Iceland Golden Circle Highlights: Top Things to Do

Come with us as we explore Iceland's amazing Golden Circle, filled with waterfalls, geysers, a giant crater, and tectonic plates? All within about 90 minutes of each other?! This is one incredible adventure that you have to experience for yourself.

In this video, we start at Gullfoss. If you're doing the entire Golden Circle in one day (which is totally possible – a roundtrip circle trip from Reykjavik is about 3.5 hours of driving, plus you’ll want about 5 hours of total visiting time at the sites), you'll likely start in Reykjavik and then head east, with your first stop at Kerid Crater. We cover Kerid Crater at the end of this video because although it is still a highlight of the Golden Circle, in our minds it’s the least impressive part. If you want to map out your route, here are your stops: Start in Reykjavik ➡️ Kerid Crater ➡️ Gullfoss ➡️ Geysir & Strokkur ➡️ Bruarfoss ➡️ Thingvellir National Park ➡️ Back to Reykjavik.

If you still have questions after watching the video, ask us in the comments! We respond to everything.

Timestamps for all the places we visited in this video:

0:00 Gullfoss
2:20 Geysir and Strokkur
6:57 Bruarfoss
8:30 Thingvellir National Park
13:38 Isa’s worst nightmare
14:45 Kerid Crater

Thanks for watching!

-Brian

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"Circus Clown" by Ian Post
"Funster" by Young Rich Pixies
"Morning Sun" by Will Van De Crommert

Filmed on on May 2, 2023 on a Canon G7X Mark II. Sorry about the speck of dust! It's on the inside of the lens and I can't clean it. :(

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About PerfectLittlePlanet:

I'm Brian and my wife is Isa. We travel A LOT. We're all about making memories and creating great experiences. We try to stay positive and optimistic and show you everything our perfect little planet has to offer.

Thanks so much for watching, liking, and commenting! We really appreciate you spending your time with us! We hope you have a great day and experience something new today!

[susanmurrah]

Thank you for responding. We are going in the beginning of September and plan to do the South Coast. I have watched so many of these videos and yours was by far the best!! 😊

[susanmurrah]

Great video! Going to Iceland next September. What month were you guys there?

[Gazothegreat]

Great videos could you share where you stayed and what hotels you used etc. I am planning on going with the family in a couple of years

[elizabethtaylor]

Hello,

I just watched your Iceland videos and had a few questions.

If you don’t mind me asking, about how much was the trip aside from flight? (Accommodation, car rental food) and for food did you eat out or food shop?

Also, how many days total were you there?

My husband and I are looking to go in the summer and doing as much research as possible!

Thanks!
Elizabeth