreign transaction fee.

We do not require minimum participants on most of our tours but there is a minimum of 2 people for a few of our trips. If you are traveling solo and interested in a tour that requires more than 2 participants than we can take down your information and contact you if more people book the tour.

We can arrange private departures as per customer request. Almost all of the tours that we offer can be arranged as a private tour. If you prefer to have a private tour arranged than you may feel free to contact us through email info@adventures.com

Unfortunately, we don’t have any waiting list for our tours. Availability is found on our website in the availability sheet where all updates will automatically be made to the sheet listed in each tour description. We have a variety of different adventure tours around Iceland so there is a big chance that you find a similar version of the tour that you were originally looking for.

If your tour that you have booked is canceled on our behalf than you will receive a 100% refund. The refund process is different depending on the way you booked the tour.

If you booked the tour through our website then we will start the refund process as soon as we know if you will not be rescheduling and you will receive a separate email with a confirmation about that your refund has been processed.

If you booked the tour via booking agent than you will need to contact them directly to receive the refund. We will confirm with them about your canceled tour and then the refund process will start on their end. Extreme Iceland only receives the payment when the tour has finished, that means that your payment still remains with the booking agent and therefore, the refund can only be processed directly from their end.

The minimum age requirement is decided by our operational managers and is dependent on each activity and its difficulty ratings and can, therefore, vary between tours We put great value towards safety for our customers and the minimum age policy falls under this. Therefore we can not accommodate a person that has not reached the age limit on the tour.
We ask you to try to understand that this is based on safety procedures and we can therefore unfortunately not make any exceptions on this rule.

We can unfortunately not accommodate you and your group if the number of your group extends the number of available seats left on the tour. Our website shows the correct number of available seats left. It is impossible to squeeze additional participants onto sold out departures as we have really strict policy measures as to how many participants are assigned to each guide on our tour departures. Therefore we hope that you understand as this is of course done with our customer's safety in mind.

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