Exploring Iceland
The IRCA, in co-operation with the Ministry of Infrastructure, aims to provide travellers with a diverse transportation system for their ease in exploring Iceland’s unique natural landscape.
Exploring Iceland
Renting a car to travel the country is for many the preferred way to experience Iceland, but whether it be on highway 1 — the Ring Road — or the remotest of mountain roads, driving in Iceland comes with a variety of unique challenges for tourists and other first-time travellers.
For those who choose, an ever-expanding public transportation system, and a robust private tourism sector supplying private bus service and guided tours, aim to meet the needs of travellers all across the country.
- Safe driving on the Icelandic road systemMany first-time travellers might find parts of the Icelandic road system to be very different from what they're used to:
- The Ring RoadThe Ring Road is Iceland's longest road, and the country's largest, most important singular work of infrastructure.
- Public transportation optionsTravellers enjoy a variety of public transportation options and privately operated guided tours available all throughout the country.