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Fly North and drive West
back to Reykjavik

Here’s a great way to get more Iceland out of your time there. Fly halfway, so you can saunter vehicularly back to your starting point! Akureyri is 389 km from Reykjavik, and the drive can take 5 hours (or 5 days!) a flight between Reykjavik and Akureyri, where you pick up (or drop off) your car, which gives you more time for enjoying the landscape with all it’s potential fun as you head back to your starting point - you don’t drive both coming and going. Drivingg West you go via the horse country of Skagafjordur, fishing villages, and saga sights.

This tour can be reversed - that is you can fly north and drive back, or drive north and fly south!

Here’s a great way to get more Iceland out of your time there. Fly halfway, so you can saunter vehicularly back to your starting point! Akureyri is 389 km from Reykjavik, and the drive can take 5 hours (or 5 days!) These two tours include a flight between Reykjavik and Akureyri, where you pick up (or drop off) your car, which gives you more time for enjoying the landscape with all it’s potential fun as you head back to your starting point - you don’t drive both coming and going. To Drive West (via the horse country of Skagafjordur, fishing villages, and saga sights ?) or East and South (Lake Myvatn, the dramatic east fjords, and lush south coast?) You decide!!
This tour can be reversed - that is you can fly north and drive back, or drive north and end the trip by flying south!

Drive west to Akureyri – fly back to Reykjavik (or vise versa) in 8 days / 7 nights - year round

Day 0
Leave the US from Boston, Baltimore, JFK, Minneapolis, San Francisco or Orlando. Go to sleep - as it’s a short night flight!

Day 1
Welcome to Iceland! Grab your luggage and your car, and hit the road! You could explore the Reykjanes Peninsula and soak in the Blue Lagoon(after 9 AM) on your way into Reykjavik. Overnight in a Fosshótel in Reykjavík or similar.

Day 2
Visit Kerið volcanic crater, Gullfoss waterfall and Geysir hot springs, then drive along scenic Hvalfjord, and north to explore the Borgarfjörður Valley with waterfalls, hot springs and lots of saga and historic sites. Spend 2 nights at Fosshótel Reykholt or similar.

Day 3
Snæfellsnes Peninsula awaits you. Visit and view the many old houses of the pretty fishing village Stykkishólmur. A special attraction is the glacier covered volcano, Snæfellsjökull. If the weather allows, you could take an optional snow sledge tour to the top.

Day 4
North to Skagafjörður, the Valley of the Horses. There’s time to take in some river rafting, a ride on Icelandic horses, or to drive Vatnsnes Peninsula and explore the seal colony at Hindisvík. Overnight at Fosshótel Áning in Saudakrokur or similar.

Day 5
Drive across the broad valley and perhaps north to the isolated town of Siglufjörður, stopping at the historic church and equine university at Hólar, and the emmigration center at Hofsos. Visit Akureyri, the second largest town in the country, and then east to see Goðafoss, the Waterfall of the Gods. Spend two nights at Fosshótel Laugar or Fosshótel Húsavík or similar.

Day 6
You could take a whale watching cruise in Húsavík and a visit to the unique Whale Museum. Drive around Tjörnes Peninsula to Hljóðaklettar for a pretty walk before you visit Ásbyrgi and Europe’s most powerful waterfall, Dettifoss.

Day 7
Explore the natural wonders of Lake Mývatn, the hot springs at Námaskarð and the lava fields at Krafla. Fly back to Reykjavík and enjoy a walk through the center of Reykjavík, sampling some night life, maybe! Overnight at a Fosshótel in Reykjavík or similar.

Day 8
Morning to relax, see Reykjavik, do museums, shops, pools or the Blue Lagoon. Drop car at airport and hop on plane for home!

There's a PDF with The Fly North Drive West Driving Tour Itinerary outline


Or phone Toll Free 888 686-6784

Price*per person, double occupancy 8 days/ 7 nights

Summer June, July and August
B car (VW Golf) $3080
or with an F Car (Suzuki Jimmy 4Wheel Drive 4WD) $3394

May & Sept.
B car (VW Golf) $2103
F Car (Suzuki Jimmy 4Wheel Drive 4WD) $2234

*These prices Do NOT include lunch, dinner, gasoline, tolls, and US departure taxes that may run up to $85 but which may change. Additional airline fuel charges added after March 1 '08 wiill also be extra.

*Prices are per person, double occupancy and include international flights from Boston, Baltimore, New York, Minneapolis, or Orlando (ask for prices from Toronto, Halifax, or Europe), a car of chosen size with unlimited miles, VAT, airport drop off and second driver fees, a double room with private bath, for the specified number of nights in a Fosshotel, or similar, with breakfast and an itinerary outline with ideas. *NOT included are lunch, dinner, gasoline, tolls, CDW coverage and US departure taxes that are $92 in November 2007, but subject to change, until the flight is booked. For all tours we offer, no price is final until we have received a deposit and booked your tour. Additional airline fuel charges added after March 1 '08 wiill also be extra.

Prices are for travel commencing in the month or

season listed.


Once you’ve picked your tour it gets easy! We send you our registration form, via e- or regular mail, which you complete and return to us with legal names, addresses for deliveries, and info on payment. We book your plane seats and the tour with Fosshotels in Iceland, and can confirm this to you usually within a week of receiving your deposit. You’ll get some useful travel info with your deposit confirmation, and we can suggest several guidebooks to help in planning your trip. Final payment is due 90 days before your departure, then you’ll receive a final package with tickets, itinerary, vouchers, travel literature etc. within a couple weeks of getting final payment to us. Then all you have to do is relax and get ready enjoy Iceland!

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