Golden Circle Day Tour in Mini Bus from Reykjavik with Fridheimar Tomato Farm

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Reykjavik, Iceland

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8 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
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Offered in: English

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Overview

Iceland’s geothermal natural attractions rank among the most impressive in the world, but the distances between them make it hard to visit on your own. Instead, on this full-day sightseeing tour, enjoy round-trip travel from Reykjavik and hit the sights with ease by minibus. With your guide at the wheel and entry fees included, explore the Geysir Geothermal Area, Gullfoss waterfall, the UNESCO-listed Thingvellir National Park, and even a quirky tomato farm.

See the best of the Golden Circle and beyond, all in one trip
Get up close and personal to a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Visit the Fridheimar tomato farm for lunch (own expense)
Includes entry fees and round-trip travel from central Reykjavik
Enjoy a small-group experience

What's Included

Fully Guided Tour
Small-group guarantee
Transportation in a minibus
Free Pickup at Accommodation or near by Bus Stop

Refreshments

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

Pickup starts 30 minutes prior to departure. We are not allowed to pickup at some Hotels in the City Center. In that case we pickup at the nearest bus stop. The hotel lobby will assist in locating the nearest bus stop.

Operating hours
.9:00 am

Itinerary

Thingvellir National Park

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Fridheimar

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Geysir

1 hour 20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Gullfoss Falls

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Kerid Crater

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Due to weather and/or road conditions we might have to alter the itinerary, have longer journey time or cancel the tour
During the tour we break for refreshments at a local restaurant or café

Near public transportation
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Subject to favorable weather conditions. If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund.
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 19 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

Claire_D

This trip was A MAZ INGGG !! Our guide Leroy was fantastic very friendly and knowledgable. The tour ran v smoothly plenty of time at each stop. The scenery was spectacular. Lunch at the tomato farm was delicious too and a nice added extra. Definitely recommend this tour.

Reviews

4.9

based on 293 reviews

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Fantastic time

Laurie_B, Dec 2025

Best highlights of area and a good pace not too rushed but tomato farm a waste of time. Guide pleasant but some of other travelers didn't speak English and got lost for a while and guide yelled us for being annoyed as she insisted we be on bus and missed a waterfall and then sat on bus a half hour waiting for lost passengers

Great tour but no lunch at tomato farm

Alonso_G, Sep 2025

The tour itself was great. Our tour guide was Sebastián. Sebastián was very informative and helpful throughout the tour. All the locations were wonderful to visit and see. Very worth it! The only disappointment was the tomato farm. We spent 10 minutes at the tomato farm, enough to use the restroom and leave. It would have made the trip complete if we would have had the opportunity to have lunch there as advertised.

We were under the...

Pamela_M, Aug 2025

We were under the impression that the mini bus was 8-10 people. This one had 19.. it worked fine thought. Our guide was fantastic.

Sebastian the wonderful storyteller....

Marion_F, Jul 2025

Our guide Sebastian was knowledgeable, fun, intelligent, helpful and an unexpected surprise. A whole day of touring went by, and it was great. We continued to be grateful for him that evening when we went to dinner at a restaurant he suggested. Hope you are lucky enough to get Sebastian on your tour!!

Lots of solo travelers. I...

Sally_Y, Jul 2025

Lots of solo travelers. I was by far the oldest . It was interesting as at least 6 nationalities were included, but English was the common language we used to communicate with each other.

Take the Tour!!

Sherry_S, Feb 2025

Such a great variety of sights and activities. Recommend this tour sooo much! If icy, bring crampons.

Golden Circle

Andrea_T, Aug 2024

Fantastic!! Guide very knowledgeable. Enjoyed the tomato soup. Bus was comfortable. Only 16 in the group so plenty of room. Never felt rushed at any of the sites.

Do not recommend

Linda_W, Aug 2024

It turned out not being a small tour. The tour started late. No water was provided. Took is to a place for lunch, nothing was included and a bowl of soup was $23.

