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Iceland'S Epic Ring Road Loop
8days
32stops
Day 1: The Golden Circle Kickoff
5 stops
Keflavík International Airport
09:00
Þingvellir National Park
11:00
Geysir Geothermal Area
13:30
Gullfoss Falls
15:30
Selfoss
18:00
Day 2: Waterfalls & Black Sands
4 stops
Seljalandsfoss
09:00
Skógafoss
11:00
Reynisfjara Beach
14:00
Vík í Mýrdal
17:00
Day 3: Glaciers & Diamond Beaches
4 stops
Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon
09:30
Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon
13:00
Diamond Beach
14:30
Höfn
17:30
Day 4: The Rugged Eastfjords
4 stops
Vestrahorn (Stokksnes)
09:00
Djúpivogur
12:00
Eastfjords Drive
15:00
Egilsstaðir
18:00
Day 5: The Volcanic North
4 stops
Dettifoss
10:00
Hverir Geothermal Area
13:00
Lake Mývatn
15:00
Mývatn Nature Baths
18:00
Day 6: Akureyri & The Tröllaskagi Peninsula
4 stops
Goðafoss
10:00
Akureyri
12:00
Siglufjörður
15:00
Varmahlíð
18:00
Day 7: Heading West
4 stops
Hvítserkur
10:00
Grábrók Volcano
13:00
Deildartunguhver
15:30
Borgarnes
17:30
Day 8: Reykjavík & The Blue Farewell
3 stops
Reykjavík
09:00
Blue Lagoon
13:00
Keflavík International Airport
16:30
Heads Up
- 1. Download the "SafeTravel" app and check road.is every morning. Weather changes in minutes here!
- 2. Day 8: Blue Lagoon → Keflavík International Airport flight transit only 3.5h — allow ≥5h door-to-door
- 3. 🛫 Route includes 1 flight + 0 rail segments. Map shows them as dashed lines (connection only, not real road).
- 4. Day 2: 163h 24m driving — plan rest stops
- 5. Day 3: 80h 22m driving — plan rest stops
- 6. Day 4: 239h 35m driving — plan rest stops
- 7. Day 5: 162h 37m driving — plan rest stops
- 8. Day 6: 167h 5m driving — plan rest stops
- 9. Day 7: 86h 55m driving — plan rest stops