Ring Road Itinerary
Day 1
Go get pastries in Reykjavik
Zoo
Eat lunch at Botanical garden cafe
Go to the grocery store and stock up in essentials
Get hot dogs for dinner
Sleep in Reykjavik
Day 2
Get pastries/treats for the road
Drive north
Settlement Center, or hike around Grabrok crater, or go to the goat farm
Eat picnic lunch
Keep driving north
Sleep near entrance to Westfjords
Day 3
Drive to Glaumbaer and have lunch there
Stop in Hofsos and swim at the infinity pool
Drive to Akuereyri
Eat dinner and sleep in Akuereyri
Day 4
Stock up on food at a grocery store
Godafoss
Mytvan (pronounced mee-vaht) - Dimmuborgir lava field. Color-coded walking trails.
Picnic lunch
Psuedocraters.
Sleep near Mytvan
Day 5
Breakfast
Mytvan Nature baths in the morning and eat lunch there
Explore Namafjall/Hverir
Drive east to Seydisfjordur Walk around and eat dinner there
Sleep in Seydisfjordur
Day 6
Walk around the town
See that museum/hike to a waterfall
Eat dinner at sushi place
Sleep in Seydisfjordur
Day 7
Drive down south
Stop in Djúpivogur for lunch. Swim if needed
Stokksnes beach
Eat dinner in Hofn (pronounced “hup” while inhaling)
Stop at a grocery store for breakfast, lunch, snacks
Sleep near the glacier lagoon
Day 8
Eat breakfast at the cabin
Diamond beach
Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon - take an amphibian tour
Eat lunch at Fjallsarlon Frost Restaurant and look at the other glacier lagoon
Eat dinner at Jon Riki
Sleep near the glacier lagoon
Day 9
Eat breakfast at the cabin
Stop at waterfalls along the way
Fjaðrárgljúfur canyon
Picnic lunch
Reynisfjara Beach
Eat dinner in Vik
Sleep in Vik
Day 10
Stop at a grocery store for lunch foods
Skógafoss
Swim at secret Lagoon Hot Spring
Eat at Friðheimar Greenhouse restaurant
See the geysers and Thingvellir
Sleep in Reykjavik
Day 11
See the sun voyager statue and walk along the harbor. Do some shopping
Eat lunch
Geothermal beach
Dinner in Reykjavik
Sleep in Reykjavik
Day 12
Whales of Iceland
Do anything else around Reykjavik you haven’t had a chance to do.
Fly home