Golden Circle Tour Reykjavik Price — From €78 to €1,700
A bus tour costs €78–103 per adult. A small group costs €98–145, a day with a lagoon €121–339, and a private car €700–1,690 per group: ≈€233 each for 3 people, ≈€114 each for 8 on the van tour.
Bus Stop 12Hotel pickupMorning€91€10312:00, no Kerið€83€95
from €83 per adult
From-price per adult for the afternoon departure from Bus Stop 12. The price depends on the date and season, the option, the number of travellers and availability. You see the exact price in the GetYourGuide calendar.
A Golden Circle tour from Reykjavík costs €78–103 per adult on a big bus, €98–145 in a small group of up to 19, €121–339 when the day ends in a lagoon and €145–159 with an evening northern-lights hunt. Private tours are sold per car: €700–1,690 per group, which comes to roughly €114–563 per person depending on how many share it.
From-prices on GetYourGuide, checked Nov 2026; tours with 30+ reviews and ★4.0+ (private tours have fewer reviews).
What Changes the Price of the Same Golden Circle Tour
On the same tour the price moves with three choices: hotel pickup adds €12–14 on most bus tours, a morning start on the classic adds €8 over the 12:00 bus, and the dearer lagoon ticket adds €18–30. Everything else — the date, the season and how many seats are left — shows only in the GetYourGuide calendar, which is why every price here is a from-price.
Pickup or meeting point +€12–14
Most bus tours sell two versions of the same day. With the meeting-point option you walk to Bus Stop 12 at Höfðatorg or to the BSÍ terminal; with pickup a shuttle collects you from your hotel or the nearest numbered stop about 30 minutes before departure. On the classic with Kerið that is €83 against €95.
The classic with Kerið leaves at 08:00, 09:00 and 10:30 for €91, or at 12:00 for €83. The afternoon bus is shorter, about 7 hours against 8.5, and it does not stop at Kerið: the operator skips the crater on departures from 12:00. If the crater matters to you, that is what the €8 buys.
Bus Stop 12Hotel pickupMorning · with Kerið€91€10312:00 · no Kerið€83€95
Lagoon ticket tier +€18–30
Lagoon tours sell the same day with two tickets. On the Kerið & Blue Lagoon tour Comfort costs €224 and Premium €245; on Kerið & Sky Lagoon the Pure Pass is €209 and the Sky Pass €229; at Laugarás, Lerki costs €18 more than Birki. The dearer tier adds a towel, a drink, masks or a private changing room — not more time in the water.
In November 2026 the thirteen tours we compare start at €78 per adult and end at €700 per group. Ten of them cost under €150 a person; the classic with Kerið, at €83 and ★4.8 from 27,970 reviews, is both the most booked and one of the cheapest. The table shows each tour's cheapest option: pickup or a better ticket costs more.
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TourBasisGroup
Classic, optional Blue LagoonDetails6.5–11 hper adultBus★4.4 975€78Book★4.4 (975) · 6.5–11 h · Bus · per adultDetails →
The classic with KeriðDetails7–8.5 hper adultBus★4.8 27,970€83Dates★4.8 (27,970) · 7–8.5 h · Bus · per adultDetails →
Greenhouse firstDetails8 hper adultBus★4.7 206€94Book★4.7 (206) · 8 h · Bus · per adultDetails →
With BrúarfossDetails9 hper adultBus★4.7 240€95Book★4.7 (240) · 9 h · Bus · per adultDetails →
Afternoon small groupDetails6 hper adultSmall★4.7 1,609€98Book★4.7 (1,609) · 6 h · Small · per adultDetails →
Kerið small groupDetails8 hper adultMax 19★4.8 830€109Book★4.8 (830) · 8 h · Max 19 · per adultDetails →
Small-group day tripDetails9 hper adultMax 19★4.6 243€110Book★4.6 (243) · 9 h · Max 19 · per adultDetails →
Kerið & Secret LagoonDetails10 hper adultBus★4.8 6,584€121Book★4.8 (6,584) · 10 h · Bus · per adultDetails →
From the cruise terminalDetails6.5 hper adultSmall★4.2 839€141Book★4.2 (839) · 6.5 h · Small · per adultDetails →
Golden Circle & northern lightsDetails9 hper adultBus★4.1 707€145Book★4.1 (707) · 9 h · Bus · per adultDetails →
Blue Lagoon minibusDetails11 hper adultMinibus★4.8 1,989€217.80Book★4.8 (1,989) · 11 h · Minibus · per adultDetails →
Kerið & Blue LagoonDetails11 hper adultBus★4.9 6,181€224Book★4.9 (6,181) · 11 h · Bus · per adultDetails →
Private tour, up to 3Details8 hper groupPrivate★4.9 34€700Book★4.9 (34) · 8 h · Private · per groupDetails →
Prices: GetYourGuide, checked Nov 2026. They move with the date, the season and availability; the calendar shows the exact price.
What the Price Includes, and What You Pay on the Day
The ticket covers the guide and the bus for the whole loop, pickup if you chose that option and, on lagoon tours, the lagoon ticket. What most tours leave out is lunch, bought at Geysir, and on some tours the Kerið entry of 700 ISK, about €5 a person. The two Blue Lagoon transfer tours also leave the lagoon ticket to you.
Usually in the price
Guide and transport for the whole loop
Pickup, if you choose that option+€12–14 on most bus tours
Kerið entry on most tours that stop theree.g. the afternoon small group, the Brúarfoss tour, the Blue Lagoon minibus
Lagoon ticket on lagoon toursexcept the two Blue Lagoon transfer tours
Wi-Fi on board on most buses
Usually extra
Lunch and drinksbought at Geysir or Friðheimar; lunch is included on the farm tours
Kerið entry on some tours700 ISK ≈€5 per person at the hut
Blue Lagoon ticket on transfer toursComfort from ≈€88
Towel at Laugarás (Birki) and Hvammsvík (Classic)
From each tour's "includes" list on GetYourGuide, Nov 2026.
Private Golden Circle tours cost €700–1,690 per car, so the price per person falls as the group grows. Three people on the €700 tour pay about €233 each; eight people on the €912.80 van tour pay about €114 each, close to a small-group seat. Each car has a seat limit, from 3 to 8, and the calculator below respects it.
How many travellers?
Prices per group from the tour pages; each tour has a seat limit.
The classic bus for the same group: €249 in total, €83 each.
For one traveller a tour is cheaper than a hire car: €83 on the classic against roughly €85–115 for the car, fuel and fees. For two, a car saves about €25–40 each, and for four it costs only €25–35 a person. What the tour adds is a driver on winter roads and a guide; what the car adds is your own timing.
Tour or hire car, per person
TravellersClassic busHire carCheaper
1€83≈€85–115Tour
2€83 each≈€45–60 eachCar, by ≈€25–40
4€83 each≈€25–35 eachCar, by ≈€50
Car: €25–45 a day, fuel ≈€36–43 for 250–300 km at 282 ISK/L, the 2026 kilometre fee (1,550 ISK a day at one rental firm), Þingvellir parking 1,000 ISK, Kerið 700 ISK each. Our estimate from bluecarrental.is and thingvellir.is figures.
Our verdict
Yes, if you travel alone or in winterA tour costs less than a car for one, and the guide drives the icy roads.
Maybe, for twoA car saves ≈€25–40 each, but someone drives 3.5–4 hours and you lose the guide.
Probably not, for four in summerA car costs ≈€25–35 each against €83 on the bus, and summer roads are easy.
Four choices bring the price down without changing the day much: walk to the meeting point instead of booking pickup (−€12–14), take the 12:00 classic (−€8, but no Kerið), pick the Secret Lagoon over the Blue or Sky Lagoon (from €121 instead of €209–224), and fill a private van, which brings eight people down to about €114 each.
−€12–14
Walk to the bus stop
Choose the meeting-point option and walk to Bus Stop 12 or BSÍ.
