Budget Self Drive Tours

This was one of my most favorite vacations of all time. Guide to Iceland set this up perfectly and I ran into no issues whatsoever. I plan to go to Iceland again and I will be booking through this company when I do.

We loved everything that Guide to Iceland planned for us. Before leaving the US, my husband read our self-drive itinerary completely and marked his "must see" places on Google maps. Our itinerary included essential Iceland sights as well as some off-the-beaten path ideas. All of our reservations were correct and ready for us when we arrived. I was in contact with Guide to Iceland before our trip because our ticket to Blue Lagoon had the wrong name on it, but that was quickly corrected. We live in Wyoming so we are familiar with winter driving conditions and the 4WD SUV with studded winter tires that we rented helped us feel confident even in an unfamiliar country. Having a wifi hotspot was so convenient and saved us money on international data charges with our mobile company. Thank you, Guide to Iceland, for making our vacation easy and enjoyable.

The self-guided tour was so much fun. We had the best time by being able to travel on our own schedule. Weather in March is quite unpredictable and we learned that because the weather patterns change quickly you must be prepared to drive in less than ideal conditions. Just remember it’s your vacation and safety is first so drive carefully.

Guide to Iceland is awesome. The level of customer service was great. Everyone was professional and courteous,. All of my hotels were great! The rental car was exceptional. The itinerary and the descriptions about attractions that I could see during each day's journey were well written and helpful.

We took our 3 adult daughters on this amazing tour. Every day was more event filled and exciting than the next. Everything was well organized. We were met at the airport and taken to our rental car, all the hotels and excursions were easy to find. Except for the fosshotel Baron in Reykjavik, where the rooms were marginal and the staff unfriendly, we had fabulous accommodations. All of the excursions were absolutely amazing. We especially loved the ice caving and snorkeling! I would not hesitate to recommend guide to Is for anyone traveling to Iceland and wanting a fun, spectacular and amazing adventure!

This was the most amazing trip we've ever taken! Booking through Guide to Iceland was the best idea. The information on great places to stop along the way was great. We were able to see some really fantastic and beautiful things. Our Ice Caving excursion through Team Troll was breathtaking and our guide, Halli, was informative, funny, and an all around great guy! Snorkeling at Silfra was a once in a lifetime experience everyone should do! Our guide, Pawel, was funny, experienced and made us feel safe and relaxed about taking the icy plunge! We were unable to take our glacier hike due to weather conditions, however, it gave us extra time to stop along the way and see many incredible waterfalls and ride the adorable Icelandic horses.

It was the best trip i’ve ever taken. Everything was conveniently organized and arranged. The agent assigned to us responded quickly to every question we had and was very accommodating with our requests. This tour is well recommended if you do not have the time to plan your trip to Iceland. I just wished we were informed on how to gas up the car rental. Most of our credit/debit cards were not accepted after multiple attempts at the gas station. Other than that, it was a really great trip!

Hi Guys! Iceland is a MUST to visit and doing it with Guide to Iceland self drive tour will give you complete freedom and personal experience instead of going in some bus with a bunch of strangers who want to do different things. We did glacier hiking, amazing ice caving, we soaked in thermal hot tubs, we took stunning photos of ice diamonds on a black lava beach, we saw a herd of reindeer and beautiful hairy Icelandic horses. And ,of course, many gorgeous waterfalls, famous and hidden, big and charmingly small all embellished in ice embroidery. Nature in Iceland is in such active stage all the time that you will feel its movements beneath your feet -:) You will be in awe with this land and imprinted by it forever. We visited Icelandic Lava Show in Vik - the only such show on Earth.

We had a great time on our trip! Guide to Iceland made planning a really elaborate vacation almost shockingly easy. The daily activities were all coordinated perfectly, all were unlike anything we'd ever done before, and every guide was a fantastic host. The timing and duration of each activity allowed us time to explore independently, and the Guide to Iceland packet detailing points of interest in the vicinity of each trip location was invaluable in directing us to beautiful places that we otherwise might have missed. Accommodations were a great blend of country and city (town) locations. All were clean, everyone was friendly, and other travelers seemed to be having a great time too. We'd love to visit during a different season, and would definitely choose to book through Guide to Iceland again.

