Private Borgarfjordur Region and Silver Circle Tour from Reykjavik for Up to 6 People

See hot springs, waterfalls, and saga history on this private tour of the Borgarfjordur Region in West Iceland. The tour is for groups of 1 to 6 people traveling with their own driver-guide.

Borgarfjordur is often called the Saga Valley for its links to medieval stories and Viking heritage, and the Silver Circle sightseeing route runs through it. The region combines geothermal areas, waterfalls, small villages, and lava landscapes, away from the busiest tourist routes.

You travel in a private car or minibus with free Wi-Fi, and your driver-guide shares stories about geology, folklore, the Viking sagas, and local culture. Because the tour is private, you can spend longer at the places you enjoy and skip anything that doesn't interest you.

The first stop is Deildartunguhver Hot Spring, the most powerful hot spring in Europe, where boiling water and steam rise from the ground. Its water supplies natural heat to nearby towns.

Next, you visit Reykholt Village, once home to the medieval writer and chieftain Snorri Sturluson and one of the most important historical sites in Iceland. Here, you can see the geothermal pool traditionally linked to Snorri and the preserved ruins nearby, and learn about the sagas written here.

Then you continue to Hraunfossar Waterfalls, where clear glacial water flows out of a black lava field. Right beside them is Barnafoss Waterfall, "the Children's Falls," a powerful waterfall whose name comes from a local legend that two children drowned there.

If time and weather allow, your guide may add extra viewpoints along the route.

You can also extend the day with a visit to the man-made ice cave inside Langjokull Glacier, the second-largest glacier in Iceland, where you walk through corridors of blue ice and learn how glaciers form.

At the end of the day, your guide drives you back to Reykjavik.

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