Have it your way: Half-Day Private Tour (Up to 4.5 Hours)
by Júlli the Tourguide · North Iceland
- Can be tailored
from €1,027.72 per person
Next departure: Fri 23 Oct
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Duration
4 hours and 30 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Season
All year
Starts in
Akureyri
Pickup
Hotel pickup included
Guide
Guided in English
Departs
09:00
Cancellation
No refund once booked
About this experience
This private half-day tour is a flexible, personalized taste of North Iceland—perfect if you're arriving by cruise ship, have limited time, or just prefer a slower pace.
We’ll plan the route together based on your interests—no fixed itinerary, just relaxed, local exploring at your speed. Possible highlights include: Goðafoss waterfall, the Christmas house, the Forest Lagoon or an easy city walk. The tour lasts up to 4.5 hours and is just for you and your group.
Description from the operator, Júlli the Tourguide. Prices and availability in the booking panel are live.
Where you go
- Your Personalized Icelandic Experience
Included
- Private transportation
- Pickup and dropoff
- English speaking driver and guide
- I always carry a light selection of snacks along with some water for my guests
Not included
- Meals
Good to know
Clothes according to weather
Cancellation for this tour
No refund once booked. If the operator cancels for weather or safety, you get a full refund or a new date.
If the weather cancels this tour
Iceland's weather is real. What usually stops this one is a forecast the operator judges unsafe. Here is exactly what happens to your booking.
- 1Júlli the Tourguide decides, and tells us. Operators cancel when it is unsafe or pointless, and we back that call every time — we do not ask them to run anyway.
- 2We contact you by email, and by phone if your tour is the same or next day. You choose: another date if there is one you can make, or a full refund. There is no fee and nothing to argue.
- 3The refund goes back to the card you paid with, through Stripe, usually visible within a few working days. If this tour was one of several in your booking, the others are untouched.
What you do not get is the day back. If this is the only free day in your plan, put a spare day next to it — the planner leaves days free with the rest-day option. And if you want out because the forecast looks bad, that is your own cancellation: free until the cutoff shown above, the operator's policy after that.
Questions on the day: [email protected] · +354 497 1373. How cancellations work in Iceland →
Sold out on your date?
Seats come back — a cancellation, or the operator adding a vehicle. Tell us the date and we will check once a day and email you if one opens. One email, then we delete the address; nothing else is ever sent to it.
Who this is not for
- Not the one to book if your dates might move: this operator does not refund once booked.
Read off the operator's own conditions. If none of it applies to you, this is a good one.
Why we list it
Júlli the Tourguide is one of 204 operators we work with — chosen for reliability, honest descriptions and how they treat guests when weather changes plans. We don't list everything; we list what we'd book ourselves. The six checks every operator passes →
Read before you book
- Akureyri Airport transfer: bus, shuttle or privateAkureyri Airport is a few minutes from town. A seat on the flight bus costs about €11 to €18; a private car is from €240 and only makes sense for a group.
- Cruise ship day in Iceland: what fits in six hoursShore excursions for cruise days in Reykjavík, Akureyri and Grundarfjörður — what fits inside a six-hour call and what to leave for another trip.
Reviews from our travellers
Only people who booked this tour through us can write here. We publish every review in full — good or bad.
Reviews arrive the day after each trip — none yet for this one. After your tour we send one email asking how it was, and what you write goes here, unedited.
Hotels
Where to stay for this tour
From the cheapest to the top end of what is near Akureyri, from our hotel partners. Rooms are booked on our hotels site.
from 13.800 kr.Lowest price
Guesthouse · Akureyri
Torg Guest House
under 1 km away · a night for two, indicative
- Cottagefrom 27.108 kr.
Mid-range
Cottage · Akureyri
LL Properties | Charming Panorama Family Cabin
under 1 km away · a night for two, indicative
from 31.642 kr.Top end
Apartment · Akureyri
Acco Luxury Apartments
under 1 km away · a night for two, indicative
One checkout, any number of operators
Rankings are not for sale
203 operators vetted, and not all of them accepted
If it falls short, we fix it
Pairs well with
Add any of these to this tour and 3 % comes off both at checkout — about €39 on the cheapest pair. One basket, one payment, however many operators they come from.
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