Lake Mývatn and Goðafoss Tour

by Sýsli - Ferðir og ökukennsla ehf · North Iceland

Fine on your own
Couples
Suits older travellers
Good with teenagers

from €175.45 per person

Next departure: Fri 23 Oct

Lake Mývatn and Goðafoss Tour — Sýsli - Ferðir og ökukennsla ehf

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Duration
6 hours
Difficulty
Easy
Season
All year
Starts in
Akureyri
Pickup
Hotel pickup included
Guide
Guided in English
Departs
09:00
Cancellation
Cancelling costs 10% of the price within 999 days of departure, rising to 90% within 2 days.

About this experience

Discover the magical wonderland of Lake Myvatn and Godafoss Waterfall on a tour with an experienced local tour guide. We set off from Akureryi or Lake Myvatn with a stunning drive along Eyjafjord to Godafoss waterfall and then onto the famous Lake Myvatn.

The tour includes all the top attractions of Lake Myvatn and the Myvatn Nature Baths.

This great value tour includes

Pick up from Akureyri or Lake Myvatn at your Hotel, Guesthouse, Airport or Port
Flexible drop off, choose to be dropped off in Akureyri or Lake Myvatn
Drive along the stunning Eyjafjordur, the longest fjord in Iceland on the way to Godafoss waterfall, the famous 'The Waterfall of the Gods'

Lake Myvatn Area including:

Godafoss: We visit the stunning Godafoss waterfall, the 'Waterfall of the Gods' on our way from Akureyri to Lake Myvatn
Lake Myvatn: A lake formed 2300 years ago by a basalt lava eruption
Skútustaðagígar a pseudocrater area
Hverir Mud Pools
Hverarönd in Námaskarð natural steam vents
Grjótagjá rift: Part of the rift between the Eurasian & American Continents
Grjótagjá Cave an old bathing cave
Mount Námafjall
Dimmuborgir Lava fields and formations with lava pillars known as the Dark Castles
Myvatn Nature Baths A wonderful geothermal lagoon in lava fields. Enjoy the bath or relax in the Kvika Restaurant (please note food, drink and entrance fee are not included in the price).
Game of Thrones filming locations including Höfði where the North of the wall was filmed and Star Wars filming locations

Description from the operator, Sýsli - Ferðir og ökukennsla ehf. Prices and availability in the booking panel are live.

Where you go

Akureyri
Goðafoss
Skútustaðagígar
Dimmuborgir
Grjótagjá
Hverarönd

Not included

Lunch can be bought at restaurants or supermarkets along the route. You are not allowed to consume your own food at restaurants.

Good to know

Clothes according to weather.

Passengers are responsible themselves for dressing according to weather and conditions

Cancellation for this tour

Cancelling costs 10% of the price within 999 days of departure, rising to 90% within 2 days. 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.

1Sýsli - Ferðir og ökukennsla ehf 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 →

Why this one and not the cheaper one?

The nearest cheaper Mývatn, Goðafoss & Grjótagjá Half Day Tour From Akureyri from Arctic Adventures is €125 — €51 less. Here is every difference we can actually measure.

	Sýsli - Ferðir og ökukennsla ehf · €175	Arctic Adventures · €125
Getting there	Picks you up	You make your own way
Changing your mind	Not stated	Free until 24 h before

The €51 buys you hotel pickup. Whether that is worth it is your call — but that is what the difference is.

Why we list it

Sýsli - Ferðir og ökukennsla ehf 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

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Reviews from our travellers

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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.

All hotels in North Iceland →

One checkout, any number of operators
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€175.45 per person

Sýsli - Ferðir og ökukennsla ehf's own price. 3% off the whole trip when you book two or more tours together, in one checkout.

Your date

The next departure we can see — change it if this tour is for another day.

Pick a date to check departures.

Departs09:00

Akureyri: light 08:31–17:22, 8 h 51 min of daylight.

· Cancelling costs 10% of the price within 999 days of departure, rising to 90% within 2 days.
✓ Instant confirmation by email
✓ If Sýsli - Ferðir og ökukennsla ehf cancels for weather or safety: a full refund, or another date
✓ Card — Apple Pay or Google Pay where your device offers it — through Stripe; the charge is made in Icelandic krónur
✓ Price promise: Sýsli - Ferðir og ökukennsla ehf's own price, or we refund the difference
✓ One checkout, even with tours from several operators
✓ Vetted operator — the six checks every operator passes

Pairs well with

Add any of these to this tour and 3 % comes off both at checkout — about €11 on the cheapest pair. One basket, one payment, however many operators they come from.