9 Day Iceland Trail Guided Motorcycle Tour

Overview

The dream trip for every adventure biker: Iceland. This fascinating and inaccessible country is made easy by TwinTrail Experience: We'll take your motorcycle to Reykjavík, you'll catch a flight, and then we'll take you on a motorcycle tour with a guide and a 4x4 support vehicle to circumnavigate the island. We'll combine the best trails, visiting waterfalls, glaciers, fjords, canyons… a whirlwind of experiences in 7 days on the bike (9 days total), covering nearly 2,000 km through some of the most breathtaking landscapes on the planet. And at the end, you fly home, and we'll take care of bringing your motorcycle back.

Highlights

• Starts and ends in Reykjavík
• Ride the motorcycle around the whole country
• Pass through some spectacular waterfalls, canyons, fjords, glaciers
• Services of one experimented tour leader on the front and another on the back
• Discover the biggest European glacier Vatnajökull
• 9 nights accommodation
• 4x4 vehicle support
• Rivers crossing

Itinerary

1. Day 1, Friday: Arrival

   Arrive at Reykjavík Airport, transfer to the hotel in the city, verify that your motorcycles have arrived safely, and last-minute adjustments. Walk through the capital of the country and then have dinner in a group and go to bed to rest, 9 days of authentic Icelandic adventure trail await you!

2. Day 2, Saturday

   First contact with the island, its roads, its tracks, and its people. You head north, combining road and first incursions along its F tracks. You will border Lake Þingvallavatn and circulate along National 1, which you will soon abandon to go deeper into the center of the Island. Before you cross, stop by Thingvellir, above where separate the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates are. You will finish the day very close to the Barnafoss waterfall.

3. Day 3, Sunday

   Today is a full day of Offroad. Without further ado, you will go to the center of the Island. After visiting the Strokkur and Geysir geysers, you will enter the F35 track, the track that crosses the Island from South to North. You will circulate many kilometers in the middle of nowhere, sighting impressive glaciers. You will visit Hveradalir, a valley of hot springs and mountains of impossible colors, which will not leave you indifferent. Continue along the F35 and stop to eat some of its succulent dishes, in the only restaurant that you can find on this route. You will finish the day and enjo

4. Day 4, Monday

   Today the day promises absolutely overwhelming landscapes touring the Troll peninsula to reach Akureyri, the fourth most populous city in Iceland, and the largest in the north of the list. From there, you will go combining National 1 with an interesting track loop to Lake Mývatn, surrounded by volcanic activity and where you will take a well-deserved bath in thermal pools, and spend the night.

5. Day 5, Tuesday

   After the well-deserved rest and breakfast, you will enter the F88 track towards the magnificent Askja volcano. You will ford several rivers and enjoy spectacular landscapes. You will end this magnificent day in Möðrudalur.

6. Day 6, Wednesday

   Today you will head towards the east of the island, combining F tracks, enjoying some wading, until you reach the coast, enjoying some fantastic tracks that will allow you to observe its small fjords from above, ending the day by the sea, in Djúpivogur.

7. Day 7, Thursday

   Start the day touring part of National 1 between beautiful fjords towards the south of the Island, touring the beautiful Icelandic southeast coast. Today in particular you will enter to visit the largest glacier in the country, which covers 8% of the total surface of the island: Vatnajökull. You will continue to visit the spectacular lagoon that joins the glacier with the sea: Jökulsárlón, and its little brother Fjallsárlón and arrive at your destination, having enjoyed some unique landscapes.

8. Day 8, Friday

   Packed with glaciers, you will head west to visit the impressive Fjaðrárgljúfur canyon and from there go through an offroad loop with multiple fords that will challenge your piloting and be a pleasure for the senses. It will then take you to the Maelifell volcano, where the spectacular setting contrasting the dark volcanic sand and green moss will activate all your senses. Finally, you will head to your destination to replenish your strength for a day as demanding and impressive as today.

9. Day 9, Saturday

   In case yesterday you did not have enough sensations, today you will enter the tracks that run through the magical valleys of the interior of the southwest. All F tracks with some fording, but above all, with tracks between green and black valleys that will not leave you indifferent. A full day offroad!

10. Day 10, Sunday

    Last day of the route, yes, combining beautiful views of the South Sea, and black sand beaches to then go inland and explore the Friðland að Fjallabaki area, a nature reserve with a lot of offroad and spectacular views, ending the day close by. in a hotel in Reykjavík.

11. Day 11, Monday

    After the last breakfast in Reykjavík, you take the flight back home, with the beautiful memories of the last 9 days spent in the fantastic and welcoming Nordic country.

Accommodation

During the tour, you will stay in various hotels arranged by TwinTrail. We always focus on 3-4 stars hotels to offer comfort and relaxation after a motorcycle journey. Always individual room for each guest.

Getting There

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