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Akureyri

A stop in Northeast Iceland — the northeast of Iceland. Here's what's around Akureyri: day tours that pass through, and where to eat nearby.

Akureyri

Day tours around Akureyri

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A humpback whale's back breaks the surface in front of a red whale-watching boat, snow-capped mountains behind.Whale Watching

Akureyri Classic Whale Watching

3 hours · Guided passenger-vessel cruise · Akureyri · Oddeyrarbót pier

From $119.95
Three humpback whales surface around a black RIB of passengers in red suits below flat-topped mountains.Nature and Adventure Tours

Akureyri Express Whales & Eyjafjord

2 hours · Small-group RIB, maximum 12 guests · Akureyri · Oddeyrarbót 2

From $205.99
Green aurora fills the night sky above passengers in red suits at a boat railing.Northern Lights Tours

Akureyri Northern Lights Cruise

2h 30m

From ISK 16,917
A split image: on the left a humpback whale's tail rises from the sea in front of a red whale-watching boat crowded with passengers; on the right bathers relax in a steaming geothermal pool beside a timber lodge surrounded by spruce forest at sunset.Whale Watching

Akureyri: Forest Lagoon & Whale Watching

Five hours in Akureyri split between a whale-watching sailing on Eyjafjörður and a soak at the Forest Lagoon.

From $177.03
A panoramic view of Víti crater, a pale turquoise pool inside a steep dark ash cone, with the larger lake Öskjuvatn and cloud-covered ridges behind it.Nature and Adventure Tours

Askja Caldera and Víti Crater 4x4 Tour from Akureyri or Lake Mývatn

A ten-hour 4x4 tour from Akureyri or Lake Mývatn into the Icelandic highlands, to the Askja caldera and the Víti crater.

From $571.64
A wide curtain of glacial meltwater thunders over a basalt cliff while a dozen tourists watch from a rock ledge at the edge, dwarfed by the falls.Nature and Adventure Tours

Diamond Circle Day Tour from Akureyri or Lake Mývatn

A nine-hour small-group Diamond Circle tour from Akureyri or Lake Mývatn, calling at Goðafoss, Dettifoss, Ásbyrgi and Húsavík.

From $321.80

Where to eat in Akureyri

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