Your Private Tours

Your Private Tours is an Icelandic family company organizing private day trips and multiday journeys. Its approach is based on small groups and personal contact with each traveler. Routes can be adapted to their interests, with accommodations, activities, and restaurants arranged when the program requires them.

Jónas, founder and head guide, began guiding in 1989 and has written books about hiking in Iceland. His background includes search and rescue, rural tourism studies, and teaching at guide schools. Bylgja, also a founder and a registered nurse, contributes experience in trip organization and care. The team includes Sigfús Ómar, a guide interested in the country’s geology and scenery.

The Golden Circle is one of the full-day routes and is presented as lasting approximately eight hours. Snæfellsnes has a nine- to ten-hour excursion, while the South Coast Private Day Tour takes about ten or eleven hours. The different durations help explain each route’s scale and the time devoted to driving and stops.

Landmannalaugar offers a roughly twelve-hour day in the highlands, with a natural pool as part of the advertised experience. Reykjanes Peninsula Volcanic Wonders and Silver Circle of West Iceland broaden the regional selection. There is also an itinerary combining the Golden Circle and south coast, alongside routes focusing on waterfalls and a black sand beach.

The private format allows stops and pace to be adjusted more flexibly than on a large shared departure. The company develops custom excursions, hikes, and multiday journeys rather than selling only one route. Its guides’ work incorporates local driving and conversations about history, culture, geology, and scenery along the way.

The published business location is in Garðabær, while the activity focuses on exploring different parts of Iceland. Inquiries can outline a specific excursion or a stay with several routes. Your Private Tours therefore combines day trips with distinct durations and the opportunity to build a journey around the places that most interest each group.