10 EASY Day Trips from Reykjavik

A very popular way to travel to Iceland is to base in Reykjavik and take day trips to the beautiful sights.

There is so much beauty around Iceland that you really can’t go wrong with where you choose. Hiking, waterfalls, glaciers…it’s like a choose your own adventure country!

Here are my favorite day trips out of Reykjavik!

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[bethyluhu]

I'm basically using this guide to plan my whole week-long honeymoon trip in August!

[jamessinks]

Thanks for including the Hiking Times- Very useful.

[paulczubryt]

Great channel Jeannie. I just got back from Iceland 2 days ago and it was an amazing experience. And I had an incredible thing happen to me. I'm a quarter Icelandic on my mom's side. I visited the Emigration Center in Hofsós and discovered that I have living relatives in Iceland! We in Canada had no idea!! I got to meet my cousins in Reykjavik and it was great! There's a lot more to this story, so I'm just giving the shortened version. But it was crazy!!

[victoriaparraga]

Thank you, Jeannie. I am staying 15 days in Reykjavik and will take some of these tours. Others I planned with Citywalk and wakeupreykjavik. Keep it up!

[kcross]

Hey Jeannie, I have your excellent self drive guide to the Highlands. What a fantastic read and brilliant planning aid! Love the fact you've plotted campsites around the island and the interior - with the all important toilets!! Can you drop in at these places to use the facilities without actually staying on the campsite?

[cindysalamanderski]

Omg baby Jeanie, you hit the right spot with this

[bichannel]

All your videos are so informative and can’t wait to head to Iceland :)

[ildebrandomoraesdesouza]

Always good tips. Thank you, Jennie! Best regards from Brazil.

[JohnS-umlm]

Hi, going to be there on a stop in Reykjavik in June on a cruise ship and only have 24 hours to see the most we can. Would love to here your opinion. Also have about 8 hours on another stop in
Akureyri the next day. Thanks for any help you can offer us.
Already know we’re going to need a car.

[Draimanuchi]

Subtitles at 2:43 "It's comprised of how a fox yell robots and Gowan".

[juliecampbell]

Perfect video for us. We got a 9 day stay at an air bnb in town so we are looking to base all our sight seeing from there. Thank you so much for your amazing insight. We will for sure share our adventures in the end of July!!! O am recommended your channel to everyone considering a trip

[amjohn]

Hello Jeannie! Your videos make me so attractive. Thanks. I'm really excited about my Iceland trip.

[paulczubryt]

I visited Heimey while in Iceland, and one thing I'd suggest is, unless you plan to take the ferry first thing in the morning, take your car. Heimey was not as walkable as I thought; I caught the 5 PM ferry and left my car on the mainland, thinking I could walk everywhere. Well, I was very wrong. I only had 3 hours before the last ferry of the day and it can take an hour just to walk to the puffin lookout alone. I had enough time to walk around "Pompey of the North" ( a big area ) and get supper at Tanginn before heading back. I was pretty bummed.

[cindysalamanderski]

I’m going to go very hard with a lot of time in the Golden circle!!!

[lmaodarius]

is driving at night in april hard? from reyk to reynisfjara .. trying to catch the sunrise there for a photography/videography project ! i would want to start driving at like 1-2 am

[PerdidosnaEuropa]

Really nice! You could do more videos about daily life in Iceland, I'm planning to move next year and it's not so easy to find nice content about the country like yours :)

[brianberg]

Next week my 12 year old son and I are going to Iceland for 5 nights. Is the food tour too much for the first day? Any other do’s and don’t’s for traveling with teens? This will be the first stop, then Norway, Denmark, Switzerland….

[zerorayne]

Thanks for making great and informative videos! Quick question, how long is the hike to the hot river spring?

[syahidisafian]

Hello! Did you think these day trips could be done if I were to drive, or public transport?

[georgiarn]

Hi Jeannie! Love all your videos. My husband and I always like getting advice from those who live where we will be travelling to! We kind of impulsively booked 5 days in Iceland during US Thanksgiving Holiday and so I am trying to put everything together! Since it is Winter we are doing day trips, so we don't have to drive in ice and snow!