Akureyri & North Iceland travel guides

Guides and advice

Plan your stay like a local

Honest answers to the questions we are asked most often.

Compare a 2.5-hour Goðafoss trip at €68.40 with six-hour Mývatn excursions and an independent walk from Akureyri harbour.

The official food walk lasts three hours and visits five local stops. Compare it with Akureyri’s historic path and an Arctic coast tasting tour.

The eight-hour Diamond Circle tour from Akureyri costs €193. Compare its route and lunch with driving the 250-kilometre circuit yourself.

The Forest Lagoon ticket with towel and drink costs €70. What is included, how the time slot works and who should skip it.

Compare Hrísey’s 2026 ferry from Árskógssandur with a six-hour Siglufjörður coast tour and decide which North Iceland day trip fits.

The 3.5-hour Ljósavatn ice-fishing tour costs €140. Check season, transport, equipment and who should choose a longer expedition.

A six-hour Lake Mývatn tour from Akureyri costs €170. See what fits into the day, what is included, and when driving yourself is better.

Compare Akureyri aurora tours from €99, the late-August to April viewing season, forecasts and the limits of every northern-lights hunt.

The seven-hour Skagafjörður farm tour costs €244 and combines Icelandic horses, changing farm life and a VR reconstruction of 1238.

Compare whale watching from Akureyri and Húsavík: two or three hours, €170 for the RIB and €102 for the classic ship.

Other places in the region — same approach, their own tours: