Plane
If Road Scholar is arranging your air travel to and from the program, and you travel on the scheduled start and end dates, you’ll receive free round-trip transfers from the airport to the hotel.
Arrival day is on September 10, 2025
Meet the group at Ocean Albatros in Reykjavik
Start of Trip: Day 2 at a local hotel near the Keflavik airport.
Getting to the site: Our program begins at a local hotel near the Keflavik Airport (name of hotel will be noted in the First Information Packet), a transfer will be provided for those who have purchased their air through Road Scholar. A Road Scholar representative will meet you outside the Arrivals hall and escort you to the coach waiting for you at the airport.
If you have booked your flights independently there is a possibility to reserve a seat on the group arrival transfer that departs the Keflavik airport on arrival day. Instructions on how to reserve a space will be available in your Final Information Packet.
Alternatively, you may take a taxi from the airport to the Keflavik hotel.
Getting to the site by train or bus: Use the Flybus to travel to the airport for departure.
Your trip ends on: Friday, September 19, 2025 in Reykjavik at Reykjavik Natura Hotel
End of Trip: After breakfast followed by transfers; if booking air independently, we recommend not booking air until 1:00 p.m. or later.
Getting to the airport: Participants that arranged their airfare through Road Scholar, and are departing on the designated departure date of the program will receive a departure transfer.
Please note, if you did not book your air through Road Scholar, you will NOT be able to join a transfer.
For those who booked their own air or are departing independently you can ask hotel staff for help getting a taxi to the airport. Please note the Keflavik airport is about a 45 minute drive from Reykjavik.
Two companies you can use are:
Taxi Reykjavik BSR +354-561-0000-Email: info@taxireykjavik.is
Hreyfill +354-588-5522-Emial; tour@hreyfill.is
You can also take the Flybus to Keflavik airport. You can make a reservation on their website: https://www.re.is/tour/flybus/ . They recommend scheduling your booking 3-4 hours before your flight's departure time.
Information if you are purchasing your own airfare: Participants who have not purchased airfare through Road Scholar are responsible for making their own transfer arrangements to the first site at the beginning of the program, as well as from the last site at the end of the program. The Information Packet Road Scholar sends in advance of the program includes details needed to make your transfer arrangements. If you wish to purchase airfare through Road Scholar, please call (800) 241-1404.
Please note: In the unlikely event Road Scholar must make changes to the program's arrival or departure details, we will notify all participants as soon as possible. Participants who have purchased Road Scholar airfare are protected against airline change fees; however, anyone who has not purchased Road Scholar airfare will be required to make their own adjustments and may incur fees imposed by the airline.