Island Crossing

This is the ultimate highland adventure! You cross the island 2 times on this 6 day long trip – over the famous Kjölur and Sprengisandur mountain roads, only accessible by powerful 4×4 vehicles!
The route is one of the most scenics in Iceland with beautiful mountain ranges, hot spring areas, isolated highland gems and famous sights.

Rough itinerary for the trip

Day 1 Golden Circle with stops at Þingvellir national park, famous Geysir hot spring area and Gullfoss waterfall.

Day 2 Kjölur mountain road. We cross the island from south to north with stops at Kerlingarfjöll and Hveravellir highland centers.

Day 3 From Kjölur we drive down to Skagafjörður fjord, the only county in Iceland where horses outnumber people.

Day 4 We visit the highlights of north Iceland; the town of Akureyri, Mývatn lake, Ásbyrgi canyon and Dettifoss waterfall.

Day 5 We cross the island again as we drive over Sprengisandur mountain road; the scenery is different from anything you have seen before!

Day 6 A drive to Landmannalaugar highland paradise and we enjoy a relaxing bath in the natural warm river before we drive back to Reykjavik city.

Vehicle pick up at 08:30 from the Arctic Trucks HQ in Reykjavík

Trip Duration: 6 days

Bring with you: Your driver license and credit card to fill out the car rental agreement

Meals: No meals are included on this tour.

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Insurances: All drivers need to sign a car rental contract before the trip starts. Self-risk is 3000 EUR. Please read all the details of the contract before starting the trip.

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Prices and itinerary

Please contact us for full quoting and we can arrange a car-rental and an itinerary according to your wishes.

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Extras:
Extra Driver:                                        Included
Unlimited kilometers:                       Included
Rope, shovel, tow eye, tire gauge:   Included

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Terms of Payment

Deposit
A deposit of 20% of the tour price is required at the confirmation of booking if not agreed differently. We recommend at this time all passengers take out comprehensive travel insurance.

Full payment (less deposit) shall reach Arctic Trucks at least 4 weeks prior to the arrival of guests. In case of further delay on payments, Arctic Trucks will reserve the right to treat this as a cancellation and withdraw its confirmation of the services.
For group bookings we require full payment 6 weeks before the arrival of the group.

Cancellation policy
Day Trips:
10% of the price of your tour is non-refundable.
If you cancel with more than seven days notice you will be refunded 90% of the trip price.
If you cancel with less than seven days before your departure you will be refunded 70% of the trip price.
If you cancel with less than two days notice (48 hours) no refund will be given.

Multi-day trips:
10% of the price of your tour is non-refundable.
If you cancel with more than four weeks notice you will be refunded 90% of the trip price.
If you cancel with less than four weeks in advance and you will be refunded 50% of the trip price.
If you cancel with less than seven days notice no refund will be given.
If you cancel a group booking on multi-day tour- the final name list needs to arrive 6 weeks before the trip starts. No refund after final name list has been received.