sandian Posted March 16, 2013 #1 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Thinking of doing both these tours on our Cruise in June, on looking at private tours I see prices around the same or even dearer than Cruise tours. There are three of us and it seems for peace of mind we are as well going with the ship. Ship price for 8 hours with lunch £81, can you see how we can do it cheaper?. Any help greatly appreciated, these seem to be the most popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoPublic Posted April 13, 2013 #2 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Thinking of doing both these tours on our Cruise in June, on looking at private tours I see prices around the same or even dearer than Cruise tours. There are three of us and it seems for peace of mind we are as well going with the ship. Ship price for 8 hours with lunch £81, can you see how we can do it cheaper?. Any help greatly appreciated, these seem to be the most popular. Hi We are going to do the Golden Circle in June as well - look at IG Tours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-Cruiser Posted April 13, 2013 #3 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Thinking of doing both these tours on our Cruise in June, on looking at private tours I see prices around the same or even dearer than Cruise tours. There are three of us and it seems for peace of mind we are as well going with the ship. Ship price for 8 hours with lunch £81, can you see how we can do it cheaper?. Any help greatly appreciated, these seem to be the most popular. I think £81 pp is reasonable. If you plan on taking a private tour to see the Path of the Trolls it will cost more pp. Only by renting a car you would be able to get it cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandian Posted April 14, 2013 Author #4 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Thank's for both replies, much appreciated. Will have another look at private tours but as I said they seemed about the same price and that was without lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandian Posted April 14, 2013 Author #5 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Hi We are going to do the Golden Circle in June as well - look at IG Tours. Had a look, that seems a good price, thank's will have to discuss with DH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoPublic Posted April 15, 2013 #6 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Had a look, that seems a good price, thank's will have to discuss with DH. Hiya, Just to let you know, we are arranging to go to Blue Lagoon with IG tours on the second day as we have a day and half in port. Cost of transfer is £16 per person return from dock to dock. In case you might be interested in doing this as well when in Iceland. Entrance to Blue Lagoon is separate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley61 Posted April 15, 2013 #7 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I've found one with FAB Travel, that you can see excursions listed per cruise ship in port in Reykjavik... I've posted on here to see if anyone else has used them as putting "FAB Travel" in a search engine just brings up lots of people commenting on their fabulous holidays! Their Golden Circle tour is EUR80 with no food, but starts at a time of your choosing. It's a 6 hour tour too, which fits in nicely with our estimated 11am arrival time in port. Hopefully this link will work... http://www.fabtravel.is/en/cruise-ship/cruise-ships-in-reykjavik-2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandian Posted April 15, 2013 Author #8 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Hiya, Just to let you know, we are arranging to go to Blue Lagoon with IG tours on the second day as we have a day and half in port. Cost of transfer is £16 per person return from dock to dock. In case you might be interested in doing this as well when in Iceland. Entrance to Blue Lagoon is separate. Hello Thank's for the offer it would have been great to do if we were not doing the other tour, but feel we want to stay close to the ship so we can have a look round the town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandian Posted April 15, 2013 Author #9 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I've found one with FAB Travel, that you can see excursions listed per cruise ship in port in Reykjavik... I've posted on here to see if anyone else has used them as putting "FAB Travel" in a search engine just brings up lots of people commenting on their fabulous holidays! Their Golden Circle tour is EUR80 with no food, but starts at a time of your choosing. It's a 6 hour tour too, which fits in nicely with our estimated 11am arrival time in port. Hopefully this link will work... http://www.fabtravel.is/en/cruise-ship/cruise-ships-in-reykjavik-2012 Thanks, will have a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley61 Posted April 15, 2013 #10 Share Posted April 15, 2013 We actually only started looking at independent tours as the Golden Circle with Lunch tour disappeared off the RCI website. We called them today and appare today the ship's tour is full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitemare Posted April 15, 2013 #11 Share Posted April 15, 2013 We booked independently with Iceland Horizons last summer for our Golden Circle Tour and loved loved loved it. Going back for 10 days this summer, in fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandian Posted April 16, 2013 Author #12 Share Posted April 16, 2013 We actually only started looking at independent tours as the Golden Circle with Lunch tour disappeared off the RCI website. We called them today and appare today the ship's tour is full. That's strange, just had a look and it's still there but showing as enquire onboard it has been like this for a week or two. We were just going to book as soon as we boarded. Gutted if it is fully booked, will look at other options now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandian Posted April 16, 2013 Author #13 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Looking at IG and Horizons they do not fit in with our times in port first day docking 11.00am second day sailing at 3.00pm. I cannot see any of these fitting in with an 8.30am start or being back for 3.00pm sailaway. Problems problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandian Posted April 16, 2013 Author #14 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Shelley can't get much on FAB Tours but take a look at Gulfoss Geysir Direct, they do a six hour tour leaving at 12.30. Reviews seem quite good 8000 ISK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley61 Posted April 16, 2013 #15 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Looking at IG and Horizons they do not fit in with our times in port first day docking 11.00am second day sailing at 3.00pm. I cannot see any of these fitting in with an 8.30am start or being back for 3.00pm sailaway. Problems problems. We're actually now thinking of going with IG tours. Their website shows "normal" tours at times which don't fit in with the arrival and departure times but they also have a special cruise ship section: http://www.igtours.is/eng/catalog/tour76.html There's one on the day our ship arrives with a scheduled pick up between 11.30 and 12 and we're staying overnight so no panic on return times. Also very reasonably priced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandian Posted April 17, 2013 Author #16 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Thank's that sounds brilliant, we are now thinking of doing this as I would hate to miss the golden circle. It seems to be the highlight of Iceland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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