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9-Day Iceland Itinerary in August: South-West & Central Highlands

A 9-night road trip starting from Keflavik, exploring the Golden Circle, the Central Highlands (Kerlingarfjöll), and traveling through the North towards Akureyri, Húsavík, and surrounding areas, finishing with lava cave exploration.

Expert-built 9 days · August Medium pace Self-drive · 4x4Iceland in August: what to expect

An Iceland trip expert planned this 9-day route for a real client's August trip: Golden Circle and North Iceland. It passed our checks for daily driving, highland roads and season, which is why it is one of the 177 expert-built plans in our Iceland itineraries.

The day-by-day plan below has every stop, with photos and what to see. Duplicate it to set your own dates, change the pace or swap stops; the original stays as the expert wrote it.

Trip highlights

  • Gullfoss
  • Geysir Geothermal Area
  • Þingvellir National Park
  • Goðafoss
  • Krafla
  • Dimmuborgir
  • Hraunfossar
  • Hverir

Your route across Iceland

The journey, day by day

Open any day for the full plan — stops, drives, and where to stay.

  1. ReykjanesDAY 1

    Reykjanes

    1 stopReykjanes
  2. South-WestDAY 2

    South-West

    6 stops2.5 hrsSouth-West
  3. Central HighlandsDAY 3

    Central Highlands

    3 stops1.5 hrsCentral Highlands
  4. NorthDAY 4

    North

    5 stops3.5 hrsAkureyri
  5. NorthDAY 5

    North

    5 stops2 hrsHusavik
  6. NorthDAY 6

    North

    2 stops1.5 hrsHusavik
  7. NorthDAY 7

    North

    4 stops1.5 hrsAkureyri
  8. NorthDAY 8

    North

    2 stopsNorth
  9. WestDAY 9

    West

    6 stops5 hrsWest

Guides to the places on this route

Each stop below has a full guide on iceland-trip.com, our sister site written by the same team: how to get there, parking, seasons and what to expect.

Also on iceland-trip.com: Dettifoss · Húsavík · Goðafoss Waterfall in Iceland: Complete Visitor Guide · Forest Lagoon · Inside the Volcano · Hraunfossar and Barnafoss: Visitor guide · Vidgelmir Lava Cave · Reykjavik

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