June to August
Peak
Longest daylight and the fullest choice of departures. Also the months when the popular full days sell out first.
Prices
Hot springs Iceland Reykjavik prices: what every ticket costs, line by line
Type hot springs Iceland Reykjavik into a search box and you get twenty listings whose fares run from $34 to $545, with no obvious reason for the spread. There is a reason, and it is almost always the same one: you are not comparing water, you are comparing transport. An admission ticket buys the pool and assumes you can get there. A transfer listing adds a bus. A full day adds a guide, four sightseeing stops and ten or eleven hours. This page lays all twenty side by side, says what each fare actually includes, and points out the three places where the same water costs very different money depending on which line you book.
The price map, at a glance
- Lowest fare on the site
- $34Iceland Secret Lagoon Admission Ticket — rated 4.7 across 2,139 reviews; entry only, at Fludir out on the Golden Circle route
- Lowest fare with transport
- $58Reykjavik: Roundtrip Bus Transfer to the Blue Lagoon — 4 hours, rated 4.7 across 1,626 reviews; the bus alone, from the BSI terminal
- Our starting point
- $83Hvammsvik Hot Springs: Admission Package — rated 4.7 across 318 reviews, the cheapest entry to a full geothermal site on this list
- Our top pick
- $264Reykjavik: Golden Circle, Crater & Blue Lagoon Minibus Tour — 11 hours, rated 4.8 across 1,949 reviews
- Most reviewed listing here
- $123Reykjavik: Sky Lagoon Entrance Pass With 7-Step Spa Ritual — 7,759 reviews at 4.8, the largest sample on the site
- Highest fare on the site
- $5451-Hour Helicopter Tour in Iceland: The Geothermal Tour — a 50-60 minute flight with a 15-minute landing in the wilderness, rated 4.9 across 294 reviews
- The gap that surprises people
- Entry against transferBlue Lagoon comfort admission is $148; the same admission with return transfers from the city is $220
- Cancellation
- Free cancellationnamed on every listing on this site
Quick answer
The short answer. For the lowest outlay, buy admission on its own: $34 at the Secret Lagoon, $83 at Hvammsvik, $123 at the Sky Lagoon. If you have no car, add the transfer rather than paying for a taxi: the Blue Lagoon bus alone is $58 and the Sky Lagoon pass with transfer is $151. And if you want the day to contain more than a pool, the full loop with the Blue Lagoon at the end is $264 for 11 hours, which is our pick across the whole site.
How the pricing works
Why hot springs Iceland Reykjavik fares look so far apart
Three things set the fare on every hot springs Iceland Reykjavik listing, and the water is not one of them. The first is transport. The second is time. The third is whether anything is handed to you at the door — a towel, a drink, a bathrobe, a face mask. Read a hot springs Iceland Reykjavik listing in that order and the spread from $34 to $545 stops looking random.
Transport is the biggest single lever in hot springs Iceland Reykjavik pricing, because the pools are not all in the city. The Sky Lagoon is on the edge of Reykjavik itself. Hvammsvik is out on a fjord, roughly 45 minutes away. The Blue Lagoon is at Grindavik, roughly 50 minutes away on the road that also runs to Keflavik. The Secret Lagoon is further still, at Fludir on the Golden Circle route. Each of those distances shows up as money on some lines and as an assumption on others.
Time is the second lever, and it is the one the cost-per-hour column in the table below exists to expose. An 11-hour day at $257 and a four-hour transfer at $225 are not in the same business, even though both end in the same Lagoon. Sorting hot springs Iceland Reykjavik listings by fare alone hides that completely.
The third lever is the smallest but it catches the most people. Blue Lagoon comfort admission at $148 names a towel, a drink and one face mask at the mask bar. The premium version at $244 names a bathrobe, masks and skincare on top. The Secret Lagoon ticket at $34 names the water. None of that is hidden; it is simply in the inclusion line rather than the headline.
