Planning an Iceland trip and don't know where to start?
Six questions, in the order they matter: when, how long, who with, budget, car or tours, where to sleep. We point you to the answer for each one.
Iceland Day Plans: Hour by Hour, From People Who Live Here
Day plans
Not itineraries. A guided path through what we already know, hour by hour.
Why these exist
You can read our packing page, our driving page and our South Coast guide, and still not know what to do at 09:00 on Tuesday. A day plan puts those pages in order: leave at this hour, stop here for this long, consider this, skip that if the wind is up, and be honest about when you will actually get home. Every line traces back to a page we keep updated. Nothing here is generated or guessed.
A South Coast day
When to leave, how long each stop really takes, and when to turn around
A Golden Circle day
The easiest driving day in Iceland, and how to not rush it
A Reykjavík day
No car, everything walkable, and a plan that survives bad weather
More days are coming
We would rather have three day plans that are genuinely right than twenty that read like everyone else's. Snæfellsnes and a two day South Coast are next. If there is a day you wish someone had planned for you, tell us on the about page.