Car rentals in Iceland

There are plenty of car rentals and also off-road-car-rentals in Iceland.

Before you set off in Iceland, make sure you have the right to take the roads you intend to drive on. Many rental companies apply various restrictions: in the water often insurance does not work and the customer is charged with the cost of repairing and towing the vehicle, you cannot use the help of other vehicles in case of trouble and you have to wait for (expensive) help called by the rental company.

If you decide to rent a vehicle - buy the full insurance and support option in case of trouble. - You will definitely get a much better and better equipped car.

Expedition „Iceland”! Now!

You will be able to drive most of the routes with a regular 4x4 car. Only a few of the routes described here are intended for large and modified off-road vehicles.

In the guide we describe:

the 91 most beautiful 4x4 routes in Iceland - with detailed descriptions, Icelandic names and road numbers (if applicable) and beautiful photos and maps, as well as practical information about the difficulty of the route and it’s obstacles (fords etc.)
75 magical places where the crowds don’t venture
45 ideal places to stay with stunning scenery
32 offroad routes - not classified as public roads but open for 4x4 vehicles

In the book, at the beginning of each chapter, we have included a convenient route guide for expedition planning ideal for:

small 4x4 cars, SUVs and vans (49 routes)
off-road vehicles and pick-ups (88 routes)
superjeeps and other modified cars (91 routes)
ordinary cars without four-wheel drive (14 routes).

Iceland attracts like a magnet

„In 2019, we took our cordial friend Mario to Iceland. Waiting for a ferry to Denmark at the port in Seyðisfjörður, he boasted to the German driver of a well-worn Land Rover that had just spent the last two months on the island. - The German congratulated our friend and whilst brewing tea, he said that also is returning to the continent... after 4 months of tramping around the wilderness and that he was here for the fourteenth time!”

„In 2018, we met a married couple from the Netherlands on our trip to Iceland. Near the "Magic Pool" we had breakfast with them, warming up in their Volkswagen California. They told us about their lives, how they had lived on a sailing boat in Ushuaia for 12 years and every year they took friends on a cruise around Cape Horn and Antarctica. After a dozen or so years, they sold their yacht, bought a car and, for 7 years they have been coming to Iceland for 3 months every year.”

The Authors
Iceland 4x4, 91 Highland Tracks | Laugafell 2020 | 340 pages | 127 x 205 mm

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How much time to plan for a trip to Iceland?

If you have eight weeks and a lot of strength - you will be able to drive all of the routes described in the guide. However, this is a dangerous challenge. After returning from this long expedition, nothing will ever be the same. - The routes described here attract people like magnets. Expeditions to Iceland will become an obsession for you without which you will not be able to live. – You will be coming back to Iceland!

Iceland 4x4

91 Highland Tracks incl. detailed Descriptions & Maps

Top Sights

Secret Hot Pools & Hot Springs

Best Places to Camp in the Highlands

Exact details of each track, incl. difficulty level (easy to extreme)

information for various vehicle type

Background knowledge about traveling in the highlands

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Iceland 4x4

91 Highland Tracks

91 Highland Tracks incl. detailed Descriptions & Maps

Secret Hot Pools & Hot Springs

Best Places to Camp in the Highlands

Exact details of each track, incl. difficulty level (easy to extreme)

Why should you go to Iceland now?

Car rentals in Iceland

Expedition „Iceland”! Now!

Practical information

Car rentals in Iceland

Car workshops in Iceland

Insurance

Iceland attracts like a magnet

How much time to plan for a trip to Iceland?

Iceland 4x4