Every trip, current fare
Every listing on the site, current fare
Twenty listings, sorted the way the site orders them: admission tickets first, then transfers, then full days, then the flight. The cost-per-hour column is filled in only where the operator names a length, because an entry ticket has no hours to divide by.
| Tour | Length | Price | What is included | Cost per hour | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reykjavik: Sky Lagoon Entrance Pass With 7-Step Spa RitualReykjavik: Sky Lagoon Entrance Pass With 7-Step Spa Ritual | Entry ticket | $123 | Entry to the oceanside Lagoon and the 7-step spa ritual | — | 4.8 · 7,759 |
| Official Blue Lagoon Iceland: Comfort admissionOfficial Blue Lagoon Iceland: Comfort admission | Entry ticket | $148 | Lagoon entry, a towel, a drink, one mask at the mask bar | — | 4.6 · 6,281 |
| Iceland Secret Lagoon Admission TicketIceland Secret Lagoon Admission Ticket | Entry ticket | $34 | Entry to the pool fed by the surrounding hot springs | — | 4.7 · 2,139 |
| Hvammsvik Hot Springs: Admission PackageHvammsvik Hot Springs: Admission Package | 1.5 h - 1 day | $83 | Entry to the geothermal pools on the fjord shore | — | 4.7 · 318 |
| Reykjavik: Sky Lagoon Admission with TransferReykjavik: Sky Lagoon Admission with Transfer | 2.5 h | $151 | Lagoon entry plus the transfer from Reykjavik | $60.40 | 4.8 · 2,702 |
| From Reykjavik: Hvammsvík Hot Springs ExperienceFrom Reykjavik: Hvammsvík Hot Springs Experience | 4.5 h | $164 | Transfer from Reykjavik and the oceanfront tidal pools | $36.44 | 4.8 · 648 |
| From Reykjavik: Blue Lagoon Admission with TransfersFrom Reykjavik: Blue Lagoon Admission with Transfers | 4 h | $225 | Return bus transfer and the spa package you pick | $56.25 | 4.6 · 5,129 |
| From Reykjavik: Blue Lagoon Comfort admission with transfersFrom Reykjavik: Blue Lagoon Comfort admission with transfers | 5 h | $220 | Return transfer, entry, towel, drink, one face mask | $44.00 | 4.4 · 1,526 |
| From Reykjavík: Blue Lagoon Premium Admission with transfersFrom Reykjavík: Blue Lagoon Premium Admission with transfers | Entry ticket | $244 | Return transfer, entry, bathrobe, drink, masks, skincare | — | 4.5 · 541 |
| From Reykjavik: Golden Circle, Kerid, & Secret Lagoon TourFrom Reykjavik: Golden Circle, Kerid, & Secret Lagoon Tour | 10 h | $132 | Thingvellir, Geysir, Gullfoss, Kerid and the Secret Lagoon | $13.20 | 4.8 · 6,474 |
| Reykjavik: Golden Circle, Kerid Crater, & Blue Lagoon TourReykjavik: Golden Circle, Kerid Crater, & Blue Lagoon Tour | 11 h | $257 | Thingvellir, Geysir, Gullfoss, Kerid and Blue Lagoon entry | $23.36 | 4.9 · 6,046 |
| Reykjavik: Golden Circle, Kerid Crater and Sky Lagoon TourReykjavik: Golden Circle, Kerid Crater and Sky Lagoon Tour | 11 h | $240 | Thingvellir, Geysir, Kerid and the Sky Lagoon at the end | $21.82 | 4.9 · 626 |
| Reykjavik: Golden Circle, Crater & Blue Lagoon Minibus TourReykjavik: Golden Circle, Crater & Blue Lagoon Minibus Tour | 11 h | $264 | The Golden Circle route by minibus, then the Blue Lagoon | $24.00 | 4.8 · 1,949 |
| From Reykjavik: South Coast & Sky Lagoon Small-Group TourFrom Reykjavik: South Coast & Sky Lagoon Small-Group Tour | 13 h | $264 | Waterfalls, a black sand beach, a glacier, the Sky Lagoon | $20.31 | 4.8 · 210 |
| Reykjavik: Silver Circle Tour, Canyon Ride, & Thermal BathsReykjavik: Silver Circle Tour, Canyon Ride, & Thermal Baths | 10 h | $240 | The Silver Circle, 2 canyons, waterfalls, the Canyon Baths | $24.00 | 4.7 · 222 |
| Reykjavik: Landmannalaugar Highland Hike & Hot SpringsReykjavik: Landmannalaugar Highland Hike & Hot Springs | 5 - 14 h | $194 | Guided highland hike and a soak in a natural hot spring | — | 4.7 · 765 |
| Reykjavík: Volcanoes, Grindavík, Hot Springs, & Lava TourReykjavík: Volcanoes, Grindavík, Hot Springs, & Lava Tour | 7 h | $122 | Reykjanes lava fields, bubbling hot springs, Grindavik | $17.43 | 4.8 · 170 |
| Reykjavik: Roundtrip Bus Transfer to the Blue LagoonReykjavik: Roundtrip Bus Transfer to the Blue Lagoon | 4 h | $58 | Return bus from the BSI terminal to the Blue Lagoon | $14.50 | 4.7 · 1,626 |
| Reykjavík: Golden Circle, Blue Lagoon & Northern Lights TourReykjavík: Golden Circle, Blue Lagoon & Northern Lights Tour | 15 h | $336 | The Golden Circle, the Blue Lagoon, a northern lights stop | $22.40 | 4.8 · 267 |
| 1-Hour Helicopter Tour in Iceland: The Geothermal Tour1-Hour Helicopter Tour in Iceland: The Geothermal Tour | 60 min | $545 | A 50-60 minute flight and a 15-minute landing in the wild | $545.00 | 4.9 · 294 |
Reading the table
Four places where the same water carries a different fare
The Blue Lagoon, four ways. This is the most confusing corner of any hot springs Iceland Reykjavik price list. Comfort admission on its own is $148. The bus from the BSI terminal on its own is $58. Admission with transfers is $225, comfort admission with transfers is $220, and the premium version with a bathrobe and skincare is $244. If you already have wheels, the first line is the one you want.
