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Advice on bus tour companies in Iceland

Do all bus tour companies follow the same route? Why is there such a big price difference?
Is bus travel Iceland better than Reykjavik excursions?

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Are you talking about one day tours or multi day tours?

For one day tours price varies depending on what is included and size of the group.

Multi day tours differ depening on quality of accomodations and how many included meals.

Reykjavik Excursion is the oldest, and I believe the biggest, tour company in Iceland. They operate the Flybus from Keflavik Airport and you can sometimes work out package deals.

Posted by
3782 posts

I took a tour with Troll this past June and it was a great day. They use smaller vans. I think there were 11 people on the tour.

https://troll.is/

Posted by
816 posts

OP, maybe you could tell us what you are looking for, such as a day tour out of Reykjavik or a multi-day tour. There are several local companies that run various tours that we can recommend to you.

Posted by
5 posts

Thank you
Looking for one day tours
Wanted to know out of Grayline, Troll, bus Travel Iceland, Reykjavik excursions which is best

Posted by
17831 posts

They are all good and I doubt anyone can say which is best. All have breen around for awhile.

Read reviews, check the itineraries, decide what size group you want to go with, and make sure they go to the places you wish to see.

Then choose.

Posted by
3472 posts

We have used Grayline, Reykjavik Excursions and Troll. The first two use big coach buses. Troll uses small buses, about 16 or so people. We have used the first two on our first trip ten years ago but have used Troll on several recent trips. Troll would be my choice. Our guides have always been excellent and the company itself is great. One trip was cancelled due to weather and they were great with communication and the refund was done instantly.

Posted by
2841 posts

I’ve used Grayline twice. Frist time was their Golden Circle Express ( 6 hr ) which had a smaller bus. Second time was to the southeast. I can’t remember for sure, but I think it was the standard bus size. .both tours were very good.

Posted by
9530 posts

It is best to read the tour description. Personally, I like the smaller bus tours rather than the big GreyLine tours. Ones with just 15-16 people. Look at their stops, do they have what you want to see or not? Where is the pick-up point? How long is the tour? All of those things affect the price.

Posted by
153 posts

I agree with mikliz97. We used Troll Tours for Snaefellsnes Peninsula tour. It was a very good tour - much better than the Golden Circle tour we took with Nice Travel (which was decent). Ask for Elias if you can get him. It was like having a professor on board. And he is very nice and considerate to the passengers. He can speak extemporaneously on a variety of subjects - Iceland and otherwise. Really good tour company. Mercedes Sprinter 19 passenger van. Easy on, easy off. Seats are adequate width wise and for leg room. Backpack storage is limited. We were there in late August.