Golden Circle by Minibus: Kerid Crater and the Blue Lagoon to Finish

One day, one minibus, and the four things most people come to this corner of Iceland for. Þingvellir is a national park, the site of the first Icelandic parliament from the late 900s, and the place where the gap between two continental plates is wide enough to walk into. At the Geysir field, Strokkur is the one that still erupts, every 7 to 10 minutes. The original Geysir has been quiet for years, which is why nobody waits by it. Food can be bought there. Gullfoss puts the Hvítá down two steps, 11 metres and 21, at more than 100 cubic metres a second. Kerið is a volcanic crater 55 metres deep. The Blue Lagoon comes last, and the time spent there is the part most people remember. The water is geothermal, and it is what the place is known for. The group stays small, which on a route this busy makes a difference to how long each stop takes.