Family vacation in Iceland
Get in touch with Iceland´s most popular attractions on your own and with your family. Take your time and visit unique places with stunning landscape in only 8 days. Travel with your family around Iceland is easy.
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Family tour in South West Iceland
This tour is for families with children (2 adults and up to 2 children can stay in one family room or apartment), with the added bonus that a maximum of two children younger than 14 years of age stay free of charge in the room with their parents.
Driving is kept to a minimum and sites and activities should interest children of all ages.
Valid: April - October
For information and bookings contact: ontheroad@fosshotel.is
Self-drive version:
DAY 1: ARRIVAL AND BLUE LAGOON
Arrival in Iceland. If time allows, visit the Blue Lagoon and explore the Reykjanes peninsula. Overnight in Reykjavík.
DAY 2: REYKJAVÍK AND ITS THERMAL POOLS
Stroll through Reykjavík city centre, visit the Family Park and Farm Animal Zoo and go to an outdoor swimming pool. Don’t miss the view platform at “Perlan” where you also can enjoy a delicious ice cream. Younger children might like to feed the ducks and swans at the city pond and on a warm summer day you might just like to relax in Nauthólsvík, a small beach with a hot tub not far from the center of Reykjavík, before driving on to Borgarfjörður, the saga valley. Three nights in a family room at Fosshótel Reykholt or similar in Iceland.
DAY 3: SNÆFELLSNES PENINSULA
Snæfellsnes peninsula awaits you. Explore the seal colony at Ytri-Tunga. Stykkishólmur is a pretty fishing village with many old houses. We recommend the boat tour on Breiðafjörður fjord.
DAY 4: BORGARFJÖRÐUR INTENSIVE
Bifröst area awaits, where you can explore the unique lava landscape on a walk around Glanni waterfall, Grábrók volcano and Hreðavatn Lake.
DAY 5: ENROUTE TO HELLA
Start the day with a visit to Hraunfossar waterfalls and Húsafell, where you can go swimming and play minigolf. Take an optional horseback riding tour in Húsafell and / or snowmobile tour on the glacier Langjökull. To reach Thingvellir, follow the Uxahryggir road (route 52). Enjoy Thingvellir National Park, where the first Viking parliament was held. Three nights at Fosshótel Mosfell in Hella or similar.
DAY 6: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE AND SOUTH ICELAND
Enjoy the Slakki Family Park and Farm Animal Zoo at Laugarás near Flúðir. Visit Gullfoss waterfall, Geysir hot springs and Kerið, a volcanic crater.
DAY 7: PUFFINS, WATERFALLS AND LAVA BEACHES
Drive along the south coast and walk behind the waterfall Seljalandsfoss. The folk museum at Skógar and the nearby waterfall Skógafoss make a fascinating stop off. Visit the puffins at Cape Dyrhólaey and stroll along the endless beach of black sand in Reynishverfi, where families like to collect shells and beautiful stones. Drive to the picturesque village of Vík, and visit Seljavellir to enjoy one of the most remote outdoor swimming pools in Iceland, surrounded by high cliffs and the glacier Mýrdalsjökull.
DAY 8: DEPART FOR HOME
See our Travel Guide for more ideas and information.
If you would like to have some changes in the itinerary or want to stay a longer or a shorter period, feel free to contact us at ontheroad@fosshotel.is to get an offer for your special tour.
Fosshótel reserves the right to confirm a reversed itinerary and the right to change accommodation at short notice, depending on availability.
Included: Accommodation, breakfast, children´s road map of Iceland and one children´s story book in English, Danish or German.
Not Included: Lunch, dinner, rental car, entrance fees at museums, zoos and swimming pools, road maps and guide books.
General Conditions - please read
Information about driving in Iceland
