Itinerary Overview

Day 1
Depart Cincinnati → Arrive Iceland / Reykjanes Peninsula & Blue Lagoon

✈️Flight: Overnight from CVG to Keflavík (arrive 9:30 AM)

🚗Pick up rental car (4x4 SUV recommended)

🚗Drive from Keflavík Airport → Reykjanes Peninsula → Vogar

⏱️Driving: 1.5 hrs | Exploration: 4-5 hrs = 6.5 hr day

🥞 Breakfast/Lunch: Nearby restaurants (recommendations provided in your final itinerary; meals not included in package price) 

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✨ Highlights:

  • Reykjanes Peninsula, Volcanoes, 

  • Blue Lagoon

  • Optional Blue Lagoon Comfort / Premium Package (+$275/$350)

  • Optional Additional Stops: Gunnuhver geothermal area, Bridge Between Continents, Reykjanes Lighthouse or small coastal walks  (+2hrs)

🌑 Evening: Check-in Arctic Wind Hotel, Vogar

🍽️Dinner: Nearby restaurant (recommendations provided in your final itinerary; meal not included in package price)


📸Image: Blue Lagoon Geothermal Spa

Day 2
West Iceland: Waterfalls & Hot Springs

🥞 Breakfast at hotel + check-out

🚗 Drive from Vogar → Glymur → Reykholt

 ⏱️Driving: 3 hrs | Exploration: 4–5 hrs = 8 hr day

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✨ Highlights:

  • Hike to Glymur Waterfall (3-4hrs)

  • Stop in Borgarnes (Bónus grocery store for picnic lunch) on way to next stop

  • Optional Stop: Glanni Waterfall (photo stop)

  • Deildartunguhver hot spring (view only)
  • Hraunfoss and Barnafoss waterfalls

🍽️ Lunch: Flexible – cafés, picnic supply stops (BONUS or Kronan stores), or restaurants (recommendations in finalized itinerary; meal not included in package price).

🌑 Evening: Check-in Fosshotel Reykholt

🍽️Dinner: Nearby restaurant (recommendations included in final itinerary; meal not included in package price). 

📆Seasonal: Trails can be damp/muddy in April—wear waterproof shoes.


📸Image: Glymur Waterfall 

Day 3
Snaefellsnes Peninsula - South Coast

🥞Breakfast at hotel + check-out
🚗Drive from Reykholt → Snæfellsnes Peninsula → Arnarstapi

⏱️Driving 2.5-4 hrs | Exploration 4–5 hrs = 8-10 hr day

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✨ Highlights:

  • YriTunga Beach (seals)

  • Bjarnarfoss Waterfall hike

  • Búðakirkja (Black Church of Búðir)

  • Coastal walk: Arnarstapi, Lóndrangar cliffs, Djúpalónssandur Beach, Hellnar viewpoint

  • Raudfeldsgjá Gorge / Snæfellsjökull National Park

🍽️ Lunch: Flexible – cafés, picnic supply stops (BONUS or Kronan stores), or restaurants (recommendations in finalized itinerary; meal not included in package price).

🌑 Evening: Check-in Arnarstapi Hotel

🍽️Dinner: Nearby restaurant (recommendations included in final itinerary; meal not included in package price). 

📆 Seasonal Notes: Seals most common May–July, but occasional April sightings.

 

📸Image: Búðakirkja

Day 4
Snaefellsnes Peninsula - North Coast -> Kirkjufell

🥞Breakfast at hotel + check-out

🚗Drive from Arnarstapi → Saxhóll → Hellissandur → Grundarfjörður

⏱️Driving 2.5 hrs | Exploration 4-5 hrs = 6-7.5 hr day

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✨ Highlights:

  • Saxhóll Crater
  • Optional Stop: Murals of Hellissandur
  • Malarif Lighthouse viewpoints
  • Svöðufoss & Bæjarfoss
  • Ólafsvík View Point & 
  • Optional stop: Bugsfoss
  • Optional stop: Búlandshöfði View Point
  • Kirkjufell & Kirkjufellsfoss
  • Kirkjufell View Point
  • Grundarfoos

🍽️ Lunch: Flexible – cafés, picnic supply stops (BONUS or Kronan stores), or restaurants (recommendations in finalized itinerary; meal not included in package price).

