Best Golden Circle Tours in Iceland

It was really, really nice having GuidetoIceland set up everything and we only had to be at the pick-up locations at the designated times. This saved us from having to worry about finding our way to destinations in limited daylight hours and in sometimes dangerous weather conditions. That in itself was worth the price of the tour! GuidetoIceland chose very good companies to work with - they were all very well done. The one negative was the chaos at the Bus Stops for tour pick-ups. Often the buses were not marked clearly (if at all) and the tour guide would open the bus doors and start calling out names without saying which tour they were! This caused hordes of people to eagerly crowd around the door listening for their name, when if they had announced the tour name - half of them would not have to! In fact, they may have needed to be listening for their name at the bus behind that bus. It was unnecessarily stressful for the tourists. Tour bus pick-ups were sometimes pretty late, but there was a warning that pick-ups might take 30-45 min, so that's fair. Frank from David the Guide's Northern Lights tour was great and very accomodating in patiently taking pics of everyone, and promptly posting the pics online. Bjorn from Troll Expeditions Golden Circle tour had an exceptionally clear and calm tour voice - and went out of his way to work in extra stops for us during the day. Eddy from NiceTravel's 2 day Ice Cave Southern Coast tour talked non-stop providing tectonic and lava information to us - very knowlegable! And he drove like a crazy man to save time and allow us to work in more stops! Great job! The hotels were excellent with fantastic breakfasts. The family operated Hotel Smyrlabjorg in Hofn was very nice with a wonderful restaurant and outstanding breakfast. Storm Hotel in Reykjavik was also very nice. And all of the tour buses were very nice with adequate heat and usually even charging stations and wi-fi. Very nicely done! It was a bit frustrating at the very beginning to be patient and wait for GuidetoIceland to put together the full itinerary with all the sub-tours. I understand the complexity - and in the end they put it together perfectly, but they would not commit to my family of 4 being assigned 2 rooms until it was completely done - and that cause me a couple of months of unnecessary stress because I would have canceled the entire tour if they put all 4 of us in one room. Finally, one more tip would be for phone calls or text msgs to go out in addition to emails for any tour updates, especially pick-up location changes. Not everyone can check their email during international vacations. Overall I was extremely pleased with the Guide To Iceland tour and would highly recommend them to put together a great., mostly stress-free tour!

Amazing trip! Itinerary is very useful and detailed. We were able to plan weeks ahead using the itinerary. On 2nd night we saw shooting stars and the Aurora at a church on the hilltop beside our hotel. Wonderful experience so far. Accommodation was great! Make sure you choose the comfort option. Overall super satisfied and will definitely return for a summer/autumn trip.

It's a fantastic trip! Our tour guide was dedicated and friendly. And the highlights of this trip were definitely ice caving and glacier hiking which were stunning and educational. My friends and I enjoyed our holidays.

This tour was absolutely amazing. I cannot even put into words how perfect it was and how happy/grateful I am to have booked this. We did and saw everything I wanted to see and do. Everything ran so smooth I have absolutely zero complaints or issues. Booking this was 100000% worth it over renting a car and doing it ourselves. This trip was stress free, the accommodations and breakfast included was amazing and excursions and site-seeing breath taking!!! Sigi (so sorry if I spelt that wrong) was so knowledgeable, kind, funny and taught us so much about Iceland. He always pointed things out, explained the history behind it and made sure everyone was comfortable and having a good time. The driving was split up perfectly and we had plenty of time to see and do everything. I never felt rushed or that I didn’t get to do anything I wanted. This tour was above and beyond my expectations. Iceland is such a beautiful country and I’m so happy I got to see and experience it. Also leading up to the trip, communicating with the company was so easy and everyone got back to us quickly and addressed any concerns that we had. 1000/10 experience!!