We really enjoyed our trip! The only downside was heavy snow that made us nervous to drive, but that’s just nature doing its thing. All hotels were great and had no problems with our bookings. However, our last accommodation outside Reykjavík was too far from our last visit point, by it did have a nice view.

FANTASTIC! Iceland blessed us with amazing weather and Guide to Iceland blessed us with a beautiful, unforgettable, and breathtaking tour. Everything from start to finish was extremely clear and easy to follow. The layout of the trip was perfect for what we needed and wanted. Our itinerary gave us a really perfect picture of each area we could see while we were there. Every hotel we stayed at was nice and clean. Each provided their own bit of charm. Fosshótel Stykkishólmur was wonderful, the town was super quaint and charming, and the concierge was extremely helpful, he let us know what roads were going to be tricky before we headed out. At our stay at Litli Geysir they provided a delicious dinner AND woke us up because the Northern Lights were visible (something they asked us if we would like when we checked in)!! We had a glacier hike with wonderful guides on a gorgeous day, and even were able to explore for a long while in the area. The GPS was the perfect navigator, taking coordinates allowed us to visit places we had researched that were off the beaten path. Our ice cave adventure was entertaining from start to finish!! The car rental place was super accommodating and wonderful! Guide to Iceland was incredible when our plans fell through and booked us into accommodation quickly and easily. Overall, this trip was well worth it and would highly recommend to anyone visiting Iceland (and already have!) It is pricey but if you're savvy with using grocery stores along the way. Also we got turned around several times when we were on the Northern leg of our tour and were not passable. 5 stars!

Fantastic. Our ice caving guide was really enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the glacier and even though the weather was dreary , the cave was absolutely gorgeous. Would do it again in a heartbeat. Everything was smooth with the car rental . Our hotel was much nicer than expected (we got the "comfort level") and had an excellent breakfast included in the cose and a lovely restaurant for dinner. We loved the way we could pace our days exactly as we wanted. We were there in February and it was gorgeous and would love to go back sometime in the summer.

Everything about this tour was perfect! We loved every minute of it! We were a group of 6 people and chose the comfort options, two 4X4 (both with wifi). We did the tour on Jan/19, and got to do almost everything that was in our itinerary. And we got to see the northern lights twice during our stay in Iceland! The hotels were great and the breakfast was a must before hitting the road for the day. Definitely recommend this Guide to Iceland tour!

Absolutely loved our tour! The company was great, I had a few questions beforehand and I always got a response within a few hours. We hadn’t a manual 4x4 which was great, the car rental company was very helpful and the vehicle was great. We were very lucky with the weather for the time of year (4-10th January) and the road conditions were fine but definitely unusual for the time of year so I would definitely recommend this option. The sat nav was good but always worth double checking the route with road closures online as it did try to send us down some closed routes which if we hadn’t checked would have been a frustrating loss of an hour of daylight. The itinerary was easy to follow and had a good selection of sights, we used our long evenings to sit down with the map and mark out their suggestions before planning timings and deciding what we wanted to see. We managed to fit it all in (we skipped some of the little villages) but we were there at sunrise and finished at sunset. We used every last second of daylight! Everything was easy to find and the roads are well marked. Definitely arrive early to avoid the coaches. We booked comfort package hotels which were all fantastic and the breakfasts were plentiful buffets so we ate well to avoid having to buy lunch (food is incredibly expensive). We had two tours (snowmobile and ice caving) and they were easy to find, staff were helpful and very enjoyable. It did limit the time you had to see the rest of the sights but it’s a toss up with what you want to prioritise. Both of these were well worth doing! We also booked the blue lagoon for the last day which was lovely as we flew in the afternoon so it was a great way to end the trip. Overall I would say this was a great way to explore a beautiful country and gave us the freedom to see it how we wanted but without the hassle and stress. Very reassuring to know that it wasn’t planned for you and the help was available if you needed it. Thoroughly recommend and even in early January possible to make it a fantastic trip despite the weather and very short days!

This tour was incredible, and the entire trip was well organized and easy. We didn't have a single issue! We were unlucky with cloudy skies to see any Northern Lights, but that just gives us another reason to head back to Iceland and book another tour through this company! We were sad to leave and are looking forward to heading back! Unforgettable experience in an absolutely magical country.