Canyon · North Iceland
Also written Asbyrgi — we keep the Icelandic spelling.
A horseshoe-shaped canyon in the north of Vatnajökull National Park, wooded along the bottom.
prices and departures checked 13 Sept 2026
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Midnight sun
May–July
True midnight sun only above the Arctic Circle — Grímsey. The mainland gets civil twilight all night, which looks much the same.
Lupine in bloom
June–July
Introduced, controversial and impossible to miss when it flowers. Peaks a fortnight later in the north than the south.
The 9 tours we sell that stop at Ásbyrgi leave from Akureyri, Húsavík and Reykjavík. Akureyri, where most of them start, is about 5 h 35 min from Reykjavík by road.
6 of the 9 collect you from your accommodation or a designated stop, so the tour is the transport — there is nothing else to arrange and no timetable to read.
A seat on a day tour here starts at €179 and typically runs €279, per person, private charters excluded because those are priced per vehicle and would flatter the figure. There is no scheduled bus we can sell you to Ásbyrgi, so a guided day is the practical way in without a car.
The days themselves run from about 5 h 30 min to 10 h door to door, so check the length as carefully as the price — the cheapest seat is often the longest coach day. 5 different operators run here, which matters more without a car than with one: if the weather cancels your day, there is usually another departure rather than a lost trip.
Being driven is the easy answer here: enough operators run it that a cancellation rarely loses you the day, and you get to look out of the window instead of at the road.
Cheapest way in without a car: a guided day tour from Akureyri, from €179 per person.
We have done the sums on this properly: why we tell people to skip the rental car in winter.
5 hours and 30 minutesBusTravel Iceland
Leaves from Húsavík
from
€179 per person
10 hoursStar Travel
Leaves from Akureyri
from
€1,902 per vehicle
9 hoursImagine Iceland Travel
Leaves from Akureyri
from
€279 per person
8 hours and 30 minutesNordur Travel Services ehf
Leaves from Akureyri
from
€210 per person
9 hoursImagine Iceland Travel
Leaves from Akureyri
from
€1,898 per vehicle
9 hoursImagine Iceland Travel
Leaves from Akureyri
from
€322 per person
about the usual price
Taken from each operator's own itinerary, not from marketing copy — these are tours whose agenda names Ásbyrgi as a stop.
8 hoursThe Traveling Viking
Leaves from Reykjavík
The Diamond circle
from
€286 per person
105% above the €140 typical
8 hoursBusTravel Iceland
Leaves from Akureyri
Visit Waterfalls, Volcano Craters, Lava Formations & Hot Springs in this tour from Akureyri
from
€179 per person
15% above the €156 typical
5 hours and 30 minutesBusTravel Iceland
Leaves from Húsavík
Visit Waterfalls, Volcano Craters, Lava Formations & Hot Springs in this tour from Húsavík
from
€179 per person
8 hours and 30 minutesNordur Travel Services ehf
Leaves from Akureyri
Discover North Iceland’s highlights on this small-group Diamond Circle shore excursion from Akureyri Port.
from
€210 per person
10 hoursStar Travel
Leaves from Akureyri
Small group tour
from
€1,902 per vehicle
9 hoursImagine Iceland Travel
Leaves from Akureyri
Discover the Natural Wonders of Diamond Circle, Lake Myvatn, the amazing Dettifoss Waterfall in Vatnajokull National Park, Jokulsargljufur Canyon, Hljodaklettar Echo Cliffs, Asbyrgi Canyon, Tjornes Cliffs, Husavik & GeoSea optional add on
from
€279 per person
9 hoursImagine Iceland Travel
Leaves from Akureyri
Discover the Natural Wonders of Diamond Circle, Lake Myvatn, the amazing Dettifoss Waterfall in Vatnajokull National Park, Jokulsargljufur Canyon, Hljodaklettar Echo Cliffs, Asbyrgi Canyon, Tjornes Cliffs, Husavik & GeoSea optional add on
from
€322 per person
about the usual price
9 hoursStar Travel
Leaves from Akureyri
Small group tour
from
€286 per person
105% above the €140 typical
9 hoursImagine Iceland Travel
Leaves from Akureyri
A private tour of the Natural Wonders of Diamond Circle, Lake Myvatn, the amazing Dettifoss Waterfall in Vatnajokull National Park, Jokulsargljufur Canyon, Hljodaklettar Echo Cliffs, Asbyrgi Canyon, Tjornes Cliffs, Husavik & GeoSea optional add on
from
€1,898 per vehicle
5 operators, all of whom we hold a contract with. We do not list every company in Iceland, on purpose.
BusTravel Iceland · Imagine Iceland Travel · Nordur Travel Services ehf · Star Travel · The Traveling Viking
We list 9 — 9 day tours and 0 multi-day packages, from 5 operators. That is what we currently have contracts for, not everything that exists in Iceland.
The place itself is usually free to enter; what you pay for is getting there. A day tour seat runs from €179, with a typical price of €282. Some sites charge separately for parking or admission — check the individual tour.
Looking at the next 360 days of live availability, departures fall in September, October, November, December, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August. That is a rolling window rather than the full year, so a month missing here is not necessarily a month with nothing running.
Both work. Driving gives you the stops you want and the time you want them; a tour removes the winter road decisions and lets everyone look out of the window. We sell the tours and say so — if self-driving suits you better, it suits you better.
Yes — 9 guided day tours in our catalogue stop here. 6 of the tours pick you up from your accommodation, so no onward transport is needed.
The tours that go here mostly start in Akureyri, about 5 h 35 min from Reykjavík on roads that stay open all year. That is driving time in normal conditions and not an estimate of your day — a tour that reaches Ásbyrgi and comes back is a good deal longer than twice that.
A guided day tour from Akureyri, from €179 per person, with €279 the more typical fare. Private tours cost more because they are priced per vehicle rather than per seat.
Ásbyrgi is rarely a whole day on its own. The planner knows how long each tour takes and how far apart the start points are, so it can build the rest of the day around it.
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