Hot spring · West Iceland
Europe's highest-flow hot spring, next to the Krauma baths in Borgarfjörður.
prices and departures checked 4 Nov 2026
Add us as a preferred source in GoogleIceland's daylight swings further than almost anywhere people holiday, and it decides what a tour can actually show you. Times are for the 15th of each month at this spot.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11:02 | 16:07 | 5 h 5 min |
| March | 07:49 | 19:22 | 11 h 33 min |
| June | 02:42 | 00:09 | 21 h 27 min |
| September | 06:44 | 19:58 | 13 h 13 min |
| December | 11:22 | 15:19 | 3 h 57 min |
None of these have fixed dates, so each one says what its real dates depend on.
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.
Reliable glacier snow
November–May
Langjökull runs most of the year; the shoulder months depend on snow cover on the approach track.
The 27 tours we sell that stop at Deildartunguhver leave from Reykjavík and Borgarfjörður. Most of them start in Reykjavík, so for anyone based in the capital there is nothing to arrange beforehand.
All 27 of them 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 €115 and typically runs €205, 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 Deildartunguhver, so a guided day is the practical way in without a car.
The days themselves run from about 6 h to 12 h door to door, so check the length as carefully as the price — the cheapest seat is often the longest coach day. 15 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 Reykjavík, from €115 per person.
We have done the sums on this properly: what a rental car actually costs against guided tours.
SPS Travel
19% below the €142 typical for sightseeing day tours
meet at the start point · works in rain
6 h · from Reykjavík
Iceland Panorama Tours
Moderate · pickup included
10 h · from Reykjavík
Ride Iceland
pickup included
10 h · from Borgarfjörður
Kalman Tours
pickup included
8 h · from Borgarfjörður
Absorb Iceland
pickup included
8 h · from Borgarfjörður
Arctic Adventures
36% above the €210 typical for glacier hikes
from age 6 · pickup included
10 h · from Reykjavík
Taken from each operator's own itinerary, not from marketing copy — these are tours whose agenda names Deildartunguhver as a stop.
Arctic Adventures
about the usual price for lava cave tours
from age 6 · pickup included
10 h · from Reykjavík
Highlights of Borgarfjörður & Húsafell with a visit to Viðgelmir Lava Cave
Arctic Adventures
44% above the €142 typical for sightseeing day tours
from age 6 · pickup included
10 h · from Reykjavík
Highlights of Borgarfjörður & Húsafell with a visit to the Canyon Baths
SPS Travel
19% below the €142 typical for sightseeing day tours
meet at the start point · works in rain
6 h · from Reykjavík
Tagestour nach Westisland mit den Wasserfällen Hraunfossar, der größten Heißwasserquelle der nördlichen Hemisphäre & Baden im Krauma Spa
SPS Travel
13% below the €205 typical for lagoon & spa visits
pickup included · works in rain
8 h · from Reykjavík
Tagestour nach Westisland mit den Wasserfällen Hraunfossar, der größten Heißwasserquelle der nördlichen Hemisphäre & Baden im Krauma Spa
Iceland Panorama Tours
Moderate · pickup included
10 h · from Reykjavík
Discover geothermal areas, crater lakes, and volcanic landscapes in this scenic route.
Iceland Taxi Reykjavik
Moderate · pickup included
7 h · from Reykjavík
Iceland Taxi Reykjavik
Moderate · pickup included
7 h · from Reykjavík
Elysia Tours
65% above the €142 typical for sightseeing day tours
pickup included
9 h · from Reykjavík
Esplora il Silver Circle tra fattorie di cavalli, cascate, e SPA
Daytrips / TA Sport Travel
pickup included
11 h · from Reykjavík
This tour features breathtaking natural wonders and historic sites.
Arctic Adventures
36% above the €210 typical for glacier hikes
from age 6 · pickup included
10 h · from Reykjavík
Explore the inside of Langjökull glacier on this day trip from Reykjavík to the man made ice-tunnel, Into the Glacier.
Arctic Adventures
36% above the €210 typical for glacier hikes
from age 6 · pickup included
10 h · from Reykjavík
Highlights of Borgarfjörður & Húsafell with a visit to Into the Glacier
Arctic Adventures
from age 6 · pickup included
2 days · from Reykjavík
We offer you scenic winter tour with great ocean view, stunning landscape, northern lights hunting in winter, and an easy cave exploration in Cave Vatnshellir, making this two-day tour a must for any visitor.
Showing 12 of 44. Browse everything or build a day around it.
16 operators, all of whom we hold a contract with. We do not list every company in Iceland, on purpose.
Absorb Iceland · Amazing Tours Iceland · Arctic Adventures · BusTravel Iceland · Cool Holidays Travel ehf · Daytrips / TA Sport Travel · Elysia Tours · Fun Travel Iceland · Iceland Panorama Tours · Iceland Taxi Reykjavik · Kalman Tours · Ride Iceland
We list 44 — 27 day tours and 17 multi-day packages, from 16 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 €115, with a typical price of €286. Some sites charge separately for parking or admission — check the individual tour.
Looking at the next 360 days of live availability, departures fall in November, December, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October. That is a rolling window rather than the full year, so a month missing here is not necessarily a month with nothing running.
January: 5 h 5 min · March: 11 h 33 min · June: 21 h 27 min · September: 13 h 13 min · December: 3 h 57 min. Iceland stays on UTC all year, so there is no clock change to allow for.
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 — 27 guided day tours in our catalogue stop here. 27 of the tours pick you up from your accommodation, so no onward transport is needed.
A guided day tour from Reykjavík, from €115 per person, with €205 the more typical fare. Private tours cost more because they are priced per vehicle rather than per seat.
Hotels
Places to stay near Deildartunguhver, from our hotel partners. Rooms are booked on our hotels site. Ourhotels is our sister company — the same people, a different business — so we list it first and say so.
from 13.749 kr.Ourhotels · our sister company
Hotel · Borgarnes
11 km away · a night for two, indicative
from 16.080 kr.Ourhotels · our sister company
Hotel · Borgarbyggð
11 km away · a night for two, indicative
from 13.770 kr.Lowest price
Cottage · Borgarnes
11 km away · a night for two, indicative
Deildartunguhver 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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