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Drive the Silver Circle with a private guide through lava fields, dramatic waterfalls, and Europe’s highest-flow hot spring. This full-day tour pairs geology with saga-era history and easy walks to the region’s best viewpoints.
Drive the Silver Circle with a private guide through lava fields, dramatic waterfalls, and Europe’s highest-flow hot spring. This full-day tour pairs geology with saga-era history and easy walks to the region’s best viewpoints.
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Operated by Absorb Iceland · Reykholt, Borgarfjörður
A low cloud lifts off the lava plains as your private guide eases the van onto a coastal road. Iceland’s west casts an austere welcome: black rock fields cut by bright rivers, birch copses clinging to hummocks, and steam rising from a hot spring that still smells faintly of minerals. Over ten hours you move through fjord tunnels, cross single-lane bridges, and step onto paths that lead to waterfalls that pour straight out of a lava field.
easy.
10 hours.
Suitable for most fitness levels; tour is vehicle-based with several short, easy walks (10–45 min each).
The tour is approximately 10 hours and typically includes pickup and drop-off within the Reykjavik Capital Area; confirm your pickup point when booking.
Most natural sites like Hraunfossar and Grábrók are free to visit; the itinerary notes admissions when applicable but transportation and guide services are included.
Yes—the day is vehicle-based with short walks; some viewpoints have uneven surfaces, so people with limited mobility should check specific stop accessibility in advance.
Tours are weather dependent. The operator may cancel for safety reasons and offers a refund if canceled at least 24 hours before departure.
Reykholt was home to Snorri Sturluson, author of parts of the Icelandic Sagas and the Prose Edda; many sites on the route are rooted in saga-era stories.
Several sites such as Hraunfossar and Barnafoss are protected reserves; visitors are asked to stick to trails to preserve delicate moss and geothermal features.
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