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Flights
Icelandair and WOWair operate flights to Iceland from Europe and North-America. The international airport is situated in Keflavík about 40-50 minutes drive from the capital, Reykjavík.
How to get to East Iceland by plane?
The domestic airport in Reykjavik is located in the heart of the city. Air Iceland offers 3-5 flights daily from Reykjavík to Egilsstaðir in East Iceland.
Ferry
The ferry Norræna offers weekly sailings to/from Denmark to Seyðisfjörður in East Iceland with a stop at the Faroe Islands.
The ferry between Norðfjörður and Mjóifjörður sails twice a week over wintertime (Oct 1 - May 31). Mondays and Thursdays from Mjóifjörður at 10:00 and back from Norðfjörður at 12:30.
Buses
SV-Aust.
Drives in East Iceland all year. Stops at: Borgarfjörður, Seyðisfjörður, Egilsstaðir, Reyðarfjörður, Eskifjörður, Neskaupstaður, Fáskrúðsfjörður, Stöðvarfjörður, Breiðdalsvík, Djúpivogur and Höfn.
Strætó BS.
Route 56 drives: Egilsstaðir - Akureyri and Akureyri - Egilsstaðir all year. In the summer they drive daily and 3-5 times a week during the winter.
SBA-Norðurleið / Sterna
Sterna has a full circle bus passport as well as operating day tours. As a part of an full circle system SBA Norðurleið drives from Akureyri- Egilsstaðir - Höfn and also from Höfn – Egilsstaðir – Akureyri. SBA Norðurleið drives from the 1st of June until the 10th of September 2014.
ROUTE 62A: HÖFN - EGILSSTADIR - MYVATN - AKUREYRI
ROUTE 62: AKUREYRI - MYVATN - EGILSSTADIR - HÖFN
Car
The drive from Reykjavik to Egilsstaðir can be made in one day. You can either drive the northern route or the southern route.
Taxi´s
Egilsstaðir:
Jón Björnsson, phone 898-2625, e-mail sputnik@simnet.is
Jón Eiður Jónsson, phone 892-9247, e-mail joneidur@gmail.com
Guttormur Kristmannsson, phone 659 4828
Eskifjörður:
Bjarni Hávarðsson, phone 893-3450
Sturlaugur Stefánsson, phone 852-2227