Darren was amazing. Very friendly, funny, and didn’t talk too much. Highly recommend this tour. We got lucky and the weather was clear as a bell. The southern coast is beautiful. Thanks

We were two aging couples [(80 & 72, 71 &69] cruising and we booked this tour through Viator. We had a delightful guide/driver and ended up being only 6 people in the van. We covered 4 'prime' tourist spots: The park with the two tectonic plates, Gullfoss falls, an extinct volcano and a geyser field. We got sufficient time at each stop. We were lucky with the weather, we got sunny breaks at every stop and a few showers while in transit between them. The temperature was as expected 13°-17°C so a light jacket/windbreaker was needed, even though it was not zipped up. All of the spots were very tourist friendly with walking paths and washrooms not too far. We put 17,000 steps on my wife's Fitbit on that day. The park with the tectonic plates was a downhill wooden path with interesting plaques and views all around, we walked essentially between the plates to a meeting point at the bottom. The slope is gentle and easy to walk and enjoy! A great first stop! Then we went to Gullfoss falls, a beautiful falls! We took lots of pictures of the falls and river. There were more people here, but still not what we would consider crowded. We did not walk to the closets points as there was a lot of mist in the air and we got our fill of great views from the elevated portions of the paved path. The we went to the extinct volcano and 2 of us walked all around the caldera. From the top we had fantastic landscapes to admire. The walk up and around the caldera is not paved and you have a few climbs and a lot of uneven surfaces to walk, but we have done far worse many times. Then we went to geyser field, which is quite tourist friendly with paths to walk on around and in between the geysers which some erupt every 6-10 minutes. We also had a lite lunch here fish & chips Icelandic style where the breading is a light charcoal colour! Easily one of my top 5 fish and chips. With 2 baby beers + 2 f&c = 92$ CAD, not cheap, but we would order again! At the beginning of the tour we also visited a spot where they bake bread in the ground (thermally heated) and we saw spots of boiling mud adjacent to a small lake. Our guided advised us NOT to test the water temperature as it could be scalding hot... 50 feet away a couple were canoeing in the lake. We were away for a month through Amsterdam, a British Isles cruise, and an Iceland/Scotland cruise and this tour is easily top two experience of the trip [3 tours were outstanding so picking just one is too hard] We have no hesitation in recommending this tour.

Coach was clean and seats comfortable. Almost full load with plenty of room for luggage. Timings prompt and suitable for transfer

I didn’t want to rent a car (as would have been the only driver) but didn’t want to miss these sights so bus tour it was- and really pleased we did this - it was well worth it. Personally I d have liked about 15 more minutes in each location, just to take it all in (and also allow for the teen to inspect *every* gift shop 😂) . But understand that you have to keep to schedule- it s a long drive. The scenery while driving is spectacular. Thingvellar, Geysir and Gullfoss are all overwhelmingly beautiful. And the lamb soup at the restaurant in the visitor centre in geysir was delicious!!

Luba was a very engaging guide and a very careful driver. We saw the visitor center, geysers and gullfoss She even had jokes!

Beautiful scenery, geysirs, and a breath taking waterfall is what we experienced on the golden tour. Bring your jackets, gloves, camera. We sat back and just enjoyed the tour. Our only hiccup was finding our way from the ship to the pick up place. It’s a little walk from the ship but was well marked once we found it.

an amazing tour!! A great way to see a lot of Iceland. We had only 3 days to explore this amazing place. The tour covers so many great places that we wouldn't have seen on our own.

Darren and Hans were the most delightful Host & Bus driver. It’s a 7 hour tour with Gray Line and there was never a dull moment. Darren was amazing, he shared facts about a variety of topics including history, culture and food just to name a few. Hans drove us through so many beautiful roads smoothly and safely. They were so approachable we chatted with them at all the stops and the answered questions and offered recommendations. This tour was so amazing Iceland is so beautiful!

