Short answer: €179 per person is what most people pay. The cheapest we sell is €86 and the most expensive is €393. That range comes from 32 real horse riding tours across 13 operators — live prices, not estimates.
Ride length and pickup. A one to two hour ride on an Icelandic horse is the base price; add Reykjavík pickup and it climbs.
Cheapest is not always right — a €50 saving hurts less than a wasted day. These are the low-price options we'd still put our name to.
1 hourÍshestar Riding Tours
Leaves from Reykjavík
This tour through the Icelandic winter wonderland is ideal for beginners as well as more advanced riders. We connect strongly to nature and the elements as we calmly ride, for appr. 50 minutes, through beautiful lava fields, surrounded by mountains
from
€121 per person
32% below the €179 typical
1 hourSafarihestar slf
Leaves from Mývatn · Reykjahlíð
Horseback riding in beautiful Lake Myvatn area
from
€93 per person
48% below the €179 typical
45 minutesHestasport
Leaves from Sauðárkrókur
Horse Riding all year around - Date the Icelandic Horse - 45 min. - North Iceland
from
€86 per person
If a horse riding tour is the thing you came to Iceland for, pay the middle price rather than the floor — the difference usually buys a smaller group and a guide with time for you. If it's a nice-to-have on a day you're already busy, the cheapest option does the job. Either way, book it for a day early in your trip: if weather cancels it, you'll have another day to try again. Most of these run in Reykjavík, Golden Circle, South Coast, North Iceland.
We sell 32 horse riding tours from 13 Icelandic operators. The cheapest is €86 per person, the typical price is €179, and the top end is €393. Ride length and pickup. A one to two hour ride on an Icelandic horse is the base price; add Reykjavík pickup and it climbs.
No. You pay the operator's own price and we take a commission out of it, so booking here costs the same as booking direct — with one checkout if you book several tours.
On most of these, yes: cancel more than 24 hours before and you get the full amount back. The exact rule belongs to the operator and is shown on each tour page before you pay.
Yes, and most people on the tours are beginners. Icelandic horses are small, calm and used to novices, and the one- to two-hour rides on the farm tours (/experience/164615/, /experience/170834/) move at a walk with a taste of tölt, the smooth fifth gait the breed is known for. You get a helmet and a short briefing. If you have ridden before, tell the guide; they will match you to a livelier horse.
Because Icelanders will correct you, politely. The Icelandic horse stands around 13 to 14 hands, pony height elsewhere, but it has been bred as a horse for a thousand years with no outside blood since the settlement. It has five gaits, including tölt and the flying pace. Once a horse leaves Iceland it cannot come back, to protect the herd from disease. Call it a horse; the guides will like you more.
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