A Bicycle Tour of Iceland: The West Fjords and clockwise around the Ring Road


Route information is listed below the map

Route information:

Keflavík - Borgarnes (155 km) Some busy roads. Shops at Keflavík, Reykjavík, Mossfellsbær, Borganes.

Borgarnes - Flókalundur (111 km) One hill. Ferry Stykkisholmur - Brjanslækur (summer only, infrequent) Shop at Stykkishólmur.

Flókalundur - Ísafjörður (119 km) Hilly, mostly unsealed roads. 6 km tunnel (well lit) before Ísafjörður Shop at Ísafjörður.

Ísafjörður - Heydalur (136 km) No shops.

Heydalur - Hólmavík (93 km) Difficult unsealed climb after Heydalur. Shop at Holmavík.

Hólmavík - Staðurskáli (Brú) (114 km) Two hills, some unsealed roads. Shop at Staðurskáli (N1)

Staðurskáli - Varmahlíð (134 km) One hill. Shops at Blönduós, Varmahlíð.

Varmahlíð - Akureyri (96 km) One hill. Shop at Akureyri.

Akureyri - Reykjahlíð (Mývatn) (106 km) Some hills. Shops at Laugar (N1), Reykjalið.

Reykjahlíð (Mývatn) - Egilsstaðir (168 km) Some hills. Shop at Egilsstaðir.

Egilsstaðir - Breiðdalsvík (83 km) Mostly unsealed road with a difficult climb, can be avoided via route 92. Shop at Breiðdalsvík.

Breiðdalsvík - Djúpivogur (65 km) Some unsealed road. Shop at Djúpivogur.

Djúpivogur - Höfn (104 km) 1300 m tunnel (well-lit). Shop at Höfn.

Höfn - Svinafell (near Skaftafell) (130 km) Shop at Svinafell (N1).

Svinafell - Kirkjubæjarklaustur (74 km) Shop at Kirkjubæjarklaustrur.

Kirkjubæjarklaustur - Skógar (107 km) Shop at Vík, small shop at Skógar.

Skógar - Fluðir (115 km) Some busy roads. Shops at Hvolsvollur, Hella, Flúðir.

Fluðir - Laugarvatn (71 km) Short section of unsealed road. Shop at Laugarvatn.

Laugarvatn - Selfoss (71 km) One hill, partly unsealed. Some busy roads. Shop at Selfoss.

Selfoss - Grindavík (93 km) Considerable difficult unsealed roads. Shop at Grindavík.

Grindavík - Keflavík (24 km) Some busy roads, mostly good shoulder. Shop at Keflavík.