Travel Review: Self-Drive Tour of Iceland, Thorsmork, Thingvellir National Park, Glacier Trek

We used this travel agency to organize a self-drive itinerary plus car and hotel reservations around Ring Road in addition to a handful of private and group tours. Our travel planner was very helpful and easy to work with, and he was responsive to email inquiries and troubleshooting during our trip. We had a great time with our private guide for 2 days in the Super Jeep, which was absolutely necessary for getting to a couple of the rugged destinations. Iceland is quite expensive, so we did experience some sticker shock at the total quote for the trip as well as the accumulated cost of restaurant meals in the country. However, we had a wonderful trip despite some rainy days and got to see all sorts of naturalistic wonders! Our travel planner did a nice job of laying out an itinerary to our specifications and not cramming the days too full of activities, plus we had some nice restaurant reservations and experiences that were recommended. It was nice not having to do much research or decision-making of my own and to have the recommendations laid out by an experienced and native Icelandic travel company. We did experience a few hiccups in our itinerary (i.e. one hotel had trouble finding our reservation, had to change a tour because it was not recommended for pregnant women, missed a scheduled tour and had to rebook because we were not given the details of pick-up time), although our travel planner received the feedback graciously. I would still recommend having help from a travel agency when going to Iceland to make the most of your time, especially if you're okay with a bit of splurging.