Geothermal pool · Golden Circle
Also written Secret Lagoon — we keep the Icelandic spelling.
Iceland's oldest swimming pool, at Flúðir, fed by natural hot springs and kept at bathing temperature year round.
prices and departures checked 24 Oct 2026
Add us as a preferred source in GoogleWater temperature: 38–40°C. That is the figure Secret Lagoon (Gamla Laugin) publishes and holds, not a reading from today — these pools are heated to a target rather than left to the weather.
Iceland's daylight swings further than almost anywhere people holiday, and it decides what a tour can actually show you. Times are for the 15th of each month at this spot.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10:51 | 16:09 | 5 h 19 min |
| March | 07:44 | 19:18 | 11 h 34 min |
| June | 02:52 | 23:51 | 20 h 59 min |
| September | 06:41 | 19:52 | 13 h 11 min |
| December | 11:09 | 15:24 | 4 h 16 min |
None of these have fixed dates, so each one says what its real dates depend on.
Northern lights season
September–April
Needs darkness more than anything else. Nothing is visible around midsummer however strong the activity.
Midnight sun
May–July
True midnight sun only above the Arctic Circle — Grímsey. The mainland gets civil twilight all night, which looks much the same.
Lupine in bloom
June–July
Introduced, controversial and impossible to miss when it flowers. Peaks a fortnight later in the north than the south.
Reliable glacier snow
November–May
Langjökull runs most of the year; the shoulder months depend on snow cover on the approach track.
The 13 tours we sell that stop at Secret Lagoon (Gamla Laugin) leave from Reykjavík and Flúðir · Secret Lagoon. Most of them start in Reykjavík, so for anyone based in the capital there is nothing to arrange beforehand.
All 13 of them collect you from your accommodation or a designated stop, so the tour is the transport — there is nothing else to arrange and no timetable to read.
A seat on a day tour here starts at €117 and typically runs €191, per person, private charters excluded because those are priced per vehicle and would flatter the figure. There is no scheduled bus we can sell you to Secret Lagoon (Gamla Laugin), so a guided day is the practical way in without a car.
The days themselves run from about 1 h to 14 h door to door, so check the length as carefully as the price — the cheapest seat is often the longest coach day. 8 different operators run here, which matters more without a car than with one: if the weather cancels your day, there is usually another departure rather than a lost trip.
Being driven is the easy answer here: enough operators run it that a cancellation rarely loses you the day, and you get to look out of the window instead of at the road.
Cheapest way in without a car: a guided day tour from Reykjavík, from €117 per person.
We have done the sums on this properly: what a rental car actually costs against guided tours.
BusTravel Iceland
43% below the €205 typical for lagoon & spa visits
pickup at extra cost · works in rain
10 h · from Reykjavík
Try Iceland Tours
16% above the €205 typical for lagoon & spa visits
pickup included · works in rain
12 h · from Reykjavík
Glaciers and Waterfalls
pickup included · works in rain
1 h · from Flúðir · Secret Lagoon
Your Friend in Reykjavik
pickup included · works in rain
10 h · from Reykjavík
Arctic Mike
pickup included · works in rain
10 h · from Reykjavík
Try Iceland Tours
pickup included · works in rain
12 h · from Reykjavík
Taken from each operator's own itinerary, not from marketing copy — these are tours whose agenda names Secret Lagoon (Gamla Laugin) as a stop.
BusTravel Iceland
43% below the €205 typical for lagoon & spa visits
pickup at extra cost · works in rain
10 h · from Reykjavík
Geysir and Hot-springs on this award winning tour, voted one of Northern Europe´s Top 20 by Viator
BusTravel Iceland
about the usual price for northern lights tours
from age 8 · pickup at extra cost
14 h · from Reykjavík
Geysirs, Hot-springs & Aurora. The ultimate Iceland tour.
Arctic Adventures
32% below the €205 typical for lagoon & spa visits
from age 6 · pickup included
9 h · from Reykjavík
Soak in a natural pool and explore three of the most popular attractions in Iceland. The Golden Circle & Secret Lagoon Iceland offers great value in a small group setting.