Response from Host, Aug 2024

Dear Linda We want to thank you for your review. But your grievances are not in line with the description of the tour. 1. The tour is advertised as a Golden Circle tour in Mini Bus. It does not say small tour anywhere. 2. We never provide water on our tours. We do that because we feel that having non reusable water bottles on our tours for all our clients to be very wasteful. Most clients bring their own water in re-useable water bottles and refill during the tour. 3. Our vehicle for the day was a 21x seater Mercedes Sprinter Minibus with 19x passenger seats. We had 18x passengers booked. The bus is of course almost full, but not packed and not full. 4. We clearly state in our description that the tour starts at 9am, and pickup is from 8:30 to 9am. According to our data you stepped on our minibus at 8:56am. That means we were not late, you were early. 5. There is no indication that the lunch is included. We even state clearly that it is NOT included. And we took you to Friðheimar Farm, and our guests get a guided introduction through the green house and the local produce they use for the restaurant. It is not just a place where bowl of soup is 23$. It is a destination. 6. Our guests vary and many of them want to have the time to themselves to enjoy the sights and our guides give people the time to enjoy the stops without a guidance. The guide of course uses the time well between stops to inform the guests about the stops. With all these considered we hope you can reconsider your 1x star review. We did nothing wrong here and delivered the product as described.

Golden Circle tour with tomato farm

Gayle_G, Jul 2024

Our guide, Al was wonderful, told us lots of history and pointed out areas of interest. We loved the huge waterfall! We had adequate time at each stop and Al told us the best place to see the attractions. We thoroughly enjoyed the whole day and it was great value for the money. Not as many tours stopped at the tomato farm which we had read a review of and wanted to see.

Don’t miss this trip!

Steven_Y, Jul 2024

Saevar was a great storyteller, knowledgeable and very personable. We had plenty of time at all the stops. Don’t miss lunch at the tomato farm!

Best Golden Circle tour!!

Kristy_K, May 2024

It was the perfect Golden Circle itinerary! All the natural sites were spectacular and the dairy farm and tomato farm stops were also fantastic! Halli was a great guide and truly made the day with all the history and information he shared along the way. Highly recommend this tour!!

Reliable and Organized Tour

Rika_O, Apr 2024

Organized, reliable and friendly driver/ guide, this was a great way to see the highlights of the Golden Circle. Visiting the tomato farm was a bonus as the food there (lunch not included) was delicious and a great way to relax and see the operations of a local business. EastWest is very communicative, sending information about car with license and driver name prior to the tour. We even booked a second Northern Lights tour with the same company and that was a success as well.

Golden Circle Tour A MAZINGGGG

Claire_D, Mar 2024

My guide Halli was AMAZING

Angelica_G, Jan 2024

Our tour guide Halli was AMAZING. Born and raised in Reykjavík, he pointed out the school house his mother was born in and told numerous personal stories about Reykjavík's urbanization. When I mentioned that I'm interested in genetics, he showed me his family tree dating back to 1207 or his 22nd great-grandfather. He was happy to answer any questions we had, and told us stories about the elves, trolls, and hidden people of Iceland.

The best

Catherine_B, Jun 2023

Byorn Julius Grimson (sp) was wonderful. Funny, informative a true delight for a fabulous tour. Lunch was delicious and the day was fabulous.

Get out of Reykjavík!

SALLY_N, May 2023

Our guide Al was terrific! Learned a lot about the area saw so many different natural features and experienced different landscapes. You can see so much outside of Reykjavík… a totally different feel from the city.. without worrying about driving!

Excellent!

Rob_S, Apr 2023

Excellent tour guide and a beautiful tour. The lunch (pasta with tomato sauce) was exquisite. Highly recommended!

Wonderful family experience!

Dalia_S, Nov 2022

Wonderful experience for our family! Our guide Carlos was amazing. I appreciated that the tour company went above and beyond to accommodate us with young kids, being in touch in the morning when they were coming and making sure the morning pickup was smooth. Carlos brought the sites to life and made it very interesting. There were lots of stops for kids to get out, use bathrooms and get snacks etc. We especially loved seeing the tomato farm.

Awesome Golden Circle Tour with great stops

Sandra_D, Sep 2022

We had a wonderful outing with Leroy as our guide. He was very entertaining and informative. He took great pictures of us and had a wonderful attitude. He was so patient with everyone and always chipper. The mini bus is a new Mercedes van with USB cords and very clean. We enjoyed the lunch at the tomato farm on the stop at the dairy farm for delicious ice cream and cappuccino.

