Plan Your Iceland Adventure
Practical Iceland travel guides, road trips, Northern Lights advice, hidden gems and real experiences from Calum & Ryan — helping you plan a better trip without the fluff.
First Time in Iceland? Start Here.
Iceland is an incredible place to explore, but there are a few things worth knowing before you arrive. We’ve put the essentials together in one simple guide to help you plan with confidence.
Everything You Need Before Visiting Iceland
From arriving at Keflavík and getting to Reykjavík to Icelandic weather, driving, money, useful apps and staying safe — this is the guide we’d recommend reading before your trip.
Build Your Iceland Trip.
Answer five quick questions and we’ll point you towards the Iceland guides, travel advice and resources that are most useful for your trip.
Here’s Where We’d Start.
Plan by Topic.
Whether you’re planning your first visit, chasing the Northern Lights, preparing for an Iceland road trip or deciding what to see, start with the part of your adventure that matters most.
First Time in Iceland
The essentials for planning your first Iceland trip, from airports and payments to weather, apps, safety and what to expect when you arrive.
Northern Lights
Learn when and where to look, how aurora forecasts actually work, what KP and BZ mean and how to give yourself the best chance of seeing them.
Driving & Road Trips
Rental cars, winter driving, the Ring Road, road conditions, campervans and the lessons worth knowing before getting behind the wheel.
Things to See & Do
Waterfalls, hot springs, Reykjavík, hidden gems, lagoons and the places we’d actually recommend adding to your Iceland itinerary.
Featured Guides.
Some of our most useful Iceland travel guides — covering everything from planning your budget and choosing a rental car to Reykjavík, lagoons and finding the Northern Lights.
How to REALLY See the Northern Lights
Forget simply watching the KP number. Learn what actually matters when hunting the Northern Lights in Iceland, with expert advice on forecasts, BZ, timing, locations and what the aurora really looks like.
Rental Cars in Iceland
Which car should you actually hire? Our guide to choosing the right vehicle for your Iceland trip.
25 Best Things to Do in Reykjavík
Our guide to exploring Iceland’s capital, from the big sights to places worth adding to your itinerary.
How Much Does Iceland Cost?
A real Iceland budget breakdown covering the costs you’ll need to think about when planning your trip.
10 Iceland Planning Mistakes
Common mistakes tourists make when visiting Iceland — and how you can avoid making the same ones.
Lagoon Etiquette: What to Know Before You Go
Visiting an Icelandic geothermal lagoon? Here’s what to expect, including the etiquette tourists really should know before going in.
Looking for something else? We’ve got plenty more Iceland guides waiting for you.
Browse All Iceland Guides →Watch Iceland Before You Go.
Come along with us as we explore Iceland, share the things we’ve learned and turn our own trips into practical advice to help you plan yours. From road trips and Reykjavík to driving, costs, mistakes and hidden gems.
Our Latest Iceland Adventure
Watch our latest video and explore Iceland with us. We share the experiences, advice and lessons that we wish we’d known before our own trips — without pretending every part of travelling Iceland is perfect.
We’ve Actually Been There.
Icelandic Adventure is built around our own trips to Iceland. The roads we’ve driven, places we’ve visited, mistakes we’ve made and experiences we’ve had all shape the advice we share. No pretending. No copy-and-paste travel advice.
Real Trips. Real Mistakes. Real Advice.
We don’t want Icelandic Adventure to be another website that simply repeats the same advice found everywhere else. We share what we’ve learned from travelling Iceland ourselves — including the things that went brilliantly, the things that didn’t, and what we’d do differently next time.
10 Days Around Iceland.
One campervan, Iceland in winter and a route that took us around the country. Follow the trip, see what it really cost and watch the adventure unfold from the road.
We Flew to Iceland for £65… So Why Did It Cost £2,598?
Cheap flights were only the beginning. We spent 10 days travelling Iceland by campervan, tackling winter roads, exploring towns, waterfalls and landscapes around the country — and keeping track of what the adventure actually cost.
Companies We Genuinely Use & Recommend.
These aren’t random brands added to a list. They’re companies and services we’ve genuinely used, worked with or would personally recommend when planning an Iceland trip. If we wouldn’t use it ourselves, it doesn’t belong here.
Blue Car Rental
One of our recommended choices for hiring a car in Iceland, with a wide range of vehicles and an easy collection process close to Keflavík Airport.
CampEasy
Our choice for campervan adventures in Iceland. We’ve travelled the country with CampEasy and loved the freedom of having our transport and accommodation together.
Saily eSIM
An easy way to get mobile data while travelling. Useful for navigation, checking Icelandic weather, road conditions and staying connected while you’re exploring.
Hello Aurora
One of our favourite tools for Northern Lights hunting. Hello Aurora combines live aurora activity, BZ information and community sightings to help you understand what is happening in real time.
Iceland Camping Equipment
A useful option for travellers who need camping equipment for their Iceland adventure without buying everything before they fly. Ideal for road trips, camping and travellers who want to keep their luggage lighter.
Plan Your Trip Your Way.
From budgeting and road trips to the Golden Circle and Northern Lights, our printable Iceland planners are designed to make organising your adventure easier. Download, print and start planning.
Your Iceland Adventure, All in One Place.
Our Complete Iceland Trip Planner gives you one place to organise the important parts of your holiday, helping turn all those saved videos, screenshots and ideas into an actual Iceland plan.
Golden Circle Day Planner
Organise your Golden Circle day trip and keep the key stops, plans and details together.
Iceland Road Trip Planner
A 12-page printable planner designed to help organise your Iceland road trip from one stop to the next.
Northern Lights Planner
An 8-page printable companion for planning your Northern Lights nights in Iceland.
Iceland Holiday Budget Planner
Keep track of your Iceland holiday costs and make it easier to see where your travel budget is going.
Iceland Activity Pack for Kids
A printable Iceland-themed activity pack to keep younger travellers entertained along the way.
Iceland Supermarket Guide
A handy printable guide for understanding supermarket shopping while travelling around Iceland.
Our Latest Guides.
New Iceland travel advice, destination guides, road trip ideas and practical tips are added regularly. Here’s what’s new.
Hi, We’re Calum & Ryan.
We’re a UK couple who fell completely in love with Iceland — and somehow turned that obsession into Icelandic Adventure.
What started as our own trips, road trips and travel planning gradually became a place to share the things we wish we’d known before visiting. Today we create practical guides, videos, itineraries and honest advice to help other travellers get more from their own Iceland adventure.
Ready to Plan Iceland?
Whether you’re planning your first visit, an Iceland road trip or you’re already counting down the days until you go, we’re here to help you make the most of it.
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