🌑 Evening: Check-in Kirkjufell Hotel, Grundarfjörður

🍽️Dinner: Nearby restaurant (recommendations included in final itinerary; meal not included in package price). 

📆 Seasonal Notes: Windy at coastal viewpoints—layers + shell recommended.


📸Image: Kirkjufell Mountain

Day 5
North Iceland: Hvítserkur, Turf Houses & Akureyri

🥞Breakfast at hotel + check-out

🚗Drive from Grundarfjörður → Hvítserkur → Kolugljúfur Canyon → Glaumbær → Akureyri

⏱️Driving: 4-4.5 hrs | Exploration: 3.5-4 hrs = 7.5-8.5 hr day

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✨ Highlights: 

  • Scenic fjord drive
  • Glaumbær turf houses
  • Optional stops: Hvítserkur & Kolugljúfur (adds 1.5–2 hrs)
  • Explore Akureyri city

🍽️ Lunch: Flexible – cafés, picnic supply stops (BONUS or Kronan stores), or restaurants (recommendations in finalized itinerary; meal not included in package price).

🌑 Evening: Check-in Hotel Kea, Akureyri

🍽️Dinner: Nearby restaurant (recommendations included in final itinerary; meal not included in package price). 


📸Image: Glaumbær turf houses

Day 6
Lake Mývatn Highlights

🥞Breakfast at hotel + check-out

🚗30-minute drive Akureyri → Goðafoss → Mývatn 

⏱️Driving: 1.5 hrs | Exploration: 5 hrs = 6.5 hr day

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✨ Highlights:

  • Goðafoss Waterfall

  • Hverfjall Crater

  • Dimmuborgir lava formations

  • Grjótagjá Cave

  • Optional: Mývatn Nature Baths soak (+$80)

🍽️ Lunch: Flexible – cafés, picnic supply stops (BONUS or Kronan stores), or restaurants (recommendations in finalized itinerary; meal not included in package price).

🌑 Evening: Check-in Fosshotel Myvatn (2 nights)

🍽️Dinner: Nearby restaurant (recommendations included in final itinerary; meal not included in package price).

📆 Seasonal Notes: Bugs minimal in April, increase into May (bring sunglasses/hat).

 

📸Image: Grjótagjá Cave


Day 7
Diamond Circle: Dettifoss, Ásbyrgi & Húsavík

🥞Breakfast at hotel + check-out

🚗Drive from Mývatn → Dettifoss/Ásbyrgi → Húsavík → Mývatn

⏱️Driving: 3-3.5 hrs | Exploration: 4–5 hrs = 7-8.5 hr day

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✨ Highlights:

  • Dettifoss & Selfoss waterfalls

  • Ásbyrgi Canyon

  • Húsavík harbor

  • Optional: Whale Watching Tour in Husavik (3hr) (+$210)(Apr–Oct; stronger May–Sep)

🍽️ Lunch: Flexible – cafés, picnic supply stops (BONUS or Kronan stores), or restaurants (recommendations in finalized itinerary; meal not included in package price).

🌑 Evening: Fosshotel Myvatn (2nd night)

🍽️Dinner: Nearby restaurant (recommendations included in final itinerary; meal not included in package price).

📆Seasonal Note: East road 864 may be closed in April; west 862 opens earlier—we’ll route accordingly. 


📸Image: Whale Watching in Husavik

Day 8
Into the Eastfjords

🥞Breakfast + check-out

🚗Drive from Mývatn → Stuðlagil → Egilsstaðir

⏱️Driving: 3 hrs | Exploration: 2–3 hrs = 5-6 hr day

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✨ Highlights:

  • Stuðlagil Canyon (upper viewpoint; lower path can be muddy in April) 

  • Stuðlafoss Waterfall

  • Rjúkandi Waterfall

  • Options stop: Explore Seyðisfjörður town 

🍽️ Lunch: Flexible – cafés, picnic supply stops (BONUS or Kronan stores), or restaurants (recommendations in finalized itinerary; meal not included in package price).

🌑 Evening: Check-in Hérað - Berjaya Iceland Hotels, Egilsstaðir  

🍽️Dinner: Nearby restaurant (recommendations included in final itinerary; meal not included in package price).

📆Seasonal Notes: River color varies with melt; trails firmer in late May.


