Iceland Travel Forum

Hi there,

I'm leaving for iceland tomorrow for 4 days. My current itinerary is to spend a day in rejk, a day at the blue lagoon, and a day doing the golden circle (golfoss, geysir etc.)

What do people recommend for my 4th day? I plan to rent a car and am debating 1) driving north to the Snaelfellsness peninsula/borgarnes or 2) driving south to Vik / skogar / Skaftafell... which trip would you do if you could only do 1??

Thanks!!!

Ashleigh

I opted for snaelfellness. just when you arrive in borgarnes, you cross a bridge on route one. Across the bridge there are petrol stations and a tourist information office (and a camping). They have a nice brochure. Skip Borgarnes itself though, it's very boring. If you stay onh the north coast of snaelfellness highlights include: beach at bulgur hotel, bird clifs at arnastapi and seals at ytri banki. It is all in the brochure i mentioned. One day for the blue lagoon may be a bit much. btw you can visit three art museums with one ticket (6$) in Rejk, I only did one but I wish I did all three. I hope you have a great journey! Jealous greetings from Belgium.

I'm leaving for iceland tomorrow for 4 days. My current itinerary is to spend a day in rejk, a day at the blue lagoon, and a day doing the golden circle (golfoss, geysir etc.)

What do people recommend for my 4th day? I plan to rent a car and am debating 1) driving north to the Snaelfellsness peninsula/borgarnes or 2) driving south to Vik / skogar / Skaftafell... which trip would you do if you could only do 1??

Hi there,
That's a difficult one. We went last May for roughly the same amount of time. We gave one day to Golden Circle, One day to Vik, One day to Snaelfellsness Peninsula (this was a long drive but worth it). . I agree if you can do it you are better to do both Vik and Snaelfellsness Peninsula as they are both very different and do Blue Lagoon early in the morning or late at night as it really won't take that much of your day. See we didn't do the Rejk for the day. Vik has much more things to break your journey up on the way like Skofoss and tip of Myrdals-jokull (glacier) which was easy to get through from the road and i totally recommend. The road to Vik is easier to drive as well as it's route 1 main highway and therefore is a shorter journey. They are very different it's a tough call! My boyfriend says Vik. I am undecided.

If you are only hiring a car for a day do your research and look around on the web for the best deal. For a trip to Vik you can get away with the smallest car (Nisan Micra type) as it is a main road. We used ATAK for hiring a car for 3 days and they were very good, came and picked us up from our Guesthouse.