Icelands Classic Ring Road - from/to Reykjavik

Highlights of this trip: Reykjavik - Thingvellir National Park - Vik - Skaftafell National Park - Höfn - Seyoisfjördur - Husavik - Akureyri - Laugarbakki - Barnafossar - Keflavik

Summary
Pick up in:

Reykjavik

Return in:

Reykjavik

Travel Days:

8 days

Distance:

1700 km

1
Reykjavik
0 km
Pick-up your motorhome or camper near the airport of Keflavik. Get known with your new home on wheels.. Stop at the next supermarket and drive to the first campground.
Approx. driving time: 
2
Reykjavik - Thingvellir National Park - Vik
225 km
Drive across one of the most beautiful landscape of Iceland. Rich green neadows, superb alpine landscape witha numerous glaciers and geysirs. All this you find in the Thingvellir National Park, national shrine of Iceland.
Approx. driving time: 3 hours 5 minutes
3
Vik - Skaftafell National Park - Höfn
277 km
Drive to the southernmost point of Iceland, to the peninsula of Dyrholaey. There is a gigantic black arch of lava standing in the sea, which gave the peninsula its name "the hilll-island with the door-hole". In the summertime many seabirds and puffins nest on the cliffs. Shorte hike to the waterfall Svartifoss in the Skaftafell National Park.
Approx. driving time: 3 hours 25 minutes
4
Höfn - Seyoisfjördur
212 km
Drive along rugged fjords and numerous harbour villages. The tongue of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier and the luminous blue icebergs are the major attraction in Jökulsarlon.
Approx. driving time: 3 hours 5 minutes
5
Seyoisfjördur - Husavik
246 km
Drive across the nice area of Myvatn. The lake and its surrounding wetlands have an exceptionally rich fauna of waterbirds, especially ducks. The name of the lake comes from the huge numbers of midges to be found there in the summer. Numerous hot springs and bizarr lava formations. A paradise for bird and nature lovers. Good chances to see whales in Husavik.
Approx. driving time: 3 hours
6
Husavik - Akureyri - Laugarbakki
277 km
Drive across green valleys to Akureyri. This is the most important city of the northern part of Iceland. Drive along the fjords, with luck, seals can be seen.
Approx. driving time: 3 hours 20 minutes
7
Laugarbakki - Barnafossar - Reykjavik
262 km
On the way to Reykjavik, visit the lava waterfalls Hraunfossar and Barnafossar. The last chance to take a bath, is at the blue lagoon near the airport.
Approx. driving time: 3 hours 15 minutes
8
Reykjavik - Keflavik
53 km
Drive to Keflavik and drop off your vehicle.
Approx. driving time: 50 minutes
Our vehicles in Iceland

4x4 Pick-up Camper

4x4 Pick-up Camper PopTop

4x4 Pick-up Camper with shower + toilet

4x4 SUV with rooftent

4x4 Truck Camper PopTop

B-Class Motorhome

C-Class Motorhome

California Camper PopTop

Campervan California PopTop

Campervan with shower + toilet

Sleepervan large

Sleepervan small

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