The Ultimate Iceland Ring Road Tour - Autumn Colours, Northern Lights!

See the complete Iceland!

This tour is a repeat of the incredible tour we did in October 2019. We had an extraordinary time with the wondrous autumn colours, some generous sprinkling of snow when we were in northern Iceland - which adds a nice white blanket on the already amazing landscape, and the awe-inspirng Eastern Fjords that took our breath away. To top it all off, we were lucky to catch the Northern Lights on three nights, with one magical night basking in the glow of Mother Nature's light display while soaking in the hotsprings of the Blue Lagoon.


*Get up to $200 off when you sign up for this tour with a deposit of $1,200.

How to get your $200 discount for this tour
1. Early Bird discount: $100 off - make a deposit payment of $1,200 by 15 March 2020 by 19 April 2020 (This extension is created due to the uncertainty of travel with regards to Covid-19)
2. DBS credit card promotion: $100 off - pay with a DBS/POSB credit card.

Once deposit payment is received, we will process a refund to you of $200 to your credit card - if conditions above have been met.

The DBS credit card promotion still applies after 19 April 2020.

If you wish to volunteer to drive on this tour, please contact me at +6598872168 for information and details.


Duration of Land Tour: 10 days

Dates of Land Tour: 3 - 12 October 2020

Dates away from Singapore (inclusion of flight days):
Friday 2 Oct from 11pm to Tuesday 13 Oct at 7pm


Cost of Tour Per Person:
SGD 2,868
OR SGD 2,668 after discounts below, if applicable.

Discounts:
Early Bird discount: $100 off - make a deposit payment of $1,200 by 15 March 2020 by 19 April 2020 (This extension is created due to the uncertainty of travel with regards to Covid-19)
DBS credit card promotion: $100 off - pay with a DBS/POSB credit card.

If you qualify for the discount/s, it will be in a form of a credit card refund to you via the credit card that you used to make the deposit payment.

Flight Recommended:
Finnair
Depart SIN 2 Oct (Fri) approx. 11pm / Arrive SIN 13 Oct (Tue) approx. 7pm
Cost: about $1,350
 

Deposit:
$1,200

Deadline for deposit:
7 June 2020
After this date, if the tour is confirmed with 6 persons, full payment has to be paid to join the tour.

To qualify for Early Bird Discount of $100, payment of the deposit has to be received by 15 March 2020 by 19 April 2020.

This tour will need a minimum of 6 persons to go ahead.

Your deposit will be refunded if the minimum of 6 persons for the tour is not met by the full payment deadline on 26 July 2020. 


Full Payment:
Full Payment will be collected after the deposit deadline has passed and the minimum number of persons is reached.
Balance of Full Payment for the tour has to be paid by 26 July 2020


What is the tour about:

1. Tour the whole of Iceland, staying in a different town every night
- We will see the complete Iceland by travelling on the Ring Road in a passenger van that can fit the group and our luggage. This will mean driving from one town to the next and staying in a different town every night. Only around Lake Myvatn, in the north, will we stay two nights in one of the towns - because this region in the North is such an incredible place to be.

2. Sightseeing Tour
- On many parts of our journey along the Ring Road, we will make stops, when it is safe and possible to do so, for the stunning scenery, that is just too amazing to not take pictures of. We also make a few other planned stops to see waterfalls, craters, glaciers, geothermal areas, or hot springs.

3. Mostly short walks and easy hikes
- This is mainly a sightseeing tour. At some of our sightseeing locations, we will need to walk from the car park to the scenic attraction, which can be a waterfall, a geothermal landscape, or a crater. Some walks are just a few minutes, and some are 30 to 45 minutes. The walks are mostly on flat ground, with a few of them on undulating terrain. On about two of the walks, when we head from our parked vehicle to see some volcanic craters, we will walk up a steep slope or make a steep climb up to the crater. On other occasions, we may climb stairs to get up to a scenic spot, or walk around a scenic area with some elevation. There will not be long strenuous hikes that we have to do.

