Iceland Travel Forum

Hi there!

My girlfriend and I (we're both 24) are going to Iceland from the 1st of june to the 14th of June 2008, and we're looking for travelling buddies!
We thought it could be smart to share the cost of a car rental, because we're trying to do this trip the cheapest way possible...

We had in mind to rent a car to go and see the westfjords, either renting a compact car or a 4x4. For the moment the approximate budget is 500€ for 4 days with a compact car, gasoline included. As I said, this is only conjecture based on the price of gas over there...

We're planning our trip as follows :

- 4 days of road trip from Reykjavik to the Westfjords and back to Reykjavik.
- take a bus pass in the south (120iskr) to Skatafjael, and back to Landmannalaugar.
- from Landmannalaugar go for a trek to Skogar or Thorsmork (5 days I think).
- go back to Reykjavik maybe with one or 2 more stops
- 1 or 2 days in Reykjavik and fly back home on the 14th of June

We'll wait for your comments and advices maybe? We still have many questions about conditions of the trek, weather forecast, buses rates, accessibility of westfjords by car...
We can also change this planning, it is not final...

Cheers!

Julien

I'm going to Iceland next week and have rented a car. The one thing that I was told and have seen in many guides is that you should check out if there's any roads called F<number> (for ex. F305) in your itinerary and if there are, then you can only drive those with a 4x4 or your insurance will be void if you use a compact car.

Also, they recommend you check the weather before driving out. The place to do so is http://www.vegagerdin.is/english/ - hope it helps.

The bus to Landmannalaugar won't run before 15 June. You should also contact Ferðafélags Íslands to ask if the mountainhuts on the trail are already open. http://www.fi.is