Kjölur & Golden Circle

by Try Iceland Tours · Sightseeing day tours · Highlands

5.0(1) · tour · TripAdvisor4.8(25) · operator on Google
Kjölur & Golden Circle — Try Iceland Tours

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  • Duration

    14 hours

  • Difficulty

    Very easy

  • Season

    May – Sep

  • Starts in

    Reykjavík

  • Meeting

    Hotel pickup available

  • Languages

    EN

  • Departs

    08:30

About this experience

A unique experience of awesome and untouched wilderness, along one of the most popular roads to the heart of the Highlands with rocky deserts, craggy mountain peaks, glaciers, volcanoes, hidden valleys, hot springs & the famous national park..

Highlights of the Tour

  • The Kjölur Route – In the footsteps of former outlaws
  • Geysir & Strokkur – Hydrothermal features & erupting hot spring
  • Gullfoss – Amazing powerful waterfall
  • Langjökull – The second largest glacier in Iceland
  • Hofsjökull – The Force of Nature
  • Kerlingarfjöll – The colorful mountain, valley of trolls
  • Þingvellir – Nature & History at the National Park

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

Where you go

  1. The Kjölur Route
  2. Geysir & Strokkur
  3. Gullfoss
  4. Langjökull
  5. Hofsjökull
  6. Kerlingarfjöll
  7. Þingvellir

Included

Complimentary pick up and drop off, round trip transportation, professional guidance, hot drinks and wifi on board

Cancellation for this tour

Cancelling costs 10% of the price within 7 days of departure, rising to 50% 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 closed F-roads or a highland storm — decided by the Road Administration and the driver. Here is exactly what happens to your booking.

  1. 1Try Iceland Tours 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 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 Golden Ride – Day tour in Golden Circle area from Íslandshestar is €0 — €286 less. Here is every difference we can actually measure.

Try Iceland Tours · €286Íslandshestar · €0
How long it runs14 hours1 hour
Getting therePicks you upYou make your own way
Changing your mindNot statedNo free cancellation
How hard it isVery easyEasy

The €286 buys you 13 more hours out and hotel pickup and clearer cancellation terms. Whether that is worth it is your call — but that is what the difference is.

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: 14 hours is a long time on the road, most of it spent getting there and back.
  • Not available in winter; the operator runs it roughly May to September.

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

Why we list it

Try Iceland Tours 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 →

What travellers say about Try Iceland Tours

Read all 25 reviews on Google →

Operator rating 4.8/5 from Google — these are reviews of the company, not this specific tour. Shown as Google returns them, unedited.

  • Anna Beck

    ★★★★★ · 3 years ago

    We wanted a smaller group tour for our time in Iceland and came across Try Iceland Tours. So glad we did, Adam was brilliant. We were picked up at our hotel in his very comfy, clean and warm Jeep. There were just 4 of us on the trip which was amazing compared to being on a huge coach tour. We had a brilliant tour around the Golden Circle, with plenty time at each stop to explore. We never felt rushed. Adam took us to a great restaurant too before we started our search for the Northern Lights. He drove North to some great spots, very dark and no city lights in sight. We stopped at 3 places overall. Seeing the lights and getting some amazing photos. I think we were lucky with the display they gave us though, as this isn't guaranteed but it was incredible, memories to last a lifetime! Adam was very knowledgeable about Iceland and answered any questions we had as well as giving us info along the journey. We hope to return one summer and do a trip with him again, would 100% recommend if you want a much more personal and chilled out tour. Thank you, Adam! See you again soon.

  • Jonathan Powles

    ★★★★★ · a year ago

    A great experience in the Golden Circle and Northern Lights tour. Adam collected us from the hotel in his jeep and then took us to the iconic sights of the Golden Circle. As the Northern Lights were clouded out (most of the day was a snowstorm) we finished up in the Secret Lagoon, Iceland’s oldest thermal public baths.

  • lindsey yessick

    ★★★★★ · 2 years ago

    My husband and I joined a small group tour of the Highlands and Landmannalaugar. Adam is an incredible tour guide, I would not take a tour of Iceland any other way. He takes you to spots he knows of where the giant tour groups don't go. It's the first nature tour I've had where I felt like I was actually seeing something without a swarm of people. He really let's you drive the pace of the day. At one point he even drove us around looking for a place to buy towels for the hotspring! He's got great stories to tell and has collected an incredible amount of Icelandic knowledge in his time here. Choose Try Iceland!

  • Melissa Hales

    ★★★★★ · 4 years ago

    We booked an Golden Circle Afternoon & Northern Lights tour with Adam and Try Iceland and I couldn't be more thrilled that we did. We weren't sure we would be able to see the lights, so Adam asked us to bring swimsuits so he could take us to a hot spring instead just in case. Well, turns out we had a lot of luck on our trip because the Lights were incredible AND we got to see them from the hot spring. Adam was an incredibly knowledgeable tour guide, who catered to our love of Game of Thrones by showing us a few of the scenes on our tour, exploring the incredible golden circle with us AND adding his awesome photography in to boot. I wouldn't hesitate to book all my tours with Try Iceland and Adam the next time I am there!

Reviews from Google · updated 13 Sept 2026

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