4. Optional Activities are available
- There are some optional tours which you can choose to do. These will be announced to you after you have signed up for the tour.


What's so different about this Ring Road tour and the chance to see the Northern Lights?
This Autumn Ring Road Tour takes you on a complete circle around the whole of Iceland. You'll see more than those who do a winter tour that only covers the South of Iceland. Most winter tours do not travel the ring road to the North of Iceland, as the roads there are often not accessible in winter, but the tours get the chance to do the Northern Lights. Travellers in summer get the chance to do the ring road but not the Northern Lights as daylight is almost 24 hours. On our autumn tour, we could do the ring road because the snow has not arrive yet, and we do not get the long daylight hours like in summer, so we also get the opportunity with dark nights to catch the Northern Lights.

This tour therefore brings you the best of both worlds. You will travel the ring road to see the complete Iceland - the amazing Northern landscapes, the extraordinary beauty of Lake Myvatn, the other-worldly geothermal regions of the North, the marvellous Eastern Fjords, and then get a shot at capturing the brilliant Northern Lights at nightfall!


Here's what an October tour in Iceland is like:
October is the off season in Iceland so there will be less crowds . It will mean it's easier to have your pictures taken, there'll be easier travel on roads, and on the whole, quieter everywhere. Winter hasn't arrive yet, so it's not too cold, but be prepared for cold winds and rain, and possibly, snow somteimes. However, it has been said that in Iceland, you can expect all four seasons in one day, and it is more so during autumn. But expect to get some warm and bright days during the tour too.

Autumn will be awesome in Iceland when the autumn colours add to the colourful hues that you'll see throughout Iceland, from the mossy greens, the warm reds and browns, and cool greys and greens on rock faces and canyons, turquiose waters, and white glaciers, black sandy beaches, and cool blues in glacier lagoons. Add the occasional snow that may fall on these colours, you'll be in for a visual treat on this tour!

Lets crossed our fingers that we'll catch the Northern Lights too!

Please whatsapp Daniel at +6598872168 if you have any questions about this tour.


PLEASE READ THIS SECTION ON BUDGET TOUR TO FAMILIARISE YOURSELF TO THE TYPE OF ACCOMMODATION FOR THIS TOUR

Budget Tour
Iceland is quite a costly travel destination and accommodations are no exception. To make this tour both  affordable and more open to everyone, this tour is curated for budget travellers with the option to upgrade to hotels.

Accommodation with shared bathroom
As a budget tour, accommodations are basic rooms in hostels or guesthouses with shared bathrooms. Some of the rooms are quad-sharing, but most of the time, your stay in a hostel or guesthouse will be a twin or triple-sharing room. In some cases, there will be bunk beds in dormitories or guesthouses. We will not be staying in dormitories shared with other strangers or groups, so our privacy is still within our group. Breakfast is always included in our accommodation.

Allocation of Beds and Rooms
In our allocation of beds (twin beds or bunk beds) or rooms (twin, triple, or quad-sharing) according to our needs, it will be on a first-come-first-served and gender configuration basis.

Hotel Upgrade Option
There is the option to upgrade your accommodation to hotel rooms with private bathrooms. All hotel rooms are twin-sharing except in cases where we need to accommodate the odd person, then it will be triple-sharing. Please note that in the town of Egilsstadir, there is no hotel available for our dates, so a one-night stay in a better quality guesthouse with shared bathroom is alloted. Breakfast is also included in all upgraded hotel stays.
The upgrade option cost is approximately S$600. We will calculate and inform you of the actual amount when we have interested parties for this option. Partial upgrade on some of the nights is also available. Please text me about this if you are interested in an upgrade or partial upgrade.
If you choose this hotel upgrade option, payment for this option is via online banking transfer to 3Playgrounds.

Single Supplement Cost
For a single room hotel upgrade option, it is an addition of another S$500 approximately. Likewise, we will calculate and inform you of the actual amount when you request for that option.


Please whatsapp Daniel at +6598872168 if you have any questions regarding this tour.