A private driving tour with Peter Benedikt is a “must do” in Iceland or else you’re going to be missing out a lot. We decided to contact Peter... read more and his luxury tour guidance the last two days of our trip. We wanted to reach important locations not on our scheduled tour; mainly spending time at Jokularson area to see the Glacier Lagoon, Blue Ice Cave, and Diamond Beach. It was a last minute decision.

Peter at Icelandic Elements came to the rescue. We told him the general areas we wanted to visit, he gave us specifics and then quoted a price for the entire trip, picking us up from our hotel and taking us to all the scenic locations along the way. He also knew every Game of Thrones filming locating which was a huge bonus for us since we’re die hard fans. The trip was a total of 11 hours.

All the planning is done by Peter according to your desire. He is very professional, friendly, and has excellent customer service. He arranged for us to go hiking at the glacier and hike at the blue ice cave. He gave us the link to book directly with the ice cave which we did as it was a different tour all together. The ice cave tour was separate since it required a different glacier expert and the vehicle used has to be configured to drive in the mountainous and glacier areas. It was also booked but he still found us a spot.

The blue cave ice tour was absolutely out of this world. Nothing like walking on top of the glacier and then rappelling down to see the inner paths of the cave. It’s like blue crystals and blue walls enveloping you, hearing nothing but the stream and drops of water coming from the melting ice of the glacier — it’s heaven on earth and it’s spectacular blueness stays with you.

Peter stayed on time and schedule and made sure we don’t miss the sites and can arrive at these areas at optimal time. All through the tour, which was a luxury suv, he talked about the historical and geographical relevance of the various glaciers, lava fields, climatic influences, and best places to explore. It makes a difference when your guide is not only knowledge about this region, he knows it deeply. He knows the residents, and have camped, hiked, fished, bikes, motorcycled, snow skied, etc at all the relevant locations. You can’t help but feel connected to the place the way he opens your mind to the beauty and the nature of Iceland, making the road trip simply perfect!

We stopped by Diamond Beach at the perfect time during sunset. The sun rays hit the thousand crystal ice boulders that made that black beach shine as if sprinkled with diamonds. You have to be there to truly experience this magic.

If you are a Games of Thrones fan, this is the tour you need to take as you can go to as many filming areas you can spare to see. There are so many locations will recognize on the spot — the snowy areas where Jon Snow and Ingrid hanged out, waterfalls where the dragons flew, area where khalessi got lost, so many areas. You can just have a field day chasing all these locations.

We recommend you contact Icelandic Elements to fully experience and see the absolute beauty of Iceland. For those taking this trip as a “once in a lifetime”, it can’t be that when you haven’t reached the most spectacular places in Iceland with the best private tour guide in Reykjavik.

  Forget New Zealand, The Test and South Fork. Petur is magical. My son and I slept in Reykavik, At 8AM each day, Petur picked us up in his comfortable, modern... read more four wheel cruiser. We drove 50-90 minutes along the rift valleys with informed discussions of the tectonic plate separation, Icelandic flowers, sagas, exotic fish cookery and cultural rap music; yes, they are there. This is one delightful guide- humorous, great American speech and courteous.

But he really shown when we approached private water to fish for Char and late season Brown trout. He provided licenses, rods, local flys, waders, soft Icelandic water. We hiked to amazing, gin clear holding water, guided to the unique hungers of local fish and the haul was amazing in numbers and size. What is better than seed bread sandwiches, hot coffee and crisps on the bank of rivers without humans within ten miles. The hiking alone, through lupines and wild lettuces would have been enough. In July there are 18 hours of light so through were no constraints on time.

Petur joined us at local restaurants for the lobster or fish chowders, great hamburgers and amazing pastries. Everyone knows him and respects him.

An amazing four days on the water with a great guide and now, friend.

  Icelandic Elements is the business of Pétur Benedikt Rafnsson. We had just completed a 2 1/2 week drive around the perimeter on Iceland (phenomenal), but my wife and I... read more wanted to get a taste of the Highlands, which really needs to be done by guide with local knowledge. We