Breathtaking South Coast & Jökulsárlón Glacier Tour

Overall incredible experience which was coordinated well and delivered on both the lagoon and diamond beach, providing an unforgettable experience.

The tour is amazing and we really have the great day. The tour guide is knowledgeable and I will definitely join again .

Our guide was excellent and the itinerary great. It's a long day however well worth the adventure! The only thing that would have made it perfect was a pause in the rain :) Thanks for the great care, experience, and memories!

What an amazing tour , its long but so worth it. Breathtaking views of waterfalls, glaciers and diamond beach. What an experience. Would do it again.

Karen was a wonderful driver and guide!! She has so many amazing stories about the area. Her expertise made a long trip very informative and enjoyable. Highly recommend this tour and especially this guide. The sights were great,though the beach didn't have " diamonds" today. Its very nature dependent, but seeing the glacier pieces in the bay was so beautiful! Keep an eye open you may see seals. The water falls were wonderful highlights! Especially the one lit at night. Thanks GrayLine and Karen for a wonderful day.

I have completed this tour just without the diamond beach. First of all this was literally best tour I have done in Iceland I have made the mistake in regard to the pickup point they were very accommodating and were able to pick me up with consideration that it was my last day in the trip. South coast of Iceland is incredible we got lucky with the weather was beautiful and sunny most of the time with few showers in between. Karen, our guide, was quite informative, funny and lovely. Was a small group with a bunch of solo travellers like myself, so didn’t feel excluded at all. I highly recommend south coast and gray line Iceland

A coupe of days before the tour, I was notified by the company that they weren’t going to be doing the tour and rebooked us with another company. That was unfortunate because I had a great experience on this tour with the same company last year and was sad that we got moved to another company that wasn’t as great as Grey Line. With the new company, BusTravel Iceland, everything felt rushed. We didn’t have as much time at the different attractions and we didn’t get to see the Skógafoss waterfall which was advertised with Grey Line. We instead saw a smaller waterfall which wasn’t as impressive as what was promised by Grey Line.

Our tour was originally booked with Grayline and I was a bit worried when I read recent reviews. For some reason we were changed to BusTravel Iceland and our day was amazing. Karolina was a great guide. We had a relatively rainy day but it was great. Recommend doing the glacier cruise. Bring waterproof stuff with you. Even if it’s misty you can get pretty wet. Not sure about the complaints about lunch on board - it was fine and helped us see lots. Highly recommend

While the Glacier Lagoon and Diamond Beach were great and we had ample time there, I believe we spent an equal amount of time at rest stops and the two sightseeing stops. I think eating in the van instead of having two 45-minute meal breaks in Vík would’ve been more efficient, and perhaps just having a single one-hour Vík stop to not feel super rushed to eat and explore would’ve worked well. Our Skógafoss stop was very brief, with hardly any time to go up the trail to the top of the waterfall. There were plenty of gorgeous sights along the route, and I do wonder if breaking up the tour in that way would’ve been more interesting than rest stops. Our van broke down later, as well. I appreciated the swift problem-solving, but we got back an hour and a half later than expected despite not even going to our final waterfall stop (most of the group was too tired at that point, and it was getting dark). I requested at least a partial refund due to that. To that end, my issues with the tour weren’t related to the van issue. During our drive to the lagoon, we saw a lovely rainbow form over a glacier, but our guide refused to stop at a viewpoint despite our requests to ensure the four out of 20 or so passengers made their Glacier Lagoon boat. I thought the listing was very clear that the boat wasn’t included, so I assumed the tour wouldn’t be focused on specifically accommodating that excursion. We were asked at a rest stop if we would be interested in the boat, but I primarily wanted to spend time at Diamond Beach since that’s what was advertised, and everyone else also declined. This tour felt more like a transfer for the few people going on a Glacier Lagoon boat with some facts sprinkled in during the first half of the trip.

Great trip. Long, but worth every minute. Fabulous scenery. Both the driver and the tour guide were great.