4-Day Iceland: Golden Circle, South Coast, Volcano Hike & Northern Lights
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40 Ratings
Embark on a 4-day adventure in Iceland, exploring the Golden Circle, South Coast, and witnessing the Northern Lights. Hike up a volcano and marvel at the beauty of the Icelandic winter landscape.
Duration: 4 days
Cancellation: 6 days learn more
Highlights

Reykjavík’s City Hall - Your tour starts with a morning Reykjavik pick up.

What's Included
  • 3 nights’ accommodation in a double/twin room
  • On-board WiFi access
  • Whale Watching Adventure
  • Daily breakfast included
  • Guided Volcano & Glacier Excursions
What's Not Included
  • Lunch & dinner
  • Single room fee for solo travelers
Additional Information

During this 4-day captivating tour of Iceland, you’ll have the chance to explore the magical attractions the country boasts in its winter season. You’ll be able to visit places such as the Golden Circle, South Coast, the newest erupted volcano, and the Northern Lights. This adventure is made all the more comfortable by travelling in a minibus under the guidance of a certified tour guide.

  • This tour includes accommodation in a Double/Twin room with a private bathroom. If you are a solo traveler and do not wish to share a room with another participant of the same gender then you can upgrade to a single room with the operator for a small fee directly after booking.
  • Luggage Allowance: Each participant is allowed a day backpack and one luggage bag weighing a maximum of 20kg. Luggage storage is offered for a small fee and can only be guaranteed if you book it beforehand. Reach out to the operator after booking to add this to your booking.
Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 7 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 3 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

Customer Ratings
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Laura
May 18, 2024
Great tour - 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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Kemmaine
Apr 22, 2024
Excellent experience - 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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Brenton
Mar 30, 2024
Best tour guide and itinerary - 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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Lmstravels2014
Jan 5, 2024
Excellent Guide and Tours - 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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Udayans2022
Sep 6, 2023
Gorgeous, amazing Iceland - 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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R8797qsjonathanm
Apr 9, 2023
Awesome Experience ! - 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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Laurasj7452uk
Apr 1, 2023
Excellent 4 day tour of Iceland in the winter - 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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Champs1000
Apr 10, 2023
Amazing lights, sites & tour guide - 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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938katian
Jan 4, 2024
organisation lacking but great guides! - 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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Sportyelle11
Oct 24, 2023
EXTREMELTY Disappointed & RUDE Customer Service - 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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