Lake Mývatn and Goðafoss Shore Excursion

Name: Lake Mývatn and Goðafoss Shore Excursion
Brand: Sýsli - Ferðir og ökukennsla ehf
Price: 175.45 EUR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.0 (14 reviews)

by Sýsli - Ferðir og ökukennsla ehf · North Iceland

5.0· 14 TripAdvisor reviews of this tour

Fine on your own
Couples
Suits older travellers
Good with teenagers

from €175.45 per person

Next departure: Wed 12 May

Book Wed 12 May · €175.45 Other dates

Lake Mývatn and Goðafoss Shore Excursion — 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
07:00, 07:30, 08:00, 08:30 …
Cancellation
Cancelling costs 10% of the price within 999 days of departure, rising to 90% within 2 days.

About this experience

Tour Information:

Discover the magical wonderland of Lake Myvatn and Godafoss Waterfall with an experienced local tour guide. We set off from Akureryi Port with a stunning drive along Eyjafjord to Godafoss waterfall and then onto the famous Lake Myvatn. The tour stops at top popular attractions in Lake Myvatn and the Myvatn Nature Baths.

This great value tour includes:

Small group tour with an experienced tour guide and Transport (11 - 19 seater minibus)
Pick up and drop off to Akureyri Port
Godafoss: 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:
Lake Myvatn: A lake formed 2300 years ago by a basalt lava eruption
Hverir Mud Pools
Hverarönd in Námaskarð natural steam vents
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).
If you opt not to use the Nature Baths the guide can take you to visit Grjótagjá rift and cave: Part of the rift between the Eurasian & American Continents and an old bathing cave while others in the group use the Nature Baths.

IF YOU ARE UNSURE OF YOUR SHIP'S DOCKING TIMES PLEASE CONTACT US FOR CONFIRMATION THAT YOUR SHIP IS SUITABLE FOR THE TOUR.

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

Where you go

Goðafoss
Skútustaðagígar
Dimmuborgir
Grjótagjá
Námaskarð

Not included

Lunch can be purchased along the route at service points.

Good to know

Clothing according to weather.

Wheelchair accessible, Please notify us if you are travelling in a wheelchair in order for us to choose a suitable vehicle.
We pick you up at the port of Akureyri (All parts of the port). We will be there with a sign saying "Sýsli tours" at the port gate.

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.

Who this is not for

Not for late risers on your first morning — the earliest departure is 07:00, and Reykjavík pickups start before that.

Read off the operator's own conditions. If none of it applies to you, this is a good one.

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

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.

All hotels in North Iceland →

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

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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.

Departs07:0007:3008:0008:3009:0009:3010:0010:3011:0011:3012:0012:3013:0014:3015:3016:0016:3017:00

Akureyri: light 03:53–22:24, 18 h 30 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.