Seljalandsfoss, Skógafoss, Reynisfjara and glacier walks. 450 experiences here from vetted operators — plan days focused on South Coast or find what runs on your date.
Our first pick here: South Coast Waterfalls, Glacier & Black Sand Beach Tour — 4.7 from 93 reviews of this tour.
BusTravel Iceland
18% below the €144 typical for sightseeing day tours
Anyone with a single free day who wants waterfalls, a…
10 h · from Reykjavík
Dramatic vistas and diverse wonders await on Iceland's South Coast
BusTravel Iceland
about the usual price for lagoon & spa visits
from age 6 · pickup at extra cost
14 h · from Reykjavík
Iceland´s South Coast with the Glacier Lagoon and the Diamond Beach
EastWest
pickup included
10 h · from Reykjavík
The most epic landscape Iceland has to offer. Volcanoes, waterfalls, glaciers and a black sand beach. With the history of our Viking ancestors.
Midgard Adventure
15% below the €339 typical for super jeep tours
People staying on the south coast who want the highland…
7 h · from Hella & Hvolsvöllur
Þórsmörk (Thorsmork) Nature Reserve is one of Iceland’s most captivating landscapes. Known for its expansive views, secluded waterfalls, dramatic canyons, birch forests, and glacier vistas.
Midgard Adventure
65% above the €187 typical for hiking & trekking tours
Fit walkers who want a full day on Þórsmörk's trails with a…
8 h · from Hella & Hvolsvöllur
Þórsmörk (Thorsmork) Nature Reserve is among Iceland’s most stunning landscapes, celebrated for its striking mountains, glacier vistas, hidden waterfalls, dramatic canyons, and serene birch forests.
Iceland Premium Tours
Groups of four or more who want the glacier lagoon in one…
14 h · from Reykjavík
A great tour to explore the wonders of Iceland's South Coast all the way to the spectacular Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon and the Diamond Beach.
Our guides to South Coast
Iceland Premium Tours
pickup included
10 h · from Reykjavík
Join our Private Luxury Jeep Tour to Iceland's South Coast to see its great attractions in total luxury and comfort, including breathtaking waterfalls, black sand beaches, majestic volcanoes, and glaciers.
Gravel Travel
Groups with a specific list that no packaged tour matches
12 h · from Reykjavík
Custom made tour
EastWest
25% below the €205 typical for lagoon & spa visits
pickup included · works in rain
10 h · from Vík í Mýrdal
Explore the South Coast tour with our special Saturday tour. Experience the same adventure as our regular South Coast tour, but with the unique feature that on Saturdays, we operate in both Spanish and English.
LAVA SHOW
69% below the €155 typical for volcano tours
Anyone overnighting in Vík or held up by weather on the…
50 min · from Vík í Mýrdal
Safely experience red-hot lava (yes the real thing.) up close.
LAVA SHOW
69% below the €155 typical for volcano tours
Anyone with a rained-off afternoon
55 min · from Reykjavík
The Only Live LAVA SHOW in the World
Your Friend in Reykjavik
13% below the €139 typical for whale watching tours
meet at the start point
4 h 30 · from Reykjavík
Experience fire, flight, and marine life in Reykjavik’s Grandi district. Enjoy Lava Show, FlyOver Iceland, and Whales of Iceland in one thrilling, educational day.
Nothing on this page matches all of those filters. Clear one or two, or try a day either side of your date.
Ready-made days that include South Coast — several tours, one checkout
Vík is about 180 kilometres and two and a half hours' drive. Seljalandsfoss is around an hour and a half, Skógafoss two hours, Reynisfjara beach two and a half. That is why South Coast day tours run ten to fourteen hours: you spend five hours on the road for four hours of stops. It is still the best day trip from the city. If you can, sleep near Vík and see it at your own pace.
Yes. Reynisfjara has sneaker waves that run far up the beach without warning and have pulled people into the sea. There are no sandbars to stop them. Stay well back from the waterline, never turn your back on the ocean, and obey the coloured warning lights at the car park. Guides on tours enforce a safe distance. The basalt columns and Reynisdrangar sea stacks are worth the visit; a wet foot is not.
A small-group one that stops at Seljalandsfoss, Skógafoss, Sólheimajökull and Reynisfjara, around ten hours. BusTravel's small-group tour (/experience/150541/) and Arctic Adventures' South Shore Adventure (/experience/624878/) do exactly that. Add a glacier hike (/experience/5821/) if you want to walk on Sólheimajökull, at the cost of a longer day. The plane wreck tour (/experience/166370/) adds a four-kilometre walk each way across flat gravel; know that before you book it.
Yes, and the waterfalls with ice around them are a good reason to. Daylight is the limit: December tours leave in the dark and return in the dark, with five or six hours of light in between. Roads are ploughed but can close in storms, so keep a spare day. Wear crampons or grippy boots at Skógafoss and Seljalandsfoss, where the spray freezes on the path. The Katla ice cave (/experience/22559/) is the winter bonus.
Hotels
From the cheapest to the top end of what is in South Coast, from our hotel partners. Rooms are booked on our hotels site.
from 10.819 kr.Lowest price
Hostel · Vík
South Coast · a night for two, indicative
from 36.300 kr.Mid-range
Hotel · Kirkjubæjarklaustur
South Coast · a night for two, indicative
from 66.736 kr.Top end
Cottage · Hvolsvöllur
South Coast · a night for two, indicative
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