The Sky Lagoon, two ways. The shortest transfer in the whole hot springs Iceland Reykjavik line-up belongs here. The entrance pass with the 7-step spa ritual is $123 and the same pass with a transfer is $151 over two and a half hours. That Lagoon is minutes from downtown, so the transfer is the shortest of any on this list and the difference between the two lines is correspondingly small.
Hvammsvik, two ways. The admission package is $83 and the guided experience with transport from the city is $164 over four and a half hours. The pools are the same tidal ones on the fjord shore; the gap is the road.
The Golden Circle, four ways. The loop with the Secret Lagoon is $132 over 10 hours, with the Sky Lagoon $240 over 11, with the Blue Lagoon $257 over 11, and by minibus with the Blue Lagoon $264 over 11. The sightseeing is the same on all four. The Lagoon at the end is what you are paying the difference for.
What each fare buys
Admission, transfer, day out: three kinds of listing
Almost every question about hot springs Iceland Reykjavik pricing is really a question about which of these three shelves a listing sits on.
| Kind of listing | What it covers, and the fares on this site |
|---|---|
| Admission only | The water and whatever the inclusion line names. From $34 at the Secret Lagoon to $244 for the premium Blue Lagoon package. Assumes you can get there. |
| Transport, or transport plus entry | From $58 for the return bus alone to $220 for comfort admission with transfers both ways. The right shelf if you have no car and want one pool. |
| A full day out | Ten to fifteen hours with a guide, several stops and a soak at the end. From $132 to $336. You are buying the day, not the water. |
| Seen from the air | One listing: $545 for a 50-60 minute flight over geothermal springs, lava fields and craters, with a 15-minute landing in the wilderness. |
Getting the most out of a fare
Where the hot springs in Iceland near Reykjavik repay a bit of planning
The first rule of a hot springs Iceland Reykjavik booking: if you are driving, buy admission and nothing else. Every transfer line on this site exists to solve a problem you do not have, and the gap between the two is real money: $148 against $220 for the same Lagoon and the same inclusion list, or $83 against $164 for the same fjord pools.
If you are not driving, do not assume a taxi is cheaper than the listed bus. The Blue Lagoon return transfer at $58 runs from the BSI terminal with frequent departures between morning and late afternoon, and it is the lowest fare with transport anywhere on this site.
If you only have one day, buy a day rather than a pool. That is the one hot springs Iceland Reykjavik decision that saves a whole afternoon. Our pick, $264, puts the Golden Circle and the Blue Lagoon into eleven hours and is rated 4.8 across 1,949 reviews. Bought separately, the loop and the Lagoon would take two days and two fares, and the second day would repeat a good deal of the same road.
And if you want the whole geothermal landscape rather than one pool in it, the volcano and lava listing at $122 runs seven hours through the Reykjanes peninsula past bubbling hot springs and the youngest lava fields in the country, rated 4.8 across 170 reviews. It is the one listing here that is about the ground rather than the bathing.
Before you book
Six lines to read on the listing page itself
Fares move, and the inclusion lines move with them. These are the six that decide whether a fare is good value or merely low.
- Does it include transport?
This is the single biggest driver of price on the whole site. An admission ticket assumes you arrive by yourself.
- Does it name a towel?
The Blue Lagoon comfort and premium listings do. The Secret Lagoon admission does not. It is one line of text and it changes your packing.
- How long is it, really?
