Originally Posted by
mcbg1
That's true but those tours are probably my best option.
I went to Reykjavik in 2011, only 2 weeks after the last major eruption (the one of the Grimsvötn) and before Iceland became a tourist hotspot.
I stayed for 5 days and took 3 day trips from Reykjavik:
- combi tour Whale watching and Golden Circle. Bus ride with 5 people in total: bus driver, his wife, another tourist, my sister and me so rather empty bus but so nice and calm
- trip to Thorsmork valley and the base of the Eyjafjallajökull. guide + 5 people in a jeep. The movie the guide made that day is still online
- trip to Vik with stops along several waterfalls. Again in a jeep so small group.
The first day I spend walking through Reykjavik and the last day was for the Blue Lagoon and flying back home.