Get Leroy to guide you!

Cecilia_D, Jun 2022

Our guide Leroy was the best! So full of energy and so enthusiastic. He explained a lot about Islands history and how it works today. Bonus except Golden tour was to visit the tomato farm and se the new built power plant from outside.

Disappointing due to bad weather

Ian_J, Mar 2022

Sadly we had to wait 45 minutes in terrible weather for bus to arrive as they had waited for people who weren’t ready so they were delayed! There is no shelter at stop 14 so we were soaked ! We never really dried out as the weather was dreadful . This also meant the views weren’t as good as could have been . The driver did his best and in decent weather this obviously is a spectacular trip, so it wasn’t really the company’s fault except why wait for people who are not ready when we are all given pick up times ! Also the mini bus is cramped for 19 people with wet /warm thick clothes. It would be better if there were empty seats to put wet coats etc

Golden Day despite the Cloudy Weather

Amy_C, Dec 2021

I waited until the end of my vacation to join a Golden Circle tour. I was fortunate to have a great guide, scenic surroundings and the majestic Gullfoss waterfalls was the highlight of my trip. As an added treat, we stopped at a greenhouse for lunch and I highly recommend the tomato soup with homemade bread and burrata.

Great way to see a beautiful interesting country.

Marla_C, Oct 2021

This was an excellent tour and we had an excellent tour guide (Hawk). We have been on many tours in several countries and this tour and tour guide was one of the best. Wish we could give him a few more stars!!!! It was a great tour that visited several areas on the Golden Circle. It gave us a lot of information and a good taste of the country. Iceland is a great country to visit and the Golden Circle is a good way to experience it.

Would do it again

David_W, Oct 2021

Our Driver was great, all the stops were fun, water falls. National park, lunch was fantastic in the tomato green house, the horse stables, geyser was very interesting and plenty of time to see everything

Our best experience in Iceland

Betty_W, Sep 2021

This tour was the most fun and interesting day we had in Iceland. Our tour guide was fun, personable, entertaining and very knowledgeable. We enjoyed the sights he took us to. But with only 8 of us, he was also willing to add a stop we requested to see the Icelandic horse up close, and gave us the option of which route to take back to the city. He also dropped us off very near our hotel. The information was misleading about "refreshments" at the meeting area - it was only coffee and candy bars. But there were opportunities for snacks later and a good lunch (and shopping). It was a relaxed and enjoyable trip as we basically could choose how long to spend at each stop.

Can't recommend highly enough!!

Isabelle_N, Sep 2021

Such a great experience! Our tour guide was so lovely and informative, not only about the sites but about so many other interesting facts about Iceland. There was plenty of time at each site. There were only 5 of us on the tour so it was almost like a private trip. Really so brilliant and absolutely worth doing it with these guys if you can.

Quality from start to finish

Dan_B, Mar 2020

Fantastic tour. We booked late the night before, but got a call first thing in the morning to confirm pick-up time. Gudni (sorry if ive butchered your name!) met us with a smile and was brilliant the whole way round. He broke up the tour with interesting information about everything we saw, including buildings still within Reykjavik itself. Would definitely recommend to anyone.

Beautiful

Evelyn_T, Feb 2020

Siggi was a great tour guide. Great personality. Length of the tour was perfect. Pickup was on time. Visited great sites.

Great Day with Berglind

Thomas_C, Jan 2020

Our driver and guide, Berglind, was funny, interesting, and informative. We learned a lot about Iceland and the sites that we visited. If you do one tour in Iceland, the Golden Circle would be it. This GeoIceland Tour is more personal than a large bus tour and costs the same. Great company, lots of fun.

Great price for a small Group tour.

Carlos_Y, Jan 2020

Great tour, I took it with Becka (I am not sure if her name in icelandic is writen like that, but she is also known as Queen B). I have to say that despite in december there is only five hours of day light, we manage to see all the sights stated in the tour program, and even more. Our guide explained us a lot of facts about Iceland and the mini bus was confortable enough for this almost all day tour. Great price for the service. I don't rate 5 stars because I think that the booking system or the communication platform through Viator must be improved, I had to write to them directly to the email address because I discovered that my earlier messages through Viator for setting up the pickup spot were not received.