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Description: We show you how to plan your iceland trip by giving you some very useful iceland travel tips after traveling the country for 14 days along the ring road & golden circle. ➸ My Iceland guides: back-packer.org I give you 25€ off on Booking.com: ▸ back-packer.org/booking_cashback ➸ Checkout my travel buddy Gareth: youtube.com/user/tourist2townie MY CAMERA EQUIPMENT ▸ Cam1:Sony RX 100 V amzn.to/2qGeZSK ▸ Cam2:Sony A7 II amzn.to/1Gfj8MU ▸ Cam3: GoPro amzn.to/1GZdh1q ▸ Drone1: Mavic Pro amzn.to/2lCujh3 ▸ Drone2: Phantom 3 Pro amzn.to/28Q2MQV ▸ Joby Gorillapod amzn.to/1CMyE0b ▸ Audio Recorder: Zoom H2n amzn.to/1FFVSt4 ▸ SDHC Memory Card amzn.to/1ygZzWD ▸ Waterproof Memory Card Case amzn.to/1FFWLCb ▸ Backpack Osprey Farpoint 40 amzn.to/1ceMOlo ▸ 3 Axis Gimbal Stabilizer amzn.to/2yDV24r In the 5th episode of Circling Iceland we sat down in Reykjavik to talk about our trip and give you some useful Iceland travel tips in order to plan your own road trip. Beside general travel information we focus on tips on how to do a road trip in Iceland by talking about car rentals, routes and road conditions. Nevertheless we also give tips for a stopover in Iceland, talk about the weather and accommodation options. Iceland Travel Tips overview: 00:25 - our trip 00:52 - visa & entry requirements 01:40 - airport transfer (flybus & gray line) 02:19 - how to get around 02:38 - rental car options in Iceland 04:03 - road conditions & road closures 04:47 - routes & itineraries (ring road vs. golden circle) 05:30 - best time to visit 06:47 - how much time is needed 08:13 - tips for stopovers & short trips 08:49 - weather in iceland & what to pack 09:58 - accommodation in iceland 11:32 - prices in iceland 12:59 - Icelandic cuisine Traveling Icelands Ring Road is the perfect way to get to know the country on and off the tourist paths. Therefore we took about 2 weeks to get to know Iceland properly by exploring waterfalls, canyons, hot springs, glacier caves, black beaches and of course the stunning coastlines all around the island finishing off in Reykjavik with the countries biggest music festival called „Iceland Airwaves“ We’ll show you which places to visit & our favorite things to do in Iceland in the upcoming videos and how to plan & organize your very own road trip in Iceland. Make sure to subscribe & activate notification to not miss any episode! — Places we stayed at — As mentioned in the video I exclusively stayed at the Oddsson Ho(s)tel for this part of the trip: oddsson.is As said in the video we stayed in places offered on HomeAway. Therefore the following Links are direct Affiliate Links to the shown properties on the HomeAway website. Nollur Farm: back-packer.org/nollur_farm Bragdavellir Cottages: back-packer.org/bragdavellir_cottage Cosy Cottage in Vik: back-packer.org/cottage_vik — About our Cooperation with SadCars & Oddsson — We partnered up with a local car rental company called SadCars.com who offer some of the best deals for travelers looking into renting a camper or road trip vehicle. For this the folks at SadCars provided us with a Dacia Duster for the period we did the Ring Road and the Golden Circle route. In order to show you several accommodation options you can find in Iceland we teamed up with oddsson who let me stay in their ubercool suite in Reykjavik and with HomeAway.com who let us stay in some of the coolest places all around the island. Nevertheless all opinions, recommendations and views are my own. — MY TRAVEL EQUIPMENT ▸ insurance back-packer.org/worldnomad... ▸ packing list back-packer.org/patagonia-... ▸ Online Language Course back-packer.org/babbel_eng MY HOTEL & HOSTEL RECOMMENDATIONS ➸ back-packer.org/best-hoste... DISCLAIMER: All Links provided marked with „▸“ are Affiliate Links for products, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I’ll receive a small commission (but the price for you stays the same). This helps support the channel and allows me to continue to make videos like this. Thank you for the support! === Music: „Halation“ by Evolv (ArtList.io) „To the Beat“ by Danie Gunnarsson (EpidemicSound.com) Follow me: back-packer.org twitter.com/BackPackerSteve facebook.com/BackPackerBlog