Guide: Runar & Driver: Magnus Reykjavík excursions. The promised 6.5 hour trip turned into over 7 hours. Magnus was a good driver, it was very smooth all the way. Runar was somewhat hit and miss as a guide. Some was well described, some, a geothermal area, was missed entirely as he was on the phone (he did apologise!). The journey back was via a different route than the way in, and was much longer and much more boring. Not helped by Runar and Magnus having a loud conversation in Icelandic most of the way. It gets tiring listening to it for so long. We were in the seat behind the driver Runar in the seat opposite. A major relief to get off the bus! Good value though at £70 per head

Overall Very good tour, good guide, perfect stops with good timings. Will surely recommend this tour for 1st timers to Iceland

Darren and Hans were great was a cool tour . Not too long, Got great weather today made it even more good…..would recommend

Firstly as evidenced by all the positive reviews provided for all of the other tours that myself and my wife did during our recent trip to Iceland, you would be right in concluding that I am not an habitual complainer. However, this review is the exception. This tour just did not happen. I was supposed to be picked up at the Reykjavic Cruise Terminal at 7.30am. I was ahead of schedule until being prevented from leaving our ship due to the fact that the Icelandic Border Force or whatever bureaucratic rubbish name that they call themselves were late! I rushed to the pickup point and I believe that I got there by 7.35am, though Grayline claim their driver waited until 7.40am. I do not believe them. The whole scene was disorganised chaos, with no order and people rushing at buses as they arrived wondering if it was their tour bus. I rang the bus line and was told that my bus would arrive at 8.45am. After this deadline had been reached, I rang again only to be told by the same person that he'd made a mistake (he said that it was a miscommunication!, but I'd correct that to a mistake) and the bus had left already. I then walked to the Grayline depot and demanded to see the person in charge. When I mentioned that I was 5 minutes late due to the slack manner of service delivery of his country's immigration officials, he sort of smirked which led me to conclude that this was not the first time situations like this had occurred. He did offer me a later tour that day, but its return time was too late to meet my ship's departure time. I immediately contacted Viator to request a refund based on circumstances that had been beyond my control. Despite repeated attempts, they have refused my requests, which does not inspire me with much confidence to deal with them in the future. I mean they seem to be all smiles and new age review oriented when things are going well, but when things go belly up, they don't seem to want to know. So how was the Golden Circle Tour with Grayline Bus Company? Well, I don't actually know as ultimately, they failed to take me.

Iceland is so different from any place we have been. Super interesting with the landscape, the falls, the geysers, the 5 gaits horses and unusual, but delicious food. We both enjoyed the tour. It would have been better without the wind and rain. I strongly suggest frog togs, jacket and pants or something similar.

My partner and I had an absolutely amazing day doing the golden circle tour with Darren and our driver Vali. Darren was extremely kind, knowledgeable, and absolutely hilarious. It was foggy and raining most of the day but he made it so worth it. Pick up and drop off went smoothly. We were scheduled to do a northern lights tour but because of the weather it was cancelled. We were able to be refunded or schedule for another day free of charge. I would 10/10 recommend!

The boat docked at 8am, and by the time we got out of the boat, it was 8:20am. We could not find which bus we have to go to. We should have been given instructions as to which bus to go, as there are too many buses. It turned out, we run across a guy with black jacket Grayline, so I approached him, but our name was not on his list. The guy was looking for a different name. But we were told to ride in a mini van who will go to the bus terminal. Our schedule was for 8am, and we're late for 9am, so we ended up joining the 10:30am, so we waited 2 hours to get to the right bus with available seats. It was stressful looking around and asking which bus to go in, but we didn't know that we'll be taken to the bus Terminal, and was a long wait too at the Bus Terminal. In short, you should give alternate detailed instructions, if the boat did not dock at the time that was originally scheduled for the pickup, and what bus or mini van to look for. We were about to go back to the boat, and I was just lucky to run into a guy with a Gray Line jacket. Thanks for this experience. The Tour was very good after all, but the problem was lack of proper instructions where to go, if it's a bus or a minivan, and where to go.