We explored the beautiful Iceland in the summer of 2021. From Keflavik to Keflavik round trip. In 17 days, 18 nights. In this blog, you find our travel route. As you can read in another blog, we stayed in summer houses throughout the country.

Brussels – Keflavik Airport

We took a direct flight Brussels – Keflavik Airport. The flight takes about 3 hours. Easy and comfortable.

Another way of getting to Iceland is taking a boat. Smyrilline/Norrora has weekly departures leaving from Denmark and arriving in Seyðisfjørður with a stop-over in the Faroe Islands. Main advantage is you have your own car at hand and can save the costs of an expensive car rental.

Car rental

We rented a Mercedes Vito 4 x 4 with Hertz.

From Borgarnes to Selfoss

We made a round trip Keflavik – Keflavik International Airport with a first stop in Borgarnes and a last one in Selfoss. We stayed in 5 summer houses. This enabled us to travel around Iceland mainly following Ring Road 1 and visiting the main tourist attractions.

	CITY	VISITS	ACCOMODATION
1.	Borgarnes	Flight Brussels – Reykjavik Reykjavik – Borgarnes	Bleikulag 38 cottage, Skorradalur Borgarnes
2.	Borgarnes	Snaefellsness round tour – Snæfellsjökull National Park	Bleikulag 38 cottage, Skorradalur Borgarnes
3.	Borgarnes	Langjökull – Into the glacier	Bleikulag 38 cottage, Skorradalur Borgarnes
4.	Borgarnes	Borgarnes Settlement Museum – swimming pool	Bleikulag 38 cottage, Skorradalur Borgarnes
5.	Husavik	Borgarnes – Grábrók – Vidimýrarkirkja – Hvammstangi (seals)- Hvitserkur – Akureyri – Husavik	Solkot cottage, Stekkjarhvammur, Reykjahverdi, Husavik
6.	Husavik	Whales boat tour Husavik (whales, dolphins)	Solkot cottage, Stekkjarhvammur, Reykjahverdi, Husavik
7.	Husavik	Hverir – Krafla Crater – Viti Crater – Myvatn lane – Myvatn Nature Baths – Grjótagjá cave – Dimmuborgir rock formations	Solkot cottage, Stekkjarhvammur, Reykjahverdi, Husavik
8.	Seydisfjördur	Husavik – Dettifoss – Seyðisfjörður	Tungata 15, Seyðisfjörður appartment
9.	Seydisfjördur	Hike Budararfoss waterfall – city center	Tungata 15, Seyðisfjörður appartment
10	Seydisfjördur	Green vending machine – Borgarfjordur Eystri (puffins)	Tungata 15, Seyðisfjörður appartment
11	Seydisfjördur	Hike Brimnes	Tungata 15, Seydisfjördur appartment
12	Kirkjubajarklaustur	Seydisfjordur – Dettifoss – Jökulsárlón gletsjer lake -Kirkjubæjarklaustur	Nordic Travel Summerhouse Haedarsel, Hæðargarður, Kirkjubæjarklaustur
13	Kirkjubajarklaustur	Skaftafell National Park	Nordic Travel Summerhouse Haedarsel, Hæðargarður, Kirkjubæjarklaustur
14	Kirkjubajarklaustur	Kirkjubæjarklaustur – Vik & Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach – Lava Center – Selfoss	Nordic Travel Summerhouse Birkisel, Selfoss
15	Selfoss	Golden circle: Gheysir – Gulfoss – Pingvellir – Reykjavik	Nordic Travel Summerhouse Birkisel, Selfoss
16	Selfoss	Landmannalaugar	Nordic Travel Summerhouse Birkisel, Selfoss
17	Selfoss	Hike vulcano Fagradalsfjall (Reykjanes)	Nordic Travel Summerhouse Birkisel, Selfoss
18	Selfoss	Flight Keflavik – Brussels

Why visit Iceland with kids ?

• nature is overwhelming and diverse: magnificent waterfalls, impressive volcanoes, colored mountains, steaming mud pots, lava, steam, geysers, …
• wildlife is fantastic: beautiful puffins, whales, dolphins, seals, a variety of sea birds, …
• activities are diverse. You can simply go hiking. Or visit the inside of a glacier. Or take a boat on a fabulous glacier lake.
• you can find complete ‘silence’. Sometimes, you drive kilometers and kilometers without seeing another village.
• you can enjoy natural hot springs. Even when it’s colder or raining, a very special experience.
• you can enjoy endless views
• you hear a completely different language, you don’t understand a word of it!
• it’s an easy country to travel. As soon as you rent a car, you can drive along at your own pace.

Read more on our Iceland adventures in my blog ‘5 fantastic things to do in Iceland’. For an idea on the costs, read my blog ‘Iceland- useful tips and costs’.