Private Golden Circle and Secret Lagoon Tour from Reykjavik
Description
Head north to the Golden Circle on this private 10-hour tour. See the natural beauty of Thingvellir National Park before going to enjoying the relaxing pools of the hot springs in the Secret Lagoon. Get picked up from your hotel and transported between sites by private vehicle.
Tour Options
Itinerary
First, take you through the Reykjavik greater area in the direction of Thingvellir National Park. This is a fantastic place to learn about the history of Iceland. You will enjoy walking between the American and Eurasian tectonic plates, seeing beautiful waterfalls, as well as the original parliament building, the birthplace of Icelandic government.
Here you will have the option to take a break, shop for souvenirs, eat and get coffee. Or continue on to Gulfoss (Golden Waterfall). It is one of the area’s most beautiful waterfalls and deep history. If you like rainbows, you are almost sure to see one here.
You will be at the most eastern point from Reykjavik so turn back here and visit the Kerid Crater. This is a great opportunity for photos. You can enjoy it from the rim or, if you are adventurous, you can hike down to the beautiful blue pool at the bottom of the crater.
By this time, you will be ready for a relaxing swim at the Secret Lagoon located at the geothermal area of the Fludir Village. In many ways, this small pool outshines all other geothermal baths in the country.
Mercury Grail Icelandic Adventures is your tour operator. Remember. It is worth to ask, and book multiple tours with the same operator since it can be more friendly, more private and for a lower price.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We will call or write to the travellers for exact pickup location. Most of our customers are picked up in hotel.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- There is a minimum of 2 adults required per booking
- Suitable to bring rain jacket, towel and swimming wear
Reviews(82)
Andres was our tour guide. There was four of us. He picked us up from the Ship terminal at the correct time without any issues. We had requested a modification of out tour and he was glad to do so. Andres was very friendly and professional. He told us about the points of interest that we visited. He also made suggestions of what to see at the different stops. Our tour lasted a little over nine hours and it was well worth the time. Andres is a very good tour guide. We all enjoyed the tour. If you are considering this tour, and it is available, then take it. You will be glad you did. Thanks Andres for a most enjoyable day! Jeff P.
Dear Jeff, We have been in communication long before your arrival. Since we first heard about it on the phone, I knew exactly what I could expect. My feeling and experience with a people wasn´t wrong. You all are really outstanding people. Not only you are experienced in travelling. Traveling and guiding with you makes some special feelings since it was very obvious you are travelling to see new things, educate about nature, history, and country culture. What you are not. Absolutely you aren´t travellers doing selfie for Facebook profile. Thank you for this wonderful review, and I hope we will see each other again. Andres
We had a fabulous 2 days with Andres, visiting both the Reykjanes Peninsula and Golden Circle. Andres has a great knowledge of both Iceland’s history and geography and was happy to flex the arrangements to meet our needs.
Dear Jeremy, Thank you for trusting my experience and for being there with me that day with you. When we started tour at the first day, I knew exactly you will enjoy Iceland visiting and I wasn´t wrong. Besides, you are both outstanding and experienced travellers. Those kinds of people enjoying even more than those travelling just to make a new picture for replacment of the cover on Facebook. :) I really hope we will meet again one day. Kind regards Andres
Fabulous tour! Pick up at cruise terminal great- we disembarked quite a bit earlier than expected and Andres change time accordingly. He was knowledgeable, customized stops to our interests and weather as well. Fascinating info and history about Iceland. He explained what to expect at Secret Lagoon- the locker room was interesting. He guided us when and where needed, and knew when to let us do our own thing. Hope to do northern lights tour with him on the future. Highly recommend 😎
Dear GBHFL, It was my pleasure to be that day with you. It is a tour mixed with geology, history and some atractions. Most of all you have been interested on tour and that kind of travellers get always more out of day. I would really like to be with you again, even on the Northern Lights tour. They are just around the corner after a few months. Thank you for everything and for this wonderful review. Andres
Andres was an excellent tour guide. His was an informative and well planned tour. We had a wonderful experience seeing the sites of the Golden Circle that included a walk through the tectonic divide, ice cream at a farm (while the cows who produced our tasty treat looked on), relaxing dip into the Old Pool, volcanoe walk, Gullfoss Waterfall. All with explanations and history of the sites we visited! 5 stars!🤗🤗
586dor. It was also a very special day for me. Once I come back home with a fresh mind, relaxed, happy, than it means customers on the tour have been outstanding. That day I came back home relaxed and fresh. It is important to say that I have in the majority guests like you. Most likely, it is a result of my previous work and the kind of strategy I built on my own. You told me about countries visited in the past time. I really hope, those who operated tours for you, appreciated with whom they have been or what type of customers they had. Somehow I feel we will meet again. Andres
Andres provided and informative tour including the best sites along the route, including the secret lagoon and gallons fals.
