Iceland Ring Road in 8 days: waterfalls, glaciers & Mývatn

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8 days · 29 stops · 1637 km · Walk + Car

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A full lap of Iceland's Route 1 in eight days: Reykjavík and the Golden Circle, the waterfalls and black beaches of the south coast, the glacier lagoon, the East Fjords, the geothermal fields of Mývatn and the north back to the capital. Long driving days: check road.is and the weather every morning,

Day by day

Day 14 stops · 2 h 45 min · 6.5 km

Walk 9 min · 780 m
Walk 8 min · 600 m
Car 13 min · 5.1 km

Day 24 stops · 5 h 38 min · 127 km

Getting there: Car 57 min · 55 km

Car 57 min · 56 km
Car 16 min · 11 km
Car 55 min · 60 km

Day 34 stops · 4 h 20 min · 75 km

Getting there: Car 1 h 19 min · 85 km

Car 30 min · 29 km
Car 28 min · 27 km
Car 22 min · 19 km

Day 44 stops · 6 h · 138 km

Getting there: Car 1 h 5 min · 79 km

Car 1 h 6 min · 79 km
Car 50 min · 58 km
Car 4 min · 970 m

Day 53 stops · 6 h 49 min · 224 km

Getting there: Car 1 h 7 min · 76 km

Car 1 h 31 min · 98 km
Car 2 h 33 min · 125 km

Day 64 stops · 4 h 52 min · 80 km

Getting there: Car 3 h 12 min · 200 km

Car 1 h 16 min · 65 km
Car 19 min · 8.6 km
Car 12 min · 6.4 km

Day 73 stops · 4 h 11 min · 137 km

Getting there: Car 54 min · 49 km

Car 36 min · 35 km
Car 1 h 20 min · 102 km

Day 83 stops · 3 h 8 min · 81 km

Getting there: Car 2 h 43 min · 225 km

Car 21 min · 24 km
Car 47 min · 57 km