Village · South Coast
Also written Vik — we keep the Icelandic spelling.
The last real service stop before the sands east of it. Fuel, food and beds, and the usual base for South Coast overnight tours.
prices and departures checked 24 Oct 2026
Add us as a preferred source in GoogleIceland'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 | 10:52 | 16:10 | 5 h 18 min |
| March | 07:45 | 19:19 | 11 h 34 min |
| June | 02:53 | 23:52 | 21 h |
| September | 06:42 | 19:53 | 13 h 11 min |
| December | 11:10 | 15:25 | 4 h 15 min |
None of these have fixed dates, so each one says what its real dates depend on.
Natural ice caves
November–March
Caves are re-surveyed each autumn and only open when a guide judges them stable. A warm spell can close one for the season.
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.
The 60 tours we sell that stop at Vík í Mýrdal leave from Reykjavík, Vík í Mýrdal and Hella & Hvolsvöllur, with a handful from 2 smaller towns. Most of them start in Reykjavík, so for anyone based in the capital there is nothing to arrange beforehand.
57 of the 60 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 €226, 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 Vík í Mýrdal, so a guided day is the practical way in without a car.
The days themselves run from about 3 h to 16 h door to door, so check the length as carefully as the price — the cheapest seat is often the longest coach day. 27 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
18% below the €142 typical for sightseeing day tours
Anyone with a single free day who wants waterfalls, a…
10 h · from Reykjavík
BusTravel Iceland
about the usual price for northern lights tours
from age 8 · pickup at extra cost
14 h · from Reykjavík
Try Iceland Tours
pickup included · works in rain
15 h · from Reykjavík
Skall Ventures
from age 10 · pickup included
12 h · from Reykjavík
SLAWOMIR & DENIS TRAVEL ehf.
about the usual price for lagoon & spa visits
pickup at extra cost · works in rain
14 h 30 · from Reykjavík
Glaciers and Waterfalls
Moderate · from age 8 · pickup included
11 h · from Hella & Hvolsvöllur
Taken from each operator's own itinerary, not from marketing copy — these are tours whose agenda names Vík í Mýrdal as a stop.
BusTravel Iceland
18% below the €142 typical for sightseeing day tours
Anyone with a single free day who wants waterfalls, a…
10 h · from Reykjavík
Dramatic vistas and diverse wonders await on Iceland's South Coast
BusTravel Iceland
about the usual price for northern lights tours
from age 8 · pickup at extra cost
14 h · from Reykjavík
Glaciers, waterfalls & black sand beaches with aurora hunt at night
Arctic Adventures
from age 8 · pickup included
13 h · from Reykjavík
Discover the best of Iceland's South Coast, including Skógafoss, Reynisfjara, Dyrhólaey, and the iconic DC-3 plane wreck.
Arctic Adventures
23% above the €161 typical for northern lights tours
from age 6 · pickup included
16 h · from Reykjavík
Discover Iceland’s stunning south coast — explore waterfalls, black sand beaches, and glaciers then chase the magical northern lights.
Magic Iceland Travel
about the usual price for lagoon & spa visits
from age 6 · meet at the start point
14 h · from Reykjavík
Embark on a thrilling journey from Reykjavík to Iceland's wild South Coast, where you'll marvel at Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, stroll Diamond Beach, and chase adventure amidst epic glacier vistas.
Nordur Travel Services ehf
13% below the €142 typical for sightseeing day tours
pickup included
10 h · from Reykjavík
Explore Iceland's stunning South Coast. See waterfalls like Skógafoss & Seljalandsfoss, black sand beach, and glaciers. Small group adventure from Reykjavik.
Nordur Travel Services ehf
40% below the €205 typical for lagoon & spa visits
pickup included · works in rain
10 h · from Reykjavík
Explore Iceland’s stunning South Coast on a small group tour from Reykjavik, led entirely in Spanish. Visit waterfalls, black sand beaches, and glaciers in a fun and personal adventure.
Kalman Tours
about the usual price for sightseeing day tours
pickup included
10 h 30 · from Reykjavík
Explore Iceland’s South Coast in a small group, including the iconic Skógafoss and Seljalandsfoss waterfalls and Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach.
Gravel Travel
14% below the €254 typical for ice cave tours
Moderate · from age 8
3 h · from Vík í Mýrdal
Discover Katla Ice Cave from Vík and Summer Ice Cave Adventures on Mýrdalsjökull Glacier.
BusTravel Iceland
about the usual price for horse riding tours
from age 10 · pickup at extra cost
11 h · from Reykjavík
South Coast, Waterfalls & Horseback Riding Tour
BusTravel Iceland
31% below the €254 typical for ice cave tours
from age 10 · pickup at extra cost
11 h · from Reykjavík
South Coast, Waterfalls & Katla Ice Cave Tour
Arctic Adventures
from age 10 · pickup included
10 h · from Reykjavík
The South Coast hits different when the last stop is a hot spring. Enjoy a small-group day tour past waterfalls, black sand beaches, volcanic coastline, a famous red-roofed church and ending in a geothermal soak.
Showing 12 of 90. Browse everything or build a day around it.
28 operators, all of whom we hold a contract with. We do not list every company in Iceland, on purpose.
Absorb Iceland · Andy Iceland Guide · Arctic Adventures · Aurora Viking · BusTravel Iceland · Cool Holidays Travel ehf · David The Guide · Easy Travel Iceland · Elysia Tours · Glaciers and Waterfalls · Gravel Travel · ICELAND TRANSFER AND EXCURSION
We list 90 — 60 day tours and 30 multi-day packages, from 28 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 €250. 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 18 min · March: 11 h 34 min · June: 21 h · September: 13 h 11 min · December: 4 h 15 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 — 60 guided day tours in our catalogue stop here. 57 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 €226 the more typical fare. Private tours cost more because they are priced per vehicle rather than per seat.
Hotels
From the cheapest to the top end of what is near Vík í Mýrdal, from our hotel partners. Rooms are booked on our hotels site.
Vík í Mýrdal 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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