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David standing on an Icelandic glacier in a climbing harness and crampons, looking out over the ice.

Handcrafted Icelandic Adventure

Every Tour Here Is Ours to Guide.

David the Guide is a licensed Icelandic travel agency in Reykjavík: a small team of local tour guide professionals. Private expeditions, guided group tours, day tours from the cruise port, and free travel planning. You book with the company whose guides run the day.

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Who We Are

We are a small team of local tour guide professionals in Iceland, working out of Fiskislóð 83 in Reykjavík.

Our private tours are fully customizable and run in small groups, for an intimate setting and the attention a full coach cannot give. Experiences on our scheduled tours have varying bus sizes. We always aim to deliver an authentic and awesome experience.

Our personal relationship with our clients is at the heart of what we do.

David in a red down jacket and crampons on a ridge of ash-streaked glacier ice, a meltwater lagoon in the valley behind him.

What Makes a Tour Ours

Small Groups

Expeditions are capped at twelve people. The private South Coast tour takes fifteen at most. A private tour is yours alone, and the day is yours to shape.

Door to Door

Every private tour and expedition includes pick-up and drop-off at your hotel, or wherever in Reykjavík you are staying.

Built Around You

Expedition itineraries are custom built. Hiking a volcano, climbing a glacier, a sweat lodge beneath the northern lights: whatever is on your list, chances are we can make it happen.

Free Travel Planning

We plan Iceland trips for free, whether the trip ends in a booking with us or not. Start with a commitment-free consultation call.

What We Promise

There is no guarantee that you will be on tour with David, the founder of David the Guide, when you book with us. However, we do guarantee that you will be in the company of expert guides, hand-picked and trained in the spirit of the David the Guide family.
David the Guide, in its own words

The Company Behind the Tours

Authorized Travel Agency

Licence 2018-022, issued by Ferðamálastofa, the Icelandic Tourist Board.

What a Guest Wrote

“Exceeding all of my expectations, filling me with knowledge and a longing to explore more... the relationship you'll leave Iceland with will be one that sticks with you for a lifetime.”
Christopher, on TripAdvisor
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Where to Find Us

Fiskislóð 83, 101 Reykjavík
Kennitala 6405170930

On Tour

  • David lying on clear blue glacier ice, hands behind the head, seen from above.
  • A full tour group in helmets and harnesses on a glacier tongue, arms raised.
  • The David the Guide van, its logo on the side.
  • A David the Guide guide climbing an ice wall on a glacier, guests roped in behind.
  • Four guests standing together under the northern lights.
  • Two guests sitting on black sand at a glacier lagoon, icebergs behind them.
  • David in a climbing harness, standing in a narrow glacier crevasse between walls of blue ice.
  • A drawing of David on the glacier ridge, made of orange topographic contour lines.
  • Two guests in yellow rain gear standing in front of a wide Icelandic waterfall.

Ready When You Are.

Pick a tour, or tell us what you want the day to look like and we will build it.

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