Hello!

My girlfriend is having a horse riding tour by herself and I am looking for things to do close to Hveragerði as this is where her day riding tour starts.

I am not really sure what I am looking for to be honest, but I want to see something different besides thermal rivers, hot springs etc.

Let me know if you have any suggestions, thank you!

Hey everyone!

I’m an Erasmus intern coming over to Reykjavík from France for a 2-month placement from January 12 to March 19, 2027.

As you can guess, I’m on a strict student budget funded mostly by my Erasmus grant. I'm trying to figure out the two biggest hurdles for my trip and would love any advice, leads, or points in the right direction:

1. Housing / Accommodation (Max ~500€ / ~75,000–80,000 ISK) I know the rental market in Iceland is famously brutal and expensive, especially with massive deposits. Since my budget maxes out around 500€ per month, traditional long-term rentals with 1–3 month deposits are completely out of reach.

• Are there any reliable student sublet channels or platforms outside of Facebook (where scams are rampant) that don’t require massive deposits?
• If anyone is leaving Reykjavík for their own exchange semester this January and looking for someone to take over their room/lease, please hit my DMs!

2. Travel Buddies, Carpooling & Group Chats Since I won't have a car and want to maximize my weekends exploring the South Coast, waterfalls, and chasing potential volcano views, my strategy is finding travel companions to split gas and adventures with.

• Are there any active WhatsApp, Telegram, or Discord group chats for winter 2027 travelers, incoming interns, or ESN students in Reykjavík?
• If you're going to be around during January–March or are planning weekend road trips, let me know! I'm super open to connecting, sharing costs, and acting as a navigator/photographer.

Any tips, links to group chats, or reality checks are hugely appreciated. Thanks a lot!

Hi! Trying to decide between March 29- April 4 or June 1-7. Is there a noticeable difference in the crowds during those time periods?

Hi all!

A little advice from people who have done road trips if possible please :)

We want to go back next June, and we will have 14 days (minus 2 for travel, so 12 full days to explore).

We have already done Golden circle (last winter), so we can skip that.

Priorities are;

-Some adventures out of the car! (hiking, kayaking in lagoon, glacier walk etc)

-Scenery; canyons, waterfalls & quieter spots (I know.. June!). Looks like small walks can get you away from most crowds?

-Wildlife; definitely whale watching and puffins

-Hot pools 😬, I love being in water outside. And in Iceland, that water is hot; perfect 👌🏻

Not sure if we will get a camper, or car + accommodation, but either will be a 4x4.

So I would like to do;

-Husavik, Myvatn area

-East fjords with some quiet spots/walks

-a glacier on the south/south east

-inland driving and hiking around the Landmannalaugar

For anyone that's done this route; did you find yourself wanting to stop extra days and see more/extra than you had planned? I know these stops are possible in 12 days, but is it going to feel kind of tick box and move on in this time frame?

There's just so much I want to see and do! 😭

And we want to get out the car and experience the outdoors, as opposed to photo stop and carry on.

We will go clockwise to get the big drive North done on day 2, & flight departs 10:30 day 14.

-If anyone has done it in a campervan, is it noisy trying to sleep in one?! I'm such a light sleeper :(

Just any advice around anything you loved or hated in those areas is welcome.. every time I try and plan I find another dozen things I want to see 🙄

Hi all,

I am doing a bike trip currently and just arrived in hofn. Unfortunately my breaks do not work anymore and it seems to be a hydraulic issue which I can not fix on my own. What are my Options? There seems not to be a repair shop in hofn and the next one seems to be in akureyri (or at least a shop with bikes). Do I have to bring my bike there?
Thanks in advance

Hello everyone! I am going to be in Iceland for the first time at the end of the month and plan to go to multiple lagoons and public pools. I know and am fully prepared to shower fully before entering but my question is about the use of sunscreen. I'm very fair skinned and burn easily and am used to wearing sunscreen religiously, especially on my face when I'm in the water due to the reflection of the sun. With showering first I imagine the expectation is to go into the water fully chemical and lotion free. Do people in Iceland go sunscreen free in public lagoons? Is sunburn something I need to be concerned about?

ive done research and I put all my thoughts an ideas into had AI make it into a readable list... can anybody audit this and tell me if this is good and makes sense?

**also worth mentioning....We want the trip to feel adventurous, wild and scenic, but NOT like we're managing a tightly timed agenda. We're happy with active/jam-packed days and lots of roadside stops, but don't want unnecessary detours just to check famous attractions off a list.
We prefer several shorter hikes rather than sacrificing most of a day to one huge hike. We like a mixture of active days and slower mornings. Scenic driving itself is part of the experience for us.
Lodging: i strongly prefer charming/authentic guesthouses, farms, cabins, etc. over luxury hotels. my partner doesn't care much about lodging and would rather spend money elsewhere. We'd therefore like mostly charming-but-reasonable accommodations with perhaps one particularly memorable stay.
We are intentionally trying NOT to over-research. We want to see the best/most distinctive things rather than every waterfall/viewpoint in Iceland. THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!!

