Iceland · 6 Sep 2027 – 17 Sep 2027
Iceland Ring Road
A full lap of Route 1 in the long summer light — waterfalls, a glacier lagoon, fjord villages and a volcanic lake, all on one paved road.
Sep 2027, any departure day (12 days including a buffer day; the plan below is 8 nights / 9 days, 1,330 km). The ledger is the planning estimate at four people sharing (≈฿100,300 per person); a rebuilt price check lands nearer ≈฿107,300, and the paid number, once booked, replaces both. Schengen visa on a Thai passport goes through VFS Global's Iceland centre (the decision is made in Tokyo).
Route
1,268km
6 legs, OSRM-routed
Driving time
19.0h
Sum of leg estimates, not counting stops
Day by day
- Day 1Reykjavík· arrive
Land at Keflavík, collect the car, settle into Reykjavík.
Stops: Reykjavík
- Day 2Vík· 180 km / 2.5h
South coast: Seljalandsfoss (walk behind it), Skógafoss, Reynisfjara's black-sand beach and basalt columns, into Vík.
Stops: Vík
- Day 3Jökulsárlón/Höfn· 270 km / 4h
Fjaðrárgljúfur canyon, Skaftafell in Vatnajökull National Park, then Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon and Diamond Beach before Höfn. Start early — the driving alone is 4h.
Stops: Jökulsárlón
- Day 4Egilsstaðir· 250 km / 4.5h
East Fjords: fishing villages under steep mountains (Djúpivogur, Breiðdalsvík) on a road that winds in and out of every fjord head — slow going even though the Ring Road here is now fully paved.
Stops: Egilsstaðir
- Day 5Mývatn· ~210-220 km / 3.5h
Inland via the detour to Dettifoss, then on to Lake Mývatn.
Stops: Mývatn
- Day 6Mývatn· 0
Dimmuborgir lava fields, Námafjall's mudpots, Grjótagjá cave, a soak in the Mývatn Nature Baths — or a side trip to Húsavík for whale watching.
Stops: Mývatn
- Day 7Akureyri· 100 km / 1.5h
Goðafoss waterfall en route, afternoon in Akureyri, the capital of the north.
Stops: Akureyri
- Day 8Reykjavík· 390 km / 5.5h
The trip's longest transit day — treat it as driving with two breaks (Varmahlíð, Borgarnes), not a sightseeing day.
Stops: Reykjavík
- Day 9Reykjavík· —
The full Golden Circle (Þingvellir, Geysir, Gullfoss) is the better part of a day; do a short version if time is tight, or the Blue Lagoon en route to Keflavík instead.
Stops: Reykjavík
What I looked at vs what I booked
| Item | Looked at | Booked | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Blue Car Rental Rental · 4×4, 9 days, gravel + SCDW | ฿32,000 10 Sep 2026 | Not booked | ~$85/day; the row's vehicle+fuel line is the per-head split |
Jökulsárlón zodiac tour Tour · Amphibian/zodiac among the icebergs, per person | ฿1,895 10 Sep 2026 | Not booked | 6,900 ISK at 0.2747; sells out in summer — book a time before landing |
Full ledger
Every category, THB and USD, with its basis — estimate until a receipt replaces the line.
Flights
- Flightsestimate
฿40,310
$1,222
Visa
- Visaestimate
฿3,456
$105
Vehicle & fuel
- Vehicle & fuelestimate
฿10,083
$306
Lodging
- Lodgingestimate
฿25,080
$760
Food
- Foodestimate
฿13,365
$405
Activities
- Activitiesestimate
฿8,000
$242
Extras
- Extrasestimate
฿0
$0
Total (at 4 sharing)
฿100,294· ฿25,074 pp
$3,039
Entries from this trip
Entry 009
Iceland Ring Road from Bangkok: planning 12 days, $3,350 each · Entry 009
Entry 010
Iceland Ring Road, days 1–3: the first entry written in the car · Entry 010
Entry 011
Iceland Ring Road, days 4–6: the weather entry · Entry 011
Entry 012
Iceland Ring Road, days 7–12: what a Thai passport pays · Entry 012