Your group, your pace, and on the half-days more time at Thingvellir than any shared day gives you. Here is every private way to see the park: half-days that go nowhere else, and private Golden Circle days that add Geysir, Gullfoss and more. Prices run from $470 a person to $1,650 for a group of up to three, so check the basis on each card.
Two hours inside Thingvellir and nothing else on the clock, in a private vehicle from Harpa. Four hours in all, one price for a group of up to three, with wheelchair-accessible transport and infant seats.
From $713 per group, up to 3
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A private half-day built around Thingvellir, with hotel pickup in Reykjavík, Wi-Fi, bottled water and all fees and taxes in the fare. Transport and surfaces are wheelchair accessible, and the price is per person.
From $477 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
The classic Golden Circle in a private air-conditioned car, starting anywhere you choose in the capital area. Six to seven hours with thirty minutes at Thingvellir, and one price for a group of up to three.
From $1,650 per group, up to 3
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A full-size luxury SUV with a driver-guide, hotel pickup, Wi-Fi and all fees included, on a Golden Circle of seven to nine hours. Forty-five minutes at Thingvellir; priced per person, for two or more.
From $820 per person (min. 2)
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Ten private hours with a photographer guide: an hour at Thingvellir, the Golden Circle and the Blue Lagoon. Lagoon, museum and exhibition tickets are not included, and the price is per person, minimum two.
From $470 per person (min. 2)
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Two to four hours in the park on a half-day, or a private Golden Circle on your own schedule.
Check AvailabilityA private tour is a vehicle and a driver or guide for your party alone. The half-days go to Thingvellir and back, so you get two to four hours in the park. The full days add Geysir, Gullfoss and, on one, the Blue Lagoon, and give Thingvellir thirty minutes to an hour.
Check the price basis before you compare. Some charge one price for a group of up to three; the others charge per person, and some need at least two of you.
Whichever you pick, you pay nothing to enter the park itself, because Thingvellir has no gate.
The Thingvellir-only half-days give the park two to four hours, against 30 to 45 minutes on a shared Golden Circle day. That is time for you to walk down Almannagjá, reach Öxarárfoss and stand at Lögberg, the Law Rock.
Most collect you from your hotel in Reykjavík. One lets you start anywhere in the capital area, and another meets you at Harpa.
Wheelchair-accessible transport is stated on the Thingvellir-only half-days, the SUV day and the Blue Lagoon day. The car that starts anywhere in the capital is not accessible.
Nobody waits for a coach to fill. If you travel with small children or older relatives, you set the pace, and every private tour here offers infant seats.
Your alternative is a small-group Golden Circle minibus. Here is what the extra money buys you.
| Private tour | Small-group Golden Circle | |
|---|---|---|
| Who is with you | Your party only | A minibus with other travellers |
| Time at Thingvellir | 30 minutes to 4 hours | 40 to 45 minutes |
| Price | From $470 per person, or From $713 per group of up to 3 | From $121 per person |
| Pickup | Your hotel, Harpa or anywhere in the capital | Hotels and bus stops |
| Pace | Yours | The group’s |
| Wheelchair access | Stated on most | Not stated |
| Best for | Families, mixed abilities and special occasions | Couples and solo travellers on a budget |
Check availability — From $713
For a couple or three friends, compare the per-group price on the Harpa half-day. For one traveller, a small-group Golden Circle tour costs you far less.
You get a vehicle and driver for your party alone on every one, hotel pickup on most, and Wi-Fi on the SUV day and the hotel-pickup half-day. Those two also include all fees and taxes, and the Blue Lagoon day gives you a photographer guide.
You don’t get food on any of them. On the Blue Lagoon day the lagoon ticket is not in the fare either: lagoon, museum and exhibition tickets are excluded, so budget for them separately.
Two hours in the park, your group only, one price for up to three. Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Check AvailabilityHours and fees are on visiting Thingvellir, the meeting points on the Thingvellir map, and every way to visit on Thingvellir Tours. Or start again with the Iceland day tours to Thingvellir.