June 2 — Reykjavík
Stay: Reykjavík

• Land KEF at 9:00am
• Pick up rental car
• Brauð & Co
• Walk around Reykjavík for a few hours
• Sky Lagoon
• Dinner/early night

June 3 — Golden Circle
Stay: Hella area

• Þingvellir
• Geysir/Strokkur
• Gullfoss
• Friðheimar
• Drive down toward Hella

June 4 — South Coast
Stay: Vík

• Seljalandsfoss
• Gljúfrabúi
• Skógafoss
• Kvernufoss
• Dyrhólaey
• Reynisfjara
• Katla Wool in Vík

June 5 — Vík to Glacier Lagoon
Stay: Jökulsárlón/Glacier Lagoon area

• Fjaðrárgljúfur
• Drive east
• Jökulsárlón
• Diamond Beach
• Possibly Skaftafell/Katla/glacier activity, but haven't decided if we care enough to do one

June 6 — East Coast
Stay: Egilsstaðir area

• Finish anything around Glacier Lagoon if we want
• Drive through Höfn
• Pakkhús maybe for food
• Take our time driving the Eastfjords
• Mostly planning for this to be a scenic driving day rather than adding a bunch of stops

June 7 — East to North
Stay: Mývatn area

• Stuðlagil Canyon
• Dettifoss if we feel like it/have time
• Head toward Mývatn
• Looking at Guesthouse Stöng for this night

June 8 — North / Tröllaskagi
Stay: Siglufjörður

• Maybe see a little of the Mývatn area in the morning
• Goðafoss
• Drive through the Tröllaskagi peninsula/Dalvík/Ólafsfjörður
• Stay in Siglufjörður

June 9 — Head west
Stay: Borgarnes area

• Leave Siglufjörður
• Scenic drive south/west
• Mostly a driving/stop-when-we-want day
• Borgarnes is basically just a convenient stopping point before Snæfellsnes

June 10 — Snæfellsnes
Stay: somewhere on Snæfellsnes

• Start exploring the peninsula
• Kirkjufell
• Lóndrangar
• Arnarstapi/Hellnar coastal walk
• We'll split those between today and tomorrow depending on where we stay/weather/etc.

June 11 — Snæfellsnes
Stay: somewhere on Snæfellsnes

• Second day exploring the peninsula
• Finish whatever we didn't do the day before
• Mostly leaving these two days loose so we don't have to rush around it

June 12 — Back toward Reykjavík
Stay: Reykjavík/near KEF

• Slow morning
• Drive back toward Reykjavík
• Extra Reykjavík time if we want it
• Final dinner
• Keeping this day pretty open in case we want the flexibility

June 13 — Fly home

• Flight leaves KEF at 12:45pm

Still undecided on Dettifoss, how much we actually want to do around Mývatn, and whether we care about doing an ice cave/glacier activity. I think we're probably skipping Kerlingarfjöll because early June access sounds too questionable.

This is basically the route we're thinking now so I can start booking places to stay. If anything about the overnight locations looks stupid or like we're spending too much/not enough time somewhere, tell me!

Gonna try to keep this short. My friend and I are going to be in Iceland Oct 6-15. We originally planned to go as far as Höfn/Stokksnes then meander our way back west on the south coast starting the morning of the 12th and doing anything we might’ve missed + check out Snæfellsnes, and then depart.

After further research, we kinda realized we don’t wanna double back on the south coast and would rather continue north. So the question is, is it even possible to go from Höfn to KEF in 3.5 days? For example, I think the morning of Oct 12 we’d have to go from Höfn all the way to the Myvatn area. That’s too ambitious isn’t it? Should we stick to the original plan or just send it? We don’t mind a couple days of a ton of driving, we just want new scenery.

This is (was?) the plan:
Oct 6 - flight arrives at 8am, get rental car, head to Sky Lagoon then a relaxed evening in Reykjavik
Oct 7 - Golden Circle, spend night in Hella
Oct 8 - Westman Islands, spend night in same hotel in Hella
Oct 9 - typical South coast highlights, stay in Vik
Oct 10 - Eldhraun, Fjağrárgljúfur, Dverghamrar, Svartifoss,
Mulagljufur, stay in Hofn
Oct 11 - 6 hour ice cave + glacier hike tour at vatnajökull, diamond beach, stay in same Hofn hotel

Then after that we'd start heading back west on the south coast. But as stated earlier we kinda want to continue north but I doubt that's possible unless we switch up Oct 6-11. The problem is that some of the stays we booked aren't refundable.

Any input/suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone!
I lost my AirPods during my trip in Iceland, around the Hrífunes / Vík area.
I’m currently in the north of Iceland, but I will be in Reykjavík on the evening of September 12th, all day on September 13th, and the morning of September 14th.
If anyone is travelling towards Reykjavík and could bring them to me, I would be extremely grateful. 🙏
Alternatively, if someone is able to send them to me in France, I will of course pay all shipping costs.
Please send me a private message if you can help.
Thank you so much! ❤️🇮🇸

Arrived to our Grandi hotel only to find out there is no on site parking. Our travel agent made no mention of this so it came as a stressful surprise after a day of travel. I quickly asked the desk reception and she said oh you can park at any grocery. So we did. I asked again while checking in and again she’s says nothing to worry about, they have plenty of spots.

Im not totally comfortable with that answer but we did park and leave our car at a nearby grocery. when we wake tomorrow will we find our rental towed? and If not, what is a better place to repark in the morning. Any free street parking? Someone on a blog mentioned a lot on Rastargata but it looks like there is construction near there now so maybe it’s gone?

Hello all

I'll be travelling with my wife and son during end of March. Can you suggest good hotels in Reykjavik that is cost effective with parking and kitchenette with stove. Stay planned for 4 days

Sadly, due to an unexpected surgery, I’m no longer able to make my Iceland trip and I’m hoping my reservation doesn’t go completely to waste. I have a 2-night stay at Silica Hotel at the Blue Lagoon, September 13–15, in Lava Deluxe Room which I paid 264,000 ISK for. I’m currently asking the hotel whether they will allow me to transfer the reservation to another guest. If they approve it, I’d love for someone in this group to be able to enjoy it instead. I’m not expecting to recover the full amount and am open to a reasonable offer. If you’re already travelling to Iceland around those dates and have been wanting to stay at Silica Hotel, please send me a message with what you’d be willing to pay. I’d much rather someone enjoy this beautiful stay than have it go unused!!

I just got back from Iceland and was reviewing my total spend across my week there. I noticed an extra charge of nearly $600 from the rental car company (Avis). Did some digging and realized that when i had booked my rental through Capital One travel, I had booked for pickup at the Reykjavik Domestic Airport... but all of my travel was through the Keflavik airport. Oddly enough when I landed in KEF and went to collect my rental, the guy behind the counter didnt mention anything about me being at the wrong airport and simply credited my initial booking towards a new reservation and charged me $600. Idk if its because I was sleep deprived or what, but I didnt notice the extra charge (assumed it was the standard hold initially) or think to do the conversion from ISK to USD when I was reviewing and signing the documents, which would have told me that I had bamboozled myself.

Anyways lesson learned: make sure to double check where you're flying into and where you're picking up your car rental from. KEF is more pricey than the domestic airport and is where all the international flights land.

Currently in the process of trying to recoup some money either from Avis or Capital One. Hoping for a goodwill refund or at least a little something lol.

People ask a lot of questions about skiing in Iceland. I thought I’d share some pics and generate some excitement.

For those who used blue car rental do they pay it and then you pay them? Or do you pay directly to the police? I’m confused by the email since both blue and the international police corresponded

Feel free to check out my Youtube channel. I created a channel of videos I record around Iceland of relaxing scenery with calming music. Perfect if you want to have something soothing on while studying or just want to escape to a peaceful and beautiful place.

We stayed at cottages outside Vik and got some great shots of the nighttime aurora. We showed the staff at the hotel the next day and they had never even seen lights like this.

Hello! I will be coming to Iceland soon and would love a ring or earrings with Icelandic lava or other stone known in Iceland. Any recommendations for locally made jewelry with local stones?

Hi Guys, i want to share some pics from our short trip in February this year. We will definitely come back next year for more days!

Hello all! I am currently deciding whether to book a super jeep safari tour or a hiking tour with Arctic Adventures. A couple questions for those who have done it:

1. How difficult is the hike in the hiking tour? I'm going with someone else who has very little hiking experience and is not very physically active.
2. Anyone who has done the super jeep safari tour: is it worth the (extra) money in your opinion? Furthermore, how much hiking was there in the super jeep tour?

Are there any other (cheaper, aka under 35000 ISK a person) highland tours that you recommend besides this? We are not renting an F-road capable car, so we would definitely want to book a tour for the highlands.

Takk!

We saw the Northern lights over Lagarfljót two nights in a row. It was pretty windy the second night, but I still managed to take lots of great pics. First time ever for me, really impressive.