Car rental from Skarfabakki cruise Terminal to Keflavik Airport?

[fishman620]

Was wondering if there is a car rental company near Skarfabakki cruise terminal that we (5 persons) could rent a car for the day and return to Keflavik Airport?  We have a late departure that day @ 7:45 p.m.  Or does anyone have suggestions as to what to do, we will have done the Golden Circle, Blue Lagoon and city tour the day before with a tour company.  Thanks for the help.

[ljandgb]

There are car rental offices in Reykjavik.  We recently returned from Iceland and used Blue.  Their office is on the harbor but I can't tell if that's where the cruise ships dock.  It would be a short taxi ride if not.

 

I'd recommend going up to Snaefellsnes and making a loop of the peninsula.

[AstoriaPreppy]

21 hours ago, fishman620 said:

Was wondering if there is a car rental company near Skarfabakki cruise terminal that we (5 persons) could rent a car for the day and return to Keflavik Airport?  We have a late departure that day @ 7:45 p.m.  Or does anyone have suggestions as to what to do, we will have done the Golden Circle, Blue Lagoon and city tour the day before with a tour company.  Thanks for the help.

 

There *used* to be car rentals at Skarfbakki, but as of last year I think they're all closed.

 

Our original plan was to catch a taxi from the terminal to the Europcar near the port but the line for taxis after our Celebrity Summit cruise last year was 2+ hours. We ended up walking the 40ish minute walk up a pretty steep hill dragging our bags to the Europcar... it was a lot. There were other rental locations on that route (Budget, etc).

 

That said, if you want to rent a car and you're hoping to drop off at KEF, it makes no sense to go to the Blue Lagoon the day before on an organized tour. The Blue Lagoon is designed and located for people to stop on their way to/from the airport... it's only about 10 minutes away. Going there with a group tour is a waste of time especially if you may be driving yourself to the airport the next day, and you'll save a ton of money.