Your Friend in Reykjavik
pickup included · works in rain
8 h · from Reykjavík
Explore Iceland’s iconic Golden Circle in comfort on a fully private, customizable luxury tour featuring waterfalls, geothermal wonders, and historic landscapes.
Mountaineers of Iceland
26% above the €330 typical for snowmobile tours
from age 6 · pickup included
10 h · from Reykjavík
Discover Iceland‘s hot springs and cool glacier snowmobile tour, departing from Reykjavik every day.
Try Iceland Tours
18% above the €161 typical for northern lights tours
pickup included · works in rain · evening
6 h · from Reykjavík
The fascinating natural phenomenon of Northern Lights, the dancing colors and shapes in the dark arctic sky. One of the most mesmerizing experience in a lifetime combined with a bath in a natural hot spring…
Try Iceland Tours
16% above the €205 typical for lagoon & spa visits
pickup included · works in rain
12 h · from Reykjavík
The most iconic historical and natural attractions of Iceland with a relaxing end of tour : a bath in a natural hot spring… Stop at Þingvellir, Geysir & Strokkur, Gullfoss, Kerið, Hvalfjörður & The Secret Lagoon
VAREN Iceland
pickup included · works in rain
10 h · from Reykjavík
Discover Iceland's Golden Circle on a private tour with your own driver-guide: Þingvellir, Icelandic horses, Geysir, Gullfoss, a soak in the Secret Lagoon and Kerið Crater.
Arctic Mike
18% above the €205 typical for lagoon & spa visits
pickup included · works in rain
10 h · from Reykjavík
Get to know the Queen of Icelandic day tours.
Glaciers and Waterfalls
pickup included · works in rain
1 h · from Flúðir · Secret Lagoon
On this private Golden Circle tour you’ll visit Thingvellir National Park, Geysir and Gullfoss
Arctic Mike
pickup included · works in rain
10 h · from Reykjavík
Get to know the Queen of Icelandic day tours.
Try Iceland Tours
pickup included · works in rain
12 h · from Reykjavík
The most iconic historical and natural attractions of Iceland with a relaxing end of tour : a bath in a natural hot spring… Stop at Þingvellir, Geysir & Strokkur, Gullfoss, Kerið, Hvalfjörður & The Secret Lagoon
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9 operators, all of whom we hold a contract with. We do not list every company in Iceland, on purpose.
Arctic Adventures · Arctic Mike · BusTravel Iceland · Glaciers and Waterfalls · Mountaineers of Iceland · Try Iceland Tours · VAREN Iceland · Viking Women · Your Friend in Reykjavik
We list 18 — 13 day tours and 5 multi-day packages, from 9 operators. That is what we currently have contracts for, not everything that exists in Iceland.
The place itself is usually free to enter; what you pay for is getting there. A day tour seat runs from €117, with a typical price of €214. Some sites charge separately for parking or admission — check the individual tour.
Looking at the next 360 days of live availability, departures fall in October, November, December, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September. That is a rolling window rather than the full year, so a month missing here is not necessarily a month with nothing running.
January: 5 h 19 min · March: 11 h 34 min · June: 20 h 59 min · September: 13 h 11 min · December: 4 h 16 min. Iceland stays on UTC all year, so there is no clock change to allow for.
Both work. Driving gives you the stops you want and the time you want them; a tour removes the winter road decisions and lets everyone look out of the window. We sell the tours and say so — if self-driving suits you better, it suits you better.
Yes — 13 guided day tours in our catalogue stop here. 13 of the tours pick you up from your accommodation, so no onward transport is needed.
A guided day tour from Reykjavík, from €117 per person, with €191 the more typical fare. Private tours cost more because they are priced per vehicle rather than per seat.
Hotels
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Secret Lagoon (Gamla Laugin) is rarely a whole day on its own. The planner knows how long each tour takes and how far apart the start points are, so it can build the rest of the day around it.
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