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Private Golden Circle Tour with Kerid Crater and Secret Lagoon

By Varen
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$1,861 per traveller* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 10h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

The Secret Lagoon is the best possible ending to the Golden Circle. Iceland's oldest naturally heated pool - in operation since 1891 - with a small natural geyser bubbling beside it. 38-40°C water, almost no crowds, and a genuine sense of place that the Blue Lagoon can't replicate.

Kerið Crater entry included. The only paid stop on the Golden Circle is covered. Vivid red rock, turquoise lake, short walk around the rim.

Entirely private - no shared passengers. Your guide and vehicle belong to your group alone. The pace and itinerary adapt entirely to you.

Your day, your pace. Stay longer at Gullfoss if the light is right. Watch Strokkur erupt one more time. The itinerary bends to your group.

Family-friendly throughout. The Secret Lagoon has no minimum age - children of all ages welcome.

Private saloon for 1-3 or private minivan for 4-8. Right-sized vehicle for your group, exclusively yours.

Activity location

  • Thingvellir National Park
    • Thingvellir, Iceland

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Thingvellir National Park
    • Thingvellir, Iceland

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Private 4-8pax Tour

  • Activity duration is 10 hours10h
    10h
  • English

Duration: 9 hours
Van : Private minivan for 4 to 8 - dedicated guide, Golden Circle + Secret Lagoon + Kerið, door-to-door from Reykjavik.
Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
AU$2,260.00 x 1 TravellerAU$2,260.00
Total
Price is AU$2,260.00
Until Fri, 1 May

Private 1-3pax Tour

  • Activity duration is 10 hours10h
    10h
  • English

Duration: 9 hours
Saloon : Private saloon for 1 to 3 - dedicated guide, Golden Circle + Secret Lagoon + Kerið, door-to-door from Reykjavik.
Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
AU$1,861.10 x 1 TravellerAU$1,861.10
Total
Price is AU$1,861.10
Until Fri, 1 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Secret Lagoon entry ticket for all guests
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Kerið Crater entrance fee for all guests
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Dedicated, professional English-speaking guide for the full day
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Door-to-door hotel pickup and drop-off in central Reykjavík
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Private transport in a comfortable vehicle (exclusively for your group)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Flexible itinerary — adapted to your group's pace and interests
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Food and drinks (restaurants and cafés available at several stops)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Towel and swimwear for the Secret Lagoon (available to rent on-site)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Personal travel insurance
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge for your guide (optional, appreciated)

Know before you book

  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • This is a fully private tour — no other passengers will join your group
  • Bring a swimming costume and towel for the Secret Lagoon (towel rental also available on-site)
  • Wear warm, waterproof layers — Icelandic weather changes rapidly year-round
  • The tour operates in all weather conditions year-round
  • Child-friendly — families with children are warmly welcome
  • Itinerary is flexible: speak to your guide about any preferences or additional stops
  • Maximum group size: 1-3 passengers
  • Maximum group size: 4-8 passengers

Activity itinerary

Reykjavik (Pass by)

Your private vehicle choices you up directly from your Reykjavík accommodation at the agreed time. No transfer, no assembly point — the tour starts from your front door. Pickup time will be confirmed 24 hours in advance.

Thingvellir National Park

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
One of only two places on Earth where you can walk a tectonic rift above sea level. The Almannagjá gorge marks the boundary between the North American and Eurasian plates, pulling apart at 2 cm per year. This is also where Viking settlers founded the Alþing — the world's first parliament — in 930 AD. Your private guide brings both stories to life without the noise of a large group, letting you linger at whichever part of the park catches your attention most.

Geysir

  • 45m
The English word "geyser" comes from this very field. Strokkur erupts every 5–8 minutes, sending boiling water up to 30 metres into the sky with virtually no warning — which is exactly what makes watching it so addictive. Your guide will position your group in the best spot before each eruption. Between blasts, explore the surrounding geothermal landscape: bubbling mud pools, steaming vents, and mineral-stained ground in vivid oranges and yellows.

Gullfoss Waterfall

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
The glacial Hvítá river drops in two dramatic tiers into a 32-metre canyon, generating permanent mist, constant rainbows on sunny days, and a roar you feel in your chest before you see the falls. In winter, ice formations build along the edges and the scene turns completely otherworldly. With a private tour there is no schedule pulling you away early — stay as long as the waterfall deserves.

Kerid Crater

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Formed around 6,500 years ago when a magma chamber collapsed inward, Kerið is unlike any other crater on the Golden Circle. The caldera walls are layered in deep red and black volcanic rock streaked with green moss, dropping steeply to a vivid turquoise-green lake at the bottom. Walk the rim for panoramic views or take the path down to the water's edge. On certain summer evenings, musicians perform concerts here — floating on a boat on the lake — because the crater's acoustics are extraordinary.

Secret Lagoon - Gamla Laugin

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Iceland's oldest natural swimming pool — established in 1891 and fed by natural geothermal springs that keep the water at a constant 38–40°C year-round. Unlike the Blue Lagoon, the Secret Lagoon is unhurried, intimate, and entirely authentic — no enormous queues, no silica mud masks, just warm mineral water, steam rising into Icelandic air, and a small natural geyser erupting a few metres from the pool every few minutes. The perfect final act for a private day tour: completely relaxed, completely yours, and exactly what Iceland should feel like.

Reykjavik (Pass by)

Your private vehicle drops you back directly at your Reykjavík accommodation. Estimated return time is early evening, depending on pace and stops during the day. No shared transfers — door to door, start to finish.

Location

Activity location

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    Thingvellir National Park
    • Thingvellir, Iceland

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Thingvellir National Park
    • Thingvellir, Iceland

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