Official travel guide to South Iceland

How to get there and around

Activities, interesting places, restaurants and much more

Hotels and camping places and everything between

Guides and recommendations from the locals

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River Rafting

River Rafting

For those wanting more excitement in their lives, careening down a rushing river can be just the ticket. It’s an unforgettable and exhilarating experience that will definitely get the heart pumping.

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Arctic Rafting

Near Varmahlid village in Skagafjordur (North Iceland) you find the "creme de la creme" of Iceland rafting rivers, Austari Jökulsá (East Glacial river).

Asgard Beyond

Asgard is a professional guiding company that focuses on custom made experiences. Skiing, ice climbing, rock climbing, alpine climbing and glacier hiking are in our field of expertise. Our drive is cr

Mountaineers of Iceland

Mountaineers operate day tours, half-day tours and evening tours as well as private tailor-made tours for smaller and larger groups, for one, two or more days. We also welcome incentive groups for whi

Mountaineers of Iceland ADVENTURE TOURS

Mountaineers of Iceland is a fully-licensed travel agency based in Reykjavík, specializing in super trucks and snowmobile tours. We offer open day tours as well as private tailor-made tours for group

Mountaineers of Iceland

Mountaineers operate day tours, half-day tours and evening tours as well as private tailor-made tours for smaller and larger groups, for one, two or more days. We also welcome incentive groups for whi

Arctic Adventures

Arctic Adventures is the largest tour operator in Iceland offering the greatest variety of outdoor adventures. We have seven different base camps across the country offering a number of different expe

Reykjavik Excursions

Reykjavik Excursions (RE) is a well-established but progressive company in Icelandic tourism. For more than 30 years RE have successfully operated the Flybus between Keflavík airport and Reykjavík city or vice versa.

Guide to Iceland

Uniting over 1000 Icelandic travel operators in a single community, Guide to Iceland remains the world's largest collaboration for Icelandic travel services. Our online platform provides unprecedented

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South Iceland

Towns & Villages

The south of Iceland has several towns and villages, each with its own style, charm and points of interest. Selfoss is the largest town and has a variety of shops, services, many restaurants and fast food places. Most towns are close to the main route, making them accessible and enjoyable.

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Visit South Iceland
Fjölheimar við Tryggvagarð
800 Selfoss, ICELAND
info(at)south.is
Phone: 00 354 560 2030
South Iceland Tourist Information
Sunnumörk 2
810 Hveragerði
tourinfo(at)hveragerdi.is
Phone: 00 354 483 4601

Safe travel in Iceland

To make travel in Iceland safer - for your safe return
Safetravel.is is run by ICE-SAR and is part of a bigger project, simply named Safetravel. In that project a number of companies, public institutions and individuals join hands and the goal is to lower the rate of accidents in travel and tourism in Iceland.

The 112 Iceland app can be used for two things, both for added safety on your Iceland trip.
First of all you can call for help by pressing the red Emergency button. Your location will be sent by text message to the 112 response center. Remember that even though your phone shows no signal there is a possibility that you can send text message.

The green Check In button is for you to leave your location with us so if something happens we have more information to work with. Only the 5 last locations are stored and we recommend you use this – don’t worry – you are not disturbing anyone – except for our big computer who wants to be disturbed.

On Safetravel.is you can find extensive amount of information which can help you plan your travel to and around Iceland in more safe and secure way.

Local time and weather

Aurora forecast

When to see the Northern Lights in Iceland?
The best time is between 21:00-03:00 although they can often be seen early evening or during the night. The official Northern Lights season in Iceland is from October till March. The more activity the more likely it is that you will see the northern lights but that is not all. There is never a guarantee of spotting the northern lights, but northern lights forecast by vedur.is are good. Clear skies are necessary, when we have clear skies in Iceland It is usually cold. So be sure to wear the right clothing.
Northern Lights Forecast
The Icelandic Met Office does Northern Lights Forecast which is good to use.
Visit the Icelandic Met Office www.vedur.is, for more info.

Driving in Iceland

Always check the road conditions
The weather is not the same in different regions of Iceland. Here below are good websites to use when traveling in Iceland in winter. Vedur.is is the official website for weather in Iceland. But it doesn’t always give the right picture road.is, the website for the Icelandic Road Administration, is the best website to use if you use it right.If you are unsure then you can call 1777 and ask for the conditions (open 06:30-22:00) or 1778 an automatic telephone service open all day.

Driving in Iceland can be tricky - but if you listen carefully to Elfis you should be fine.