Domestic Travel
Domestic travel
In order to travel between Reykjavík and Akureyri, you can easily travel either by bus and/or plain. Below you find information on these options:
Airline:
Travel by air (Air Iceland): The domestic airport is located near the city center of Reykjavik. Reservations can only be made on-line at: www.airiceland.is . The flight takes about 45 minutes. Up to 10 flights are offered each day. When arrived to Akureyri airport, it only takes about 5 minutes drive to get to the city center.
Bus companies:
BÍLAR OG FÓLK
Hafnarstræti 77
IS-600 Akureyri
Tel: 461 1106
E-mail: bogf@bogf.is
Website: http://www.bogf.is
The company “Bílar og fólk” handles the bus schedule for the West and North of Iceland, driving under the name TREX (Travel Experiences). Among the routes our network covers is Reykjavik - Akureyri and Akureyri - Myvatn. Enjoy Iceland to its fullest and travel by bus.
The busschedules leave from the bus terminal “BSÍ” in Reykjavík centre and arrives to bus terminal in Akureyri city centre. Schedules can be viewed at: http://www.bogf.is/enska/index.html . There are either one or two departures a day, the route takes about 6 hours including rest stops.
SBA – Norðurleið
Hjalteyrargötu 10
IS - 600 Akureyri
Tel: 5500700
Fax: 5500701
E-mail:sba@sba.is
Website: www.sba.is
The SBA-Norðurleið company is one of the largest bus companies in Iceland with about 60 busses.
During summer time they offers schedule routs on the following routs:
Reykjavík – Kjölur – Akureyri.
Akureyri – Kjölur - Reykjavík.
Mývatn – Krafla – Dettifoss - Mývatn.
Mývatn – Húsavík
Húsavík - Mývatn
Akureyri – Ásbyrgi – Dettifoss - Akureyri.
Mývatn Hot Stops
Additionally they offer some popular tours and excursions, which are:
Mývatn Excursion. Summertour
Mývatn Excursion. Wintertour
Akureyri -Húsavík (Whale-tours)
Akureyri – Mývatn – Askja – Kverkfjöll – Vatnajökull – Akureyri.
Higlights of the north
Akureyri - Ásbyrgi - Hljóðaklettar - Dettifoss (on the westside).
Jewels of the north
For groups get a special offer by one of the following companies:
Bus company SBA, www.sba.is
Bus company TREX, www.trex.is
Free local buses
Traveling in Akureyri, we recommend our guests to travel by our free of charge city buses. The buses drive from kl. 6.25 to 23.03 weekdays and from 12:16 to 18:03 weekends and holidays. Click here to view the bus schedule.