Dear Mark_M, I really enjoyed travel with you and your wife. It was something like a new but old experience for me. Difficult to explain from my side, but if we meet again, I can easy tell you my feeling which is completely positive. I wish you a happy rest of vacations and a happy flight back home. Andres
Great tour of the important stops near Reykjavik. Really enjoyed the day. The Secret Lagoon is must visit. Forget the overcrowded and overpriced Blue and Sky. Tour was great value for the money.
Scott, It was a day. Good weather, I noticed you enjoyed and I really feel all the time of tour somehow relaxed. The rason is you were relaxed and interested in nature, history, geology and more. When I read your review, I noticed an error I had made. We didn´t take any pictures together. Pictures are by the time history and it is important even if you would never visit Iceland again. If you will, still much better. Thank you for such a wonderful review. Andres
We had a really nice and enjoyable private tour with Andres. We covered all the top natural places to see in the Reykjavík area. Andres provided a good balance between offering history and related stories of each site and free time to explore on our own. There were restrooms available at most stops and a lunch break on our own was scheduled with an interesting story about the owner of the restaurant. We were also blessed with good weather which helped make our day. We highly recommend this tour. Thank you Andres for a lovely day in Iceland.
Manuel and D, Thank you for this wonderful review. You also made my day, since we didn´t hit only good weather on spots. You also are the kind of people enjoying travelling, wanted to know more about places or history and more than that. Always people with more interests get also more out of the tours. I believe it is not Icelandic-specific. Those kinds of people find something interesting in all countries. Since you are appreciative travellers, I made a little more than promised, just to remember Iceland stronger and better.
Andres was amazing and incredibly knowledgeable and flexible. Highly recommend this company. Would do it again
Judith. Thank you for being my guests yesterday. You really are wonderful, and making a private tour with people like you is enjoyable. You have also been interesting on Icelandic nature and all this tour offering however, we also spoke about other topics, not just nature only. I really hope we will meet each other again. Kind regards, Andres
We chose Andres for this private tour based on the reviews and were not disappointed: he delivered exactly what we had hoped for...We exchanged several messages in advance that allowed him time to work out a route that included everything on our list (except for one, which turned out to be further away than we realised and will have to wait for next time!) He collected us from the cruise terminal where we disembarked and whisked us off, managing to give a running commentary that blended history, politics, geology and general information about life in Iceland, as well as detail specific to the sights we had highlighted. We did not really concentrate in advance on details such as comfort breaks or lunch, but his experience meant that he could meet our every request. He is definitely a character - a kind soul whose patience and good humour made this adventure truly memorable. Our advice would be to ask as many questions as you like in advance, as well as during the tour...and cross your fingers that, like for us, the weather is kind on the day!!! (Although, even if it does rain, snow or hail, we suspect that Andres will just take that in his stride!)
Dear AmateurDuVino, First thank you to be my guest. I really was impresed how easy going people you are. We exchanged several WhatsApp messages, but it is just to polish tour better and I realized soon traveling with you will be good. About reviews. Thank you for that. As I told you during our tour, in my opinion, there is only one way to do that. All reviews must be authentic as this is the way previous travellers pass message to those upcoming. I am aware some companies are buying reviews, but it works only for a short time than they can shut down. Even those authentic travellers aren´t willing to review, actually a low percentage of them return and write a few words about the tour. Thank you very much for this wonderful review and I hope one day we will travel again together. Andres
What a great tour. The national park, waterfall, crater, and secret lagoon were amazing. The winter landscape made it that much more magical. Our guide Andres made sure that my wife knew we were celebrating her birthday. We would totally recommend the tour and Andres!
Thank you, Don for this amazing review. I enjoyed with you very much too, the places we visited aren´t new for me but I always find something new during the day. Not really new places, but new experience. The birthday of your wife wasn´t just a birthday since it is the big one. I believe that for such an occasion, something extra must be done. But you two created tour as well. Both interesting in nature, history and all followed our day. I wish you all the best and hope to see you again. Andres
