Driving around Iceland for 15 days

Trip to Iceland is one of the most unforgettable and exciting among our travels. We planned it for several years, first dreaming about crossing North Sea by ferry, but then we declined this plan due to the very high prices for ferry and many extra days spending on the road to Denmark and then in the sea itself (those days I had a job and that’s why I had limited amount of days for vacations).

One day I found out that Germanwings has flights to Reykjavík - this was the day when we started to ponder over trip to Iceland with renewed energy.

Our rough itinerary around Iceland

There were several important issues for us in planning this trip. First of all Iceland is one of the most expensive countries in the world, that’s why we thoroughly searching for the cheapest car for rent, found out about campsites, etc.

There is a camping card in Iceland (you can find more information here) that costs 105 EUR (in 2015 year) and allows two adults and 4 children to spend 28 nights for free in any of 42 campsites around the Iceland. Sounds good!

I don’t remember why we eventually didn’t buy this card. Most of the Iceland campsites don’t have reception as ones all over Europe. You pay for campsite to the man who comes in the evening or in the morning. It was common situation when we arrived late at night and left campsite early in the morning, so we didn’t pay for campsite at all many times (it happened not on purpose of course :)

If you are interesting on how much money we spent in Iceland here are our budget and some statistic. All prices are indicated for two of us.

We rode 2364 kilometers and spent 183 euro for fuel (it costs 1.47 euro per liter in 2013 year)

We spent 192 euro for accommodation, for 13 nights. Two nights we stayed in “hotels”.

We spent 123 euro for food, that we bought only in the supermarkets.

We spent 131 euro for sightseeing. Actually all places of interest such as waterfalls, etc were free of charge. We pay only for swimming pools that costs in average 7 euro per two person and for tour to isolated cape to see puffins.

We spent 500 euro to rent a car in Sixt (using web site http://www.economycarrentals.com/). The price for car was 350 euro, and 150 euro we paid for improved insurance (from scratches, etc).

We spent 890 euro to get to Iceland (tickets for airplane costs 720 euro for 2 person round trip and tickets for train to Moscow from Kiev costs 170 euro)

Totally we spent 2019 euro for 15 days in Iceland for two person.