Compare the cost per hour, not the fare. A four-hour transfer and an eleven-hour guided day are different products.
- How many reviews sit behind the rating?
A 4.9 across 294 reviews and a 4.8 across 7,759 are both good, but they are not the same kind of evidence.
- Where does it actually go?
The Blue Lagoon is at Grindavik, not in the city. The Sky Lagoon is on the city edge. The Secret Lagoon is at Fludir. The names give nothing away.
- Is cancellation flexible?
Every listing on this site names free cancellation. Worth confirming on the day, because that is what makes an early booking safe.
When to book
What the calendar does to a hot springs Iceland Reykjavik budget
The pools themselves run all year. What moves through the year is how quickly the guided days fill up and how much daylight you get for the same fare.
September to October
Shoulder
Same fares, thinner crowds at the stops, and the soak lands at dusk rather than in the middle of the afternoon.
November to February
Dark months
Short daylight reshapes the long days. The 15-hour listing at $336 belongs to this half of the year.
March to May
Opening up
Daylight returns fast and the guided calendar fills again. A sensible window for anyone booking at short notice.
Book direct
Six listings that map the hot springs Iceland Reykjavik price range
One from each rung: the cheapest entry, the cheapest transfer, the cheapest full site, the most reviewed pass, our pick for a whole day, and the flight.
Lowest price here2,139 reviews
Entry ticketIceland Secret Lagoon Admission Ticket
★ 4.7 · 2,139 reviews
- In natural hot water from springs
- Admission ticket included
- Cheapest here
- Free cancellation
4 h1,626 reviews
4 hReykjavik: Roundtrip Bus Transfer to the Blue Lagoon
★ 4.7 · 1,626 reviews
- Four hours, to the Blue Lagoon
- Departures from BSI Bus Terminal
- Departs from Reykjavik
- Free cancellation
$58$14.50 / hour
Check availability→ 
1.5 h - 1 day318 reviews
1.5 h - 1 dayHvammsvik Hot Springs: Admission Package
★ 4.7 · 318 reviews
- 1.5 hours - 1 day, at Hvammsvik geothermal sanctuary
- Admission package included
- Warm waters at Hvammsvik
- Free cancellation
Entry ticket7,759 reviews
Entry ticketReykjavik: Sky Lagoon Entrance Pass With 7-Step Spa Ritual
★ 4.8 · 7,759 reviews
- At Sky Lagoon geothermal spa
- Entry tickets included
- Most booked
- Free cancellation
$123
Check availability→ 
Our top pick1,949 reviews
11 hReykjavik: Golden Circle, Crater & Blue Lagoon Minibus Tour
★ 4.8 · 1,949 reviews
- 11 hours, in the Blue Lagoon
- Minibus tour of Golden Circle
- Journey from Reykjavík
- Free cancellation
$264$24.00 / hour
Check availability→ 
Rated 4.9294 reviews
60 min1-Hour Helicopter Tour in Iceland: The Geothermal Tour
★ 4.9 · 294 reviews
- One hour, over geothermal springs and craters
- Depart from Reykjavik Domestic Airport
- Landing in the wilderness
- Free cancellation
$545$545.00 / hour
Check availability→ Only booking one of them? The run out to the Blue Lagoon is the trip people get wrong most often, because it is not in the city at all.
Plan that day properly→Common questions
Questions people ask about the fares
What is the cheapest ticket on this site?
The Secret Lagoon admission at $34, rated 4.7 across 2,139 reviews. It is entry only, at Fludir on the Golden Circle route.
What is the cheapest way to reach a pool without a car?
The Blue Lagoon return bus at $58, four hours from the BSI terminal with frequent departures through the day.
Why do two listings for the same Lagoon cost such different amounts?
Because one of them includes transport, and sometimes a towel, a drink or a robe. Blue Lagoon comfort admission is $148 on its own and $220 with transfers both ways.
Are there hot springs in Reykjavik Iceland itself?
The Sky Lagoon is on the edge of the city, minutes from downtown, and its pass is $123. Everything else on this list is a drive: the Blue Lagoon is at Grindavik, Hvammsvik is on a fjord, the Secret Lagoon is at Fludir.
Which listing has the most reviews?
The Sky Lagoon entrance pass, with 7,759 reviews at 4.8. The Golden Circle day that ends at the Secret Lagoon is close behind with 6,474 at 4.8.
Does every listing allow cancellation?
Every listing on this site names free cancellation. It is the line that makes booking a weather-dependent day well in advance a reasonable thing to do.
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