CJRJ Posted February 25, 2018 #1 Share Posted February 25, 2018 The Celebrity excursions are quite expensive. Any recommendations for tour guides/companies in Iceland? We'll be there for 2 days in early May 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haskinskj Posted February 25, 2018 #2 Share Posted February 25, 2018 The Celebrity excursions are quite expensive. Any recommendations for tour guides/companies in Iceland? We'll be there for 2 days in early May 2018. Private tours by Iceland companies are very expensive as well. We disembarked in Reykjavik and stayed for four days two years ago. We easily spent several hundred dollars for two for each private tour. The distances are long and gas is expensive are two reasons for the big dollars. In addition, there are not a huge number of tour companies so you are competing with the cruise ships. Having said that, i don’t regret one dollar that we spent. What a magnificent country! Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallasm Posted February 25, 2018 #3 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Consider to rent a car and do the Golden Circle one day and Blue Lagoon the other - Also spend some time in Reykjavik. Link to videos from my tour. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Alphen Posted February 26, 2018 #4 Share Posted February 26, 2018 The Celebrity excursions are quite expensive. Any recommendations for tour guides/companies in Iceland? We'll be there for 2 days in early May 2018. Have a look at FAB Travel, they are not expensive and have single and combo tours at resonable prices; https://www.fabtravel.is/en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJRJ Posted February 26, 2018 Author #5 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Have a look at FAB Travel, they are not expensive and have single and combo tours at resonable prices; https://www.fabtravel.is/en Thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted February 26, 2018 #6 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Everything in Iceland is expensive....which is partially due to the collapse of their currency several years ago (due to banking fraud). So what to do? Certainly shop around for some decent local tour options and you might save a few dollars. One of our favorite options is to simply rent a car (especially in Reykjavik) where many ships do overnights. We prefer to rent for the first day and usually return the car late that same day or early the following morning so we only pay for a single day. Rental car rates are pretty expensive, but a more reasonable option when compared to many tours. One can drive the Golden Circle at their own pace...with the knowledge that they will have no problem missing the ship. And if one wants to go to the Blue Lagoon, you can keep the car and head out to that place in the evening (some go after dinner) using your car (which saves significant money over the tour). In other ports it becomes a real challenge (although you can arrange for a rental car in at least one other port). But there are sometimes local options which can save money. On our 2nd day we will sometimes take the local bus into Reykjavik to just walk around the town. On our last visit we took a several hour whale watching boat tour (on the 2nd day) and found it somewhat disappointing since the only whales we saw were Minke Whales...which are among the most boring whales to see in the wild. But that is the risk with any whale watching tour (we had hoped to spot a Sperm Whale or some Killer Whales (which are not actually whales). Hank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eboracum_d Posted February 26, 2018 #7 Share Posted February 26, 2018 We had a very good Golden Circle with IG tours at a fraction of the ship’s cost Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NantahalaCruiser Posted February 27, 2018 #8 Share Posted February 27, 2018 The Celebrity excursions are quite expensive. Any recommendations for tour guides/companies in Iceland? We'll be there for 2 days in early May 2018. We used Iceland Horizon for the Golden Circle tour - about 110 USD pp - they did an excellent tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJRJ Posted February 27, 2018 Author #9 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Thank you all for your assistance! I appreciate you sharing your recommendations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilderness1 Posted April 14, 2018 #10 Share Posted April 14, 2018 (edited) Planning this cruise on celebrity during May of 2019. Please let me know how your trip goes and any inside info you discover. Can I see the excursions they’ll be offering? Are they published anywhere? Edited April 14, 2018 by wilderness1 had another question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveling Library Posted April 15, 2018 #11 Share Posted April 15, 2018 We've been on two trips with IG tours. Highly recommended . We did the Golden Circle tour with a minibus of 12. Also took their 10 sites in 5 hours tour. We were only a tour of 6 so we visited the drivers Boy Scout camp...we got 11 sites! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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