4-Day Iceland: Golden Circle, South Coast, Volcano Hike & Northern Lights

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  • Location: Reykjavik, Iceland
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On this 4 day enchanting Iceland tour you will experience all the wonders that the Icelandic winter months offer. See highlights like the Golden Circle, South Coast, the latest erupted volcano, and Northern Lights as you travel in the comfort of a minibus with your certified guide.


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Posted By : Laura L
My husband & I booked the 4 day Iceland tour and had an excellent time! We really lucked out because the weather was pretty rough for most of our trip (extreme winds and snow!), but our guide, Siggi, was able to navigate us out of Reykjavik & still showed us a wonderful time. He had to switch up some of the itinerary, but we felt so lucky to have an experienced native help us with this tour - we would not have been able to read road closures & weather & to pivot to other activities the way he did.
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Posted On : 2024-05-18 07:06:33 full ratings


Posted By : kemMaine
We had a fantastic experience with Arctic Adventures doing a small van tour around parts of Iceland during mid-April 2024. They were super helpful with pre-vacation questions, the tour guide was extremely informative but didn't talk non-stop, and we saw--and were able to appreciate--so much more than we would have been able to had we rented a car and drove all around.

This was my first pre-planned multi-day tour, and I wondered if we would feel rushed at each stop. Not a bit. Plenty of time in each location, along with valuable info/context from our guide. When we return to Iceland--and that's a "when", not an "if"--we'll gladly book with Arctic Adventures again.
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Posted On : 2024-04-22 09:15:37 full ratings


Posted By : Brenton R
Kacper Wilk was our tour guide and made the experience what it was. He was positive, funny, adventurous, knowledgeable, friendly, outgoing, flexible, attentive, I can go on, but basically everything you would want in a tour guide. My wife and friends agreed that we were very lucky to have him as our lead. I would recommend this trip to anyone and everyone. The waterfalls, the glaciers, the ice caves, the beaches... Everything was breathtaking. Iceland is a beautiful and friendly country. I would encourage anyone to visit.

My favorite part of this specific tour was diamond beach and the glacier hike. The blue ice caves and walks through the crevices were something I'll never forget.
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Posted On : 2024-03-30 16:41:43 full ratings


Posted By : Lmstravels2014
Arctic Adventures was a wonderful tour company to work with. We don’t usually do tours to be on our own schedule but Iceland winter (and darkness) changed our minds this trip. I looked at lots of other operators and chose Arctic.

They were amazing on communicating before the tour. I had several questions and got responses very quickly. Few days out, I called with questions and got super helpful answers immediately.

Our 4 day tour is really like a 3 day and then 2 other tours the last day. That was fine though it does complicate logistics on the last day as you need to move hotels with your own reservation (for the last night after the Volcano hike) and don’t know your last hotel until a week or so out.

G was our guide on the 3 day tour and he was amazing. We had a small group mini bus with lots of stops along the way. He talked to us about Iceland and explained lots about the scenery. Bus was very comfortable and G really made the trip! The glacier walk is definitely a highlight. One note - since it was winter the hotels and some stops were covered in ice and very treacherous. G had crampons for us - but those places didn’t really take care of paths ( this is not Arctics Fault, just something to be aware of).

The last day Bus Travel Iceland does the Volcano hike. If you’re reasonably fit and hike often it’s a pretty easy hike with some steep sections, totally worth it to do!

We got picked up after that hike by our Magical Aurora tour guide. Again very punctual and great service! We even got to see the Aurora.

Overall, if you’re considering it…just book it.
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Posted On : 2024-01-05 05:26:10 full ratings


Posted By : 938katian
We booked the four day trip a few months ago, with the understanding it would be split in two different two days tours. The day before we were due to leave for the first trip they cancelled the extra activities on the tour, the geothermal baths and the vulcano caves. They offered alternative single trips, which we accepted because we didn’t have time to select anything else for other companies. Because of this change, the pick-up locations were confused and we almost missed one of the tours. However, we did get a refund for the missed activities and the tour guides were really good plus Iceland was amazing!
The main issue was with the communication and organisation that added stress to the holiday.
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Posted On : 2024-01-04 11:43:37 full ratings


Posted By : Sportyelle11
We had a multi-day tour booked and the country had shut down all travel due to inclement weather and this company still will not issue a refund. This is absolutely outrageous for a trip that is $1,500+ and there’s no “safe travel” in the area.

Yet they had the audacity to ask us to cancel our reservation so they could get booking funds returned to them.

Do not trust or support this money hungry, disrespectful company!
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Posted On : 2023-10-24 11:20:16 full ratings


Posted By : udayans2022
These guys are fun! We spent spent four days with our guides Grun and Nick on a tour bus. We’d star the day at 8am and get dropped to the hotel at 8pm. The exception was the Norther Lights tour e
When the day ended past midnight. They took us for the Lava Cave tour, which they didn’t charge for. The highlight of the trip was snorkeling and scuba diving at Silfra, it’s out of this world.
During the drive the guides were hilarious. They also spoke of the history and culture of Iceland.
A special mention must be made of guide Grun, a lady from Norway, with 15,000 dives under her belt, which is close to almost 2 years underwater. She’s very cheerful and extremely hardworking.
I’d highly recommend Arctic Adventures.
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Posted On : 2023-09-06 13:21:40 full ratings


Posted By : Champs1000
Pros: This review is for the 4 day Golden circle, south coast, volcano hike and northern lights tour via arctic adventures. Our Tour guide Sindre was excellent! He was fun, knowledgeable and full of facts. With this tour 4 day tour combo you have the chance to see the northern lights 3 of the 4 nights the way its structured. The hotels, and the sites selected to visit were great. The 4 day tour is a 3 day Plus a separate 1 day tour. Very reputable and good service levels (esp. when you are waiting to be picked up at your stop). The other families that joined this tour in a mercedes sprinter were also great (~18 person max. capacity). We saw amazing lights on our second night right out of our hotel and they were spectacular.
Cons: The volcano tour is a bit hyped in the since that there is no erupting volcano ("only active volcano") but the brochures/pics would have you think you will see it Erupting. Very inflexible after you have booked. e.g. we didn't want to do the separate volcano tour but they would not swap it out for any other similar tour they were doing. Also leg room is cramped in the vehicle.

Overall experience was great - but just pay attention to details before you book.
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Posted On : 2023-04-10 14:07:42 full ratings


Posted By : R8797QSjonathanm
It was an awesome experience to go in winter. In our case, Marcin was the tour guide, and he was always polite, and he also got some nice ice-and-wind driving skills. We loved this tour, and if we return to Iceland, we will totally choose Artic Adventures again. Thanks!
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Posted On : 2023-04-09 16:17:10 full ratings


Posted By : laurasJ7452UK
I really enjoyed this tour. Martin was an excellent guide. He knew a lot about Iceland and the areas we traveled in and played some excellent podcasts during the bud rides. The accommodations were good and we were lucky enough to see the northern lights two nights in a row right outside our lodging. I recommend confirming as to the difficulty of the hikes. The glacier hike was difficult but well worth it.
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Posted On : 2023-04-01 22:48:49 full ratings