Small-Group Golden Circle, Blue Lagoon with Ticket & Kerid Crater
Description
The Golden Circle and the Blue Lagoon are the two most popular sights to visit in Iceland. Book this small group day tour and enjoy visiting both the Golden Circle and the Blue Lagoon in a relaxing fun filled day. Admission to all sights, also the Blue Lagoon, is included in the tour price so as soon as you have booked you can relax and start looking forward to your adventure. Your first stop is at the Thingvellir National Park, the UNESCO listed World Heritage Site. This is where the American and Eurasian tectonic plates meet, which allows you the unique feeling of having one foot in each world. Next destination is the famous Geysir Hot Spring. Watch Strokkur erupt every few minutes up to 30 meters high. Here you can buy a lunch during the stop. Gullfoss the Golden Waterfall is next and will amaze you with its beauty and raw power. Adding even more, you will visit the Kerid Volcanic Crater before heading off the Blue Lagoon for a relaxing end to a great day.
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Itinerary
The Golden Circle route is the most popular in Iceland and for very good reasons. It offers a wide varity of beautiful and famous sites and attraction, including the UNESCO listed Thingvellir National Park, the powerful Geysir geothermal area and the magical Gullfoss Waterfall with a visit to the Kerid Volcanic Crater added in for even more fun experiences
You will discover Thingvellir which is the old site of the Icelandic parliament, a UNESCO World Heritage Site listed for its amazing nature and rich history.
Laugarvatn sits next to a beautiful lake of the same name in a geothermally active area. The plumes of super-heated vapor billowing into the air in this area are used by the locals to bake rye bread in the ground!
Witness the amazing world famous Geysir hot spring and its active neighbour Strokkur, erupting up 30 meters high every few minutes. During this stop here, you can buy food and drinks, including a full lunch if you wish.
Gullfoss, the Golden Waterfall, will greet you with it´s amazing beauty and power.
Visit the spectacular Kerid Volcanic Crater, a 3000 year old crater which is 55 meters deep.
A drive through Reykjanes Peninsula admiring vast lava fields, cone volcanoes and stunning views of the Atlantic Ocean before we arrive in the Blue Lagoon.
Take a relaxing bath at the unique and famous Blue Lagoon, enjoy the hot water and fantastic facilities. Included in the tour is the Blue Lagoon Comfort Admission ticket, which in addition to the access offers free use of towel, 1 Silica Mud mask and 1 non-alcoholic drink of your choice.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Please note that Nicetravel offers free pickup and drop off from hotels within Reykjavik. As buses are not allowed to drive in certain areas of Reykjavik centre, your pick up may be from the nearest bus stop. After receiving your pickup information, we will notify you of your exact pick up location. If you do not require hotel pickup, you can meet the tour at Nicetravel office in Fiskislóð 45M, 101 Reykjavik. Please notify Nicetravel directly if you intend to use this option and be there before 08:20 (if 9 AM departure is chosen) or 9:20 (if 10 AM departure is chosen). Pickup starts 30 minutes before departure so please be ready at your pickup location 30 minutes before the departure and look out for a bus with NICE travel logos. The estimated duration of the tour is 11 hours so guests can expect to be dropped off at their original pick up location around 8:00pm (if 9am departure is chosen) or around 9:00pm (if 10am departure is chosen) Please note when making plans after the tour ends that these drop off times can be impacted by weather, traffic and driving conditions on the travel date.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accommpanied by an adult. Minimum age is 5 years old. Children seats/cushions are available for free upon request
- Blue Lagoon: Children aged 2-11 share a locker with parent. A drink and towel are included with a child pass
Reviews(6,367)
My friends and I, a party of 8, took this tour August 2026 with Filip as our driver/tour guide. It was amazing! We had incredible weather and Filip gave us extra time at the various stops to really enjoy the beautiful scenery. He had a lot to say about the landscape and area as we drove from location to location, complete with relevant tunes. Some of the other people on our tour said Filip's driving was scary, but I never felt unsafe. My only wish is that I could have spent 2 days going through all the stops and seeing things in greater depth.
Excellent 7 day tour. Our guide Thorah was informative, friendly and funny. Very nice way to tour Iceland and leave the troubles of logistics behind.
Great tour guide, very friendly with rich experience. Hotel arrangements are also great.
Really good way to see what makes Iceland special if you’re on a short schedule. Axel,our guide was very knowledgeable
Our tour guide, Kristoff (sp?), made this such a fantastic experience. It was our first full day in Iceland and getting to see such amazing places around the Golden Circle was incredible. My favorite part, however, is something that isn't even advertised: as we were traveling to Blue Lagoon, Kristoff shared with us the experiences of the recent new volcanism on the Reykjanes Peninsula, including explaining about the new and old roads, showing where the lava had gone, the walls built to keep it out, and touring us briefly through the abandoned city of Grindavik. He also showed us some amazing photos he took during the years of fissure eruptions. We really enjoyed the whole day - Thingvellir (no thorn, sorry), Geysir, waterfalls, Blue Lagoon, all of it! As with any tour of this scope, it can be difficult to balance the driving distance and time with actual experienced time at the sites, but this one struck a happy medium for sure.
The overall experience of visiting all the locations listed in the itinerary was fantastic. Gilli was very knowledgeable of the area, well managed the time, and fastibating story about Vikings. My 4 stars rating is due to the communication about meeting point. Pickup and drop at the hotel was the selling point for us. Traveling first day in foreign country would always be helpful to be picked and dropoff. Other than that Gulli made the tour excellent. We’d strongly recommended to reserve this tour. The Blue Lagoon was the saving for the best for last.
We use nice tours through Tripadvisor. We had an excellent guide by the name of Philip, who’s been with nice tours for five years and very knowledgeable about the stops and commentary throughout the trip.
Everything about this tour was fantastic! Our guide, Walter, was particularly great...informative, entertaining and hilarious! Communication with this tour operator was easy and seamless as well.
They pickup us at the hotel, and started the tour, each place is unique and more amazing than other! Spectacular visits.
Lorri was a great tour guide. With excellent knowledge of the area. And lots of interesting information.
