Private Landmannalaugar Highlands Day Tour by Super Jeep - from Reykjavik

by VAREN Iceland · Super jeeps · private · Reykjavík

Private Landmannalaugar Highlands Day Tour by Super Jeep - from Reykjavik — VAREN Iceland

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  • Duration

    11 hours

  • Difficulty

    Moderate

  • Season

    May – Sep

  • Meeting

    Hotel pickup available

  • Languages

    EN

  • Departs

    08:00

  • Cancellation

    Free until 24h before

About this experience

This is the real Icelandic highlands - remote, raw and unlike anywhere on the coast. On this private day tour you leave Reykjavik behind and head into the interior in a Land Rover Defender Super Jeep, a vehicle built for the rough gravel tracks and shifting terrain that lead to Landmannalaugar. No coaches, no crowds, no fixed script. The day belongs to your group alone.

Landmannalaugar sits inside the Fjallabak Nature Reserve and barely looks real. Mountains of rhyolite glow in red, ochre, green and black, steam drifts from the ground, and lava fields stretch out under wide highland skies. Along the way you stop at Sigoldugljufur - the Valley of Tears, where a turquoise river runs through a canyon lined with small waterfalls, and at Ljotipollur, a striking blue crater lake ringed by deep red slopes. You travel the scenic northern route, the most reliable way into the region and the one that opens earliest in the season.

At Landmannalaugar you have time to walk into the Laugahraun lava field and the colourful hills around it at a pace that suits your group, then ease into the natural geothermal hot spring - no changing rooms, no luxury, just warm water surrounded by mountains. Your guide knows the area and shares its geology, history and quieter corners as you go.

Because this is the highlands, nature sets the rules. The exact stops, the order and how long you linger all flex with the weather and road conditions on the day. That is the deal with the interior, and it is part of what makes it worth the drive.

Your guide meets you at your accommodation in the Reykjavik area, and helps you load any gear. Bottled water is available on request throughout the day.

Description from the operator, VAREN Iceland. Prices and availability in the booking panel are live.

Where you go

  1. Pickup in the Reykjavik area
  2. Hella - Last Services Before the Highlands
  3. Sigoldugljúfur - Valley of Tears
  4. Ljótipollur - Red Crater Lake
  5. Frostastaðavatn - Highland Lake
  6. Landmannalaugar
  7. Drop-off in Reykjavik area

Included

  • Private Arctic Trucks Land Rover Defender Super Jeep with an English-speaking driver-guide
  • Pickup and drop-off at your accommodation in the Reykjavik area
  • All highland driving and listed stops, conditions permitting
  • Bottled water on request

Not included

  • Food and drinks - bring your own packed lunch and snacks
  • Swimsuit and towel for the hot spring
  • Gratuities

Good to know

  • Warm layers and a windproof, waterproof jacket
  • Sturdy walking or hiking shoes
  • Swimsuit and towel if you want to bathe
  • Hat, gloves and sunglasses
  • Camera
  • Food, drinks and snacks for the day
  • This is a seasonal tour and runs only while the highland road to Landmannalaugar is open, roughly mid-June to late September.
  • Weather and road conditions decide the day - stops may change, be added or be skipped, and on rare days the highlands close completely.
  • If the road is closed and the tour cannot run, we reschedule it or refund you in full.
  • Full day of around 11 hours, with pickup near 08:00.
  • The Super Jeep sits high - you should be able to climb in and out and walk on uneven ground.
  • Family friendly with no minimum age - tell us the ages of any children in advance so we can arrange suitable seating.
  • Private tour, run exclusively for your own party.

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 closed roads — the Road Administration shuts the mountain roads before the operator has to decide anything. Here is exactly what happens to your booking.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 a good fit if you want a relaxed day: 11 hours is a long time on the road, most of it spent getting there and back.
  • 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 →

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Super jeeps — questions people ask

What is a super jeep?

A four-wheel-drive truck or van rebuilt for Iceland: raised suspension, huge low-pressure tyres and a snorkel, so it can cross rivers, drive on snow and climb glacier tracks that stop a rental car. Groups are small, usually eight to sixteen people. Super jeeps are how you reach Landmannalaugar in the highlands, ice caves under Mýrdalsjökull and dark northern-lights spots off the main roads. They are pricier than a coach, and rougher.

Is a super jeep northern lights tour better than a bus?

Slightly, for two reasons. A super jeep can leave the tarmac and find darker, more sheltered spots, and with ten people rather than fifty you spend less time waiting at stops. Arctic Adventures' Northern Lights Explorer (/experience/209/) and Northern Lights by 4x4 (/experience/1088067/) are the standard options. The sky is the same either way; a jeep does not make clouds part. If budget matters, a small-group minibus gets you most of the benefit.

When can you take a super jeep to Landmannalaugar?

Late June to September, once the highland roads open. The Landmannalaugar Safari (/experience/341/) is a twelve-hour day from Reykjavík with river crossings, a short hike and a soak in the natural hot river. The rest of the year the road is closed to everything except specially licensed winter expeditions. The dates the F-roads open vary each year with the snow, so if you are booking for June, expect a possible reschedule.

Is a super jeep tour comfortable?

Comfortable enough on the tarmac, bumpy on the rough stuff. That is the point. Expect to be thrown about on lava tracks and river beds, and to sit in a bench seat for several hours. People prone to motion sickness should sit in front and take a tablet. The trade-off is access: you see places coaches cannot go, with a driver-guide who talks to you rather than over a microphone.

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  • If it falls short, we fix it

Pairs well with

Everything here goes into the same basket and the same single payment, however many operators it comes from.

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€2,005 per vehicle

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