📸Image: Stuðlagil Canyon

Day 9
Eastfjords to Höfn

🥞Breakfast at hotel + check-out

🚗Drive from Egilsstaðir → Vestrahorn → Höfn

⏱️Driving: 3.5 hrs | Exploration: 3 hrs = 6.5 hr day

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✨ Highlights:

  • Fauskasandur - black sand beach

  • Stokksnes Peninsula / 

  • Vestrahorn Mountain aka "Batman Mountain"

  • Skarðsfjörður Viewpoint

  • Explore Höfn town

🍽️ Lunch: Flexible – local cafés, picnic stops, or restaurants. (Recommendations included in your finalized itinerary; meal not included in package price).

🌑 Evening: Check-in Milk Factory, Höfn

🍽️ Dinner: Nearby restaurant options (recommendations included in final itinerary; meal not included in package price).

 📆Seasonal Notes: Wind-exposed dunes; keep gear sand-safe. 


Image:  Vestrahorn Mountain

Day 10
Glacier Lagoons

🥞 Breakfast at hotel+ check-out

🚗 Drive from Höfn → Jökulsárlón → Fosshotel Glacier Lagoon  

⏱️Driving: 2 hrs | Exploration: 4 hrs = 6.5-8hr day

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✨ Highlights:

  • Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon

  • Diamond Beach

  • Fjallsárlón Glacier Lagoon

  • Svínafellsjökull Glacier

  • Optional: Ice Cave Tour in the National Park of Vatnajökull (+$315)(3hrs)

🍽️ Lunch: Flexible – cafés, picnic, or restaurant stops. (Recommendations included in your finalized itinerary; meal not included in package price).

🌑 Evening: Check-in Fosshotel Glacier Lagoon

🍽️ Dinner: Nearby restaurant options (recommendations included in final itinerary; meal not included in package price).

📆Seasonal Notes: The weather in Iceland is unpredictable and can be changing rapidly. Tour guides check on a daily base if it is save to go to the ice cave. 


📸Image: Fjallsárlón Glacier Lagoon

Day 11
Skaftafell, Eldhraun & Vik

🥞 Breakfast at hotel + check-out

🚗 Drive from Glacier Lagoon → Skaftafell → Kirkjubæjarklaustur → Vík

⏱️Driving: 3.5-4 hrs | Exploration: 3–4 hrs = 6.5-8 hr day

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✨ Highlights:

  • Svartifoss & Hundafoss hike

  • Vatnajökull viewpoints

  • Kirkjubæjarklaustur village

  • Fjaðrárgljúfur  (Feather River Canyon)

  • Gönguleið um Eldhraun

  • Eldhraun Mossy Lava fields

  • Explore Vik town

🍽️ Lunch: Flexible – cafés, picnic, or restaurant stops. (Recommendations included in your finalized itinerary; meal not included in package price).

🌑 Evening: Check-in Hotel Kría, Vík

🍽️ Dinner: Nearby restaurant (recommendations included in final itinerary; meal not included in package price).

📆Seasonal Notes: Trails may be slick in April—microspikes helpful if icy. 


📸 Image: Svartifoss Waterfall

Day 12
South Coast Wonders

🥞 Breakfast at hotel + check out

🚗 Drive from Vík → Reynisfjara/Dyrhólaey → Seljalandsfoss/Gljúfrabúi → Selfoss

⏱️Driving: 2.5-3 hrs | Exploration: 3-4.5 hrs = 6-7 hr day

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✨ Highlights:

  • Reynisfjara Beach

  • Geographically the Southernmost point of Iceland

  • Dyrhólaey Arch & Lighthouse (puffins possible in summer) 

  • Hálsanefshellir Cave

  • Reynisdrangar sea stacks viewpoint

  • Skógafoss Waterfall

  • Seljalandsfoss & Gljúfrabúi (“hidden” waterfall next to Seljalandsfoss)

  • Explore Selfoss

🍽️ Lunch: Flexible – cafés, picnic, or restaurant stops. (Recommendations included in your finalized itinerary; meal not included in package price).

🌑 Evening: Check-in at Hotel Selfoss, Selfoss
🚫 Note: No breakfast included at this property.

🍽️ Dinner: Restaurant options in Hella (recommendations provided in final itinerary; meal not included in package price).

📆Seasonal Notes: Puffins typically arrive early–mid May at Dyrhólaey

 

📸 Image: Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach

Day 13
Golden Circle & South Iceland

🥞 Breakfast at hotel + check-out

🚗 Drive from Selfoss → Gullfoss → Geysir → Kerið → Ölfusá Overlook → return Selfoss

⏱️Driving: 2.5 hrs | Exploration: 4–5 hrs = 6.5-7.5 hr day

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✨ Highlights:

  • Gullfoss (Golden Falls)

  • Kerlingarfjöll and the Hveradalir Geothermal Area

  • Geysir geothermal area

  • Thingvellir National Park

  • Optional stop: Kerið Crater (entrance fee applies)

  • Optional stop: Bruarfoss (+1.5 hr hike, only if time allows). 

  • Ölfusá Overlook

🍽️ Lunch: Flexible – local cafés, picnic stops, or restaurants. (Recommendations included in your finalized itinerary; meal not included in package price).

🌑 Evening: Return Hotel Selfoss

🍽️ Dinner: On-site or nearby restaurant (recommendations provided in final itinerary; meal not included in package price).

📆Seasonal Notes: Mist/wind common at Gullfoss—bring shell layers. 


📸 Image: Gullfoss Waterfall

Day 14
Golden Circle (Wrap-Up) → Reykjavík

🥞 Breakfast at hotel + check-out

🚗Drive from Selfoss → Þingvellir → Reykjavik  

⏱️Driving: 2.5 hrs | Exploration: 4–5 hrs = 6.5-7.5 hr day

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✨ Highlights:

  • Þingvellir National Park

  • Almannagjá gorge

  • Öxarárfoss

  • Tectonic rift views

  • Optional add: Secret Lagoon (+1–1.5 hrs)(+$150)

  • Explore Reykjavik

🍽️ Lunch: Flexible – local cafés, picnic stops, or restaurants. (Recommendations included in your finalized itinerary; meal not included in package price).

🌑 Evening: Check-in Reykjavik Natura – Berjaya Iceland Hotel

🍽️ Dinner: On-site or nearby restaurant (recommendations provided in final itinerary; meal not included in package price).

📆Seasonal Notes: Snorkeling Silfra runs year-round (dry suit; pre-book).


📸 Image: Þingvellir rift valley

Day 15
Reykjavík Day

🥞 Breakfast at hotel

🚗 Drive: Minimal (city walking day)

⏱️ Driving: 0.5 hr (local) | Exploration: 4–6 hrs = 5–6.5 hr day  

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✨ Highlights:

  • Hallgrimskirkja Church

  • Harpa Concert Hall

  • Laugavegur Street (shops, cafes, nightlife)

  • Sun Voyager Sculpture

  • Optional Reykjavik City Card - 24 hr access to public bus transport and local museums (+$120)

  • Optional Perlan Museum – Wonders of Iceland (+$1)

  • Optional Iceland Phallological Museum ($45)

  • Optional Reykjavik City Walking Tour (+$120)

🍽️ Lunch: Flexible – local cafés, picnic stops, or restaurants. (Recommendations included in your finalized itinerary; meal not included in package price).

🌑 Evening: Reykjavik Natura – Berjaya Iceland Hotel (2nd night)

🍽️ Dinner: Nearby restaurant options (recommendations included in final itinerary, not included in package price)

📆 Seasonal Notes: Northern Lights unlikely after mid–May due to long daylight.

 

📸Image: Reykjavik city

Day 16
Departure from Iceland → Return Home

🥞 Breakfast at hotel + check out

🚗 Drive from Reykjavik → KEF Airport

🚗 Return rental car at Keflavík International Airport (KEF)

⏱️ Driving: 45–60 min

✈️ Flight: Depart Reykjavik → Cincinnati (overnight flight)

✨ Highlights:

  • Last morning to enjoy Reykjavik’s local shops or a short walk along the waterfront (optional, time permitting)

  • Relax at hotel before heading to the airport

🍽️Lunch/Dinner: Provided in-flight, based on flight time

📆Notes: Allow extra time for rental return + VAT refund queue

🌑 Evening: In-flight


📸Image: KEF airport terminal

***All prices listed in this itinerary are estimates and subject to change based on hotel, car rental, activity availability, and seasonal rates by suppliers and nonrefundable. Pricing does NOT include fuel for rental cars, meals unless specifically indicated, souvenirs, parking fees, or other incidental expenses. Optional excursions, upgrades, and add-ons are additional costs. Final pricing will be confirmed upon booking and included in your official invoice.