Ring Road around Iceland in 8 days – Itinerary for a family trip
One of our dream trips was go to visit Iceland. I can remember the exact moment that my curiosity for Iceland started. It was all because one of the most beautiful music videos i hever seen in my live. It was back in 2008 that Sigur Rós released the video from the music Svefn-g-englar. I was overwhelmed whit all the beauty in the video, it was perfect and, the landscapes were WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! I have to go there. You can see the video on youtube.
We decided to spend 8 days/7 night in Iceland and, during those days, we wood have to go around all the Island. Its almost 2000 kms and, whit a child, we would have to be very, very prepared. All the blogs we were reading about the trip said it was important to book in advance the accommodation. But Iceland isn’t famous for the big offer on Hotels.
The big problem (one of the problems, the other one was the fact that is all so expensive!!!) was that there’s not much offer and, if you can’t stay in one town, maybe there’s the problem that you wood have to travel more 50 Kms to the next one. And, whit a child, that could be a big problem. And the same whit food, there’s not much offer so, we tried to plan in advance and found some affordable places to eat near the places we would sleep.
But now we live in a “different world” and, airplaine tickets are much less expensive than they were in 2008, do we decided: “We are going to ICELAND”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, with a lot of planning, we decided for the following plan:
So, with a lot of planning, we decided for the following plan:
Day 1- Landing on Keflavik airport,rent the car, and sleep in Reykjavik - 50kms
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2- Reykjavik here our one day itinerary in Reykjavik for a family trip.
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Itinerary
1- Keflavik airport2- Reykjavik here our one day itinerary in Reykjavik for a family trip.
Itinerary
1- Thingvellir
2- Geyser
3- Gullfos
4- Kerið
5- Selfoss
6- Hella
Day 3- From Hella to Hofn -350 Kms
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Itinerary
1- Seljalandsfoss Waterfall
2- Eyjafjallajökull Visitor Center
3- Skógafoss Waterfall
4- Airplane Wreck
5- Dyrhólaey
6- Black Sand Beach of Vik
7- Svínafellsjökull Glacier
8- Fjallsárlón Glacier Lagoon
9- Hofn
Day 4- From Hofn to Reykjahlíð -350 Kms
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Itinerary
1- Fjord Berufjörður
2- Road 939
3- Lagarfljót
4- Egilsstaðir
5- Dettifoss
6- Delfoss
7- Námafjall or Námaskarð
8- Reykjahlíð
9- Grjotagja Cave, the "Game of Thrones Cave"
10- Daddi’s Pizza, Vogar
Day 5- From Reykjahlíð to Akureyri -100 kms
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Itinerary
1-Mývatn lake
2- Husavik
3- Whale Watching Tour
4- Akureyri
Day 6- From Akureyri to Borgarnes - 311 Kms
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Itinerary
1- Blonduos
2- Hrútafjörður
3- Grabrók
4- Deildartunguhver
5- Hraunfossar Waterfalls
6- Barnafoss Waterfalls
7- Bogarnes
Day 7- From Borgarnes to Keflavik 110 kms
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Itinerary
1- Reykjavik
2- BSI Cafetaria
3- Bridge between Continents
4- Blue Lagoon
5- Keflavik
Day 8- Return home
Iceland is not a cheap country to visit and has several challenges. In addition to the price of accommodation, it is also necessary to count on the reduced offer, especially taking into account that the number of visitors in the country increases each year.
For those who travel with children, we recommend that you carry out this trip already with reservations made and, the sooner you do, the better prices you will get. In our case, the vast majority of the lodgings were made ten months in advance and it is the best, in our opinion, especially for those who travel between June and September, the most visited months.
Besides the importance of booking stay in advance (one of the nightmares for those traveling with children is having to sleep in the car in the middle of Iceland), another of the issues to take into account when planning a family trip to Iceland is to take into account the food.
We recommend that you fill your car with snacks from the beginning (we recomend to buy near Reykjavik, the offer is bigger, find out that and more ckicking HERE to see how you can save money on your trip to Iceland), which can be very useful because, throughout the country, you are going to face several hours of travel with no offer available.
We recommend you to plan ahead, because they can be very useful. You can click HERE to find a set of ideas that will help you plan your family trip to Iceland, and we would also like to invite you to accompany the different days of our trip, as they will certainly help you plan your Family Trip to Iceland. We can promise: you will love Iceland for sure.
For those who travel with children, we recommend that you carry out this trip already with reservations made and, the sooner you do, the better prices you will get. In our case, the vast majority of the lodgings were made ten months in advance and it is the best, in our opinion, especially for those who travel between June and September, the most visited months.
Besides the importance of booking stay in advance (one of the nightmares for those traveling with children is having to sleep in the car in the middle of Iceland), another of the issues to take into account when planning a family trip to Iceland is to take into account the food.
We recommend that you fill your car with snacks from the beginning (we recomend to buy near Reykjavik, the offer is bigger, find out that and more ckicking HERE to see how you can save money on your trip to Iceland), which can be very useful because, throughout the country, you are going to face several hours of travel with no offer available.
We recommend you to plan ahead, because they can be very useful. You can click HERE to find a set of ideas that will help you plan your family trip to Iceland, and we would also like to invite you to accompany the different days of our trip, as they will certainly help you plan your Family Trip to Iceland. We can promise: you will love Iceland for sure.