Reykjavik Hotels and Cruise Port: Private Transfer
by VAREN Iceland · Boat tours · Airport transfers · private · Reykjavík
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Duration
15 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Season
All year
Starts in
Reykjavík
Meeting
Hotel pickup available
Languages
EN
Start time
Flexible start, any time that day
Cancellation
Free until 24h before
About this experience
Reykjavik Cruise Port sits just minutes from the city centre, but with luggage in tow and a departure or arrival schedule to meet, even a short journey benefits from a private vehicle and a driver who knows where to go.
This is a one-way private transfer, covering hotel to port or port to hotel - at a flat rate for the whole vehicle. Travelling solo or as a group of eight: one price, one private vehicle, exclusively yours from door to door. Your driver picks you up directly from your accommodation, or meets you at the terminal with a name board, handles your luggage, and delivers you to your destination on time with no other passengers and no detours.
Whether you are heading to embark on a cruise, returning to your hotel after disembarkation, or spending time in Reykjavik before or after a voyage, this private transfer makes the connection smooth and efficient.
Description from the operator, VAREN Iceland. Prices and availability in the booking panel are live.
Included
- Private vehicle for up to 8 passengers, exclusively for your group
- Professional English-speaking driver for the full transfer
- Door-to-door service - hotel pickup or cruise terminal meet-and-greet
- Name board at cruise terminal (port pickups)
- Luggage assistance
- WiFi and USB charging on board
- Parking fees and local taxes
Not included
- Personal travel insurance
- Gratuities for your driver (optional, appreciated)
- Food and drinks
Good to know
- You will receive a booking confirmation immediately after purchase.
- For cruise port pickups: please provide your vessel name and estimated disembarkation time at the time of booking. Your driver will meet you with a name board at the terminal.
- This product covers groups of 1 to 8 passengers. One flat price applies regardless of group size.
- This transfer involves minimal walking.
- Children of all ages are welcome.
- Child seats are available on request - please specify the age and weight of children at the time of booking.
Cancellation for this tour
Free cancellation until 24 hours before departure; no refund after that. 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 sea state — the skipper decides an hour or two before departure. Here is exactly what happens to your booking.
- 1VAREN Iceland 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 1 day before departure, 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 for late risers on your first morning — the earliest departure is 00:30, and Reykjavík pickups start before that.
- Priced per vehicle, so it is poor value for one or two people and good value for four or more sharing.
Read off the operator's own conditions. If none of it applies to you, this is a good one.
Why we list it
VAREN Iceland is one of 154 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
- Boat tours in Iceland sort into five kinds, and only two of them are sightseeingWhale boats, aurora cruises, glacier-lagoon zodiacs, island ferries and sea angling. What each one actually is, what it costs, and which are worth a slot.
- Six hours in port is enough for one thing done well, not three done badlyShore excursions for cruise days in Reykjavík, Akureyri and Grundarfjörður — what fits inside a six-hour call and what to leave for another trip.
- Keflavík Airport Transfer: Shared Shuttle vs. Private Car — Real Price and Time TradeoffsEvery Iceland trip starts at Keflavík. Shared shuttle or private transfer? The right answer depends on group size and landing time more than budget.
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Boat tours — questions people ask
Where do boat tours leave from in Reykjavík?
The Old Harbour, on Ægisgarður pier, about five minutes' walk from most downtown hotels and ten from Hallgrímskirkja. Elding and Reykjavik Sailors both have ticket offices there. Whale, puffin, sea-angling and northern-lights boats all use the same area. Arrive thirty minutes before departure to check in. The Viðey ferry (/experience/1539/) leaves from the same harbour in summer and from Skarfabakki the rest of the year.
Is the Jökulsárlón boat tour worth it?
Yes, if you are already at the lagoon. A Zodiac gets you among the icebergs and close to the glacier edge in a way the shore cannot, and the combined glacier hike and Zodiac day (/experience/716547/) is the best full day in the southeast. Boats run in the warmer months only; check the tour page for dates. It is not worth a fourteen-hour day trip from Reykjavík just for the boat.
What is the difference between a Zodiac and an amphibian boat at Jökulsárlón?
A Zodiac is a fast rigid inflatable seating around ten, with a guide who can nose it near the glacier face and into iceberg fields; you wear a flotation suit and get a bit wet. The amphibian is a slow duck boat carrying larger groups on a fixed loop. The Zodiac is the better trip and the one we list. It has a minimum age and is bumpier; the tour page has details.
Will a boat tour be cancelled if it is windy?
Quite possibly. Operators cancel whale, puffin and lagoon boats when the wind or swell makes them unsafe or pointless, and Iceland is windy. The decision usually comes the evening before or early on the day, by email or text. You get a full refund or a new date. Book boat trips early in your stay rather than on your last day so a cancellation can be rebooked.
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