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Golden Circle Private Evening Tour: Chasing the Midnight Sun

By Varen
Free cancellation available
Price is S$1,755 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 7h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

Experience Iceland's most famous sightseeing route at the best time of day, when the crowds have gone and the landscape is bathed in the warm, golden light of the Icelandic summer evening. With a 4 or 5 PM departure, this private Golden Circle tour lets you enjoy the region's iconic attractions in a far more relaxed and peaceful atmosphere than during the busy daytime hours.

Visit Þingvellir National Park, watch Strokkur erupt at Geysir, and admire the majestic Gullfoss waterfall. You will also discover the lesser-known Faxafoss waterfall and walk around the striking Kerið Volcanic Crater, where vibrant red slopes surround a tranquil blue lake.

One of the biggest advantages of this tour is that it takes place away from the peak summer crowds. While most visitors explore the Golden Circle earlier in the day, you will arrive when the sites are quieter, allowing for a more enjoyable experience, better photo opportunities, and a deeper appreciation of Iceland's natural beauty.

Activity location

  • Thingvellir National Park
    • Thingvellir, Iceland

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Thingvellir National Park
    • Thingvellir, Iceland

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Golden Circle Private Evening Tour: Chasing the Midnight Sun

  • Activity duration is 7 hours7h
    7h
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
S$1,755.35 x 1 TravellerS$1,755.35
Total
Price is S$1,755.35
Until Sun, 7 Jun

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Parking fees and local taxes
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Dedicated, professional English-speaking guide for the full evening
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Door-to-door hotel pickup and drop-off in central Reykjavík
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Flat rate per vehicle - one price regardless of group size, up to 8 guests
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Bottled water provided on board on demand
  • What's includedWhat's included
    WiFi and USB charging ports available on board
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge for your guide (optional, appreciated)

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Reykjavik (Pass by)

Your private vehicle choices you up directly from your Reykjavík accommodation at 5 PM. No transfer, no assembly point - the tour starts from your front door. Pickup time will be confirmed 24 hours in advance.

Thingvellir National Park

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Iceland's most historically significant landscape and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Þingvellir is the place where the world's first parliament - the Alþing - was founded in 930 AD. By early evening the site is calm and largely to yourselves. The walk through Almannagjá canyon carries a thousand years of Icelandic history, and the wide open rift valley in the low afternoon light is a world away from the midday tourist rush.

Faxafoss

  • 30m
One of the Golden Circle's best-kept secrets, Faxifoss stretches 80 metres wide across the Tungufljót River in a broad, unhurried cascade that most tour buses drive straight past. In the evening light the waterfall glows warmly against the green riverbanks, and the salmon ladder at its base is active in summer. Rarely crowded at any hour, it is almost entirely your own by evening.

Geysir

  • 40m
Strokkur erupts every five to eight minutes regardless of the hour - but the steaming geothermal field in the low evening light has a quality that daytime visits rarely capture. The steam catches the amber sun, the colours of the surrounding hillsides deepen, and the landscape feels quieter and stranger than it does at noon. Strokkur shoots up to 30 metres into the air with each eruption. You will want to watch it more than once.

Gullfoss Waterfall

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
This is the reason for the 4 or 5 PM departure. Gullfoss in golden hour - when the sun is low on the horizon and the light falls warm and sideways across the canyon and the falling water - is one of the most visually striking things Iceland offers in summer. The two-tier waterfall drops 32 metres into its canyon, and in the evening the mist and the light interact in ways that are impossible to forget in person. With most visitors long gone, the viewing platforms are yours.

Kerid Crater

  • 45m
  • Admission ticket included
On the return south, the tour stops at Kerið - an oval volcanic crater with steep red walls dropping to a still, turquoise lake at the base. The colours here are extraordinary at any time of day, but in the last light of the Icelandic evening they become something else entirely. Walk the rim for the full panoramic view, or follow the path down to the water's edge. Entrance fee not included.

Reykjavik (Pass by)

Your private vehicle drops you back directly at your Reykjavík accommodation. Estimated return time is around midnight, depending on pace during the evening. Door to door, start to finish.

Location

Activity location

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    Thingvellir National Park
    • Thingvellir, Iceland

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Thingvellir National Park
    • Thingvellir, Iceland

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