Golden Circle Small-Group Tour

Our guide, Simon, was amazing! He took us out and though we were headed to a spot an hour north of the city, he spotted some activity in the sky about 45 minutes into our trip, and pulled over to check it out. We ended up getting some beautiful photos and having a wonderful time as a group. Simon’s dry sense of humor was a hit with all, and we had an amazing night!! Highly recommend EastWest Travel - this is the second tour we’ve done with them, and they are excellent!

We enjoyed the Golden Circle, despite the terrible weather. We felt that the time spent at Thingvellir National Park, was not long enough. We got a rollicking for going down to where the open air parliament was located. It takes twenty minutes to walk down and twenty minutes of hard walking, to get back up. Our driver’s English was appalling and most of the time, you could not understand what he was saying. He stunk of cigarettes and had a persistent, annoying, very loud cough, either a smokers cough or possibly bronchitis. However, we put that to one side, so that we could get as much as we could, out of the tour. We particularly enjoyed the Geysir and the magnificent Gullfoss falls. With the right driver and nice weather, the Golden Circle would make for a great tour.

Our tour guide, David, did a great job with a less than optimal situation. The weather was awful, cold and rainy. Our experience deserves a really good rating because David made the best of a situation that nobody could control. The waterfalls, the thermal fields, the continental divide, all would have been better in better weather, but David made the best of it. Lunch was delightful.

A full day of one phenomenal experience after the other. I think the waterfall (Sellfoss) was my favorite for sheer enjoyment, but walking the edges of two colliding tectonic plates was the coolest of all. Volcano, check. Geyser, check. This day has it all. Our guide, Svarvar seemed quiet at first, but as the day went on he opened up and got on a roll and was quite fun. If you only have one day in Reykyavik, this has to be at the top of your list. Highly recommended.

The tour included a visit to Fridheimar Farm, but that did not happen. Still, the operator considered to refund part of the ride for this reason. Serious company, so I recommend, but it is important to validate first if the commercialized script will be executed.

We had a fabulous experience with our guide from Bus Travel Iceland, Joseph, who was a good driver and a very informative guide. We visited all the main sights of the Golden Circle plus the Frioheimar Farm The farm visit to the Equestrian centre for the horse riding demonstration and the tour through the tomato glasshouses was excellent. Both facilities are very impressive and we had a delicious lunch of tomato soup at the Wine bar restaurant which is part of the farm complex We would highly recommend this tour as it is very well organised and good value.

We really enjoyed the tour. Well planned and a lot of fun. The farm was extra special - I’ve never seen anything like that before - and lunch was superb as vegan and my partner as vegan and gluten free.

I was sent a reminder the day of the tour reminding me that it was that day at 9am. That was a change from 730am. We missed the trip because that info was incorrect.

Our guide for this tour was Agnes and she was wonderful!! She narrated our bus time with lots of facts about what we were seeing and gave clear directions on where to go once we departed the bus. The stops were perfect. Sad that we didn't get to have lunch at the tomato farm because they were fully booked. Seeing the food they were serving has us drooling! Overall, a great tour that moved along smoothly and included the best stops in the Golden Circle. Very happy.

We were picked up late due to mechanical issues, but I was in communication through my booking link. We still had the full tour and were even given a little extra time at each attraction. Our guide was very friendly and super knowledgeable about Iceland.

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