Carpool in April?

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emusha
emusha

Hi! I'm new to LP, but my friend and I will be in Iceland for a week from March 31-April 6th. We have a tentative itinerary but not sure how we will be getting to our stops outside of Reykjavik. We are going to rent a car for at least part of our time there, but in order to make it more cost effective we want to see if anyone else would want to share a rental and join us on our adventures! As of now we're not planning on joining any tours. Here is what we're planning to see; dates and order are VERY flexible.

Þingvellir national park/MAR:
Silfra
Geysir & Strokkur
Gullfos
Bruarfoss

Skaftafell area:
Stay in Vik?
Skaftafell
Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon/beach
Svartifoss
Waterfalls on the way

Snæfellsjökull area:
Stay in Grundarfjordur or Stykkishólmur?
Snæfellsjökull National Park
Hvalfjordur
Hraunfossar Falls
Kirkjufell

We are also open to more ideas and visiting areas further from Reykjavik if time/budget allows. If our time and plans overlap with yours please let us know. We would love to have some awesome travel buddies!

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JonOli
JonOli

Hey Emusha,

I recommend staying in a hostel the first night/nights in reykjavik, either Kex, bushostel or reykjavik backpackers.

I'm sure you can find someone there to join you in a rental car.
I had people at my car rental (www.gocarrental.is) yesterday who just met the day before and are now travelling around Iceland together.

Hope you'll have an awesome time!

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emusha
emusha
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Hey John! That's pretty much what we were thinking, but my friend is much more of a plan ahead-er than I am so we figured we'd check around before we left in addition to meeting people in Reykjavik. Thanks for the car rental recommendation! I hope you have an awesome trip too!

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younggod
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I think it will be a push to do Snæfellsness and Skaftafell in 6 days..it can be done but there will be a lot of driving involved. Also bear in mind early April can still be very cold, with a chance of snow as well. The lagoon at Jökulsarlon may not be open for boat tours at that time.

Maybe check out this blog for further info

http://www.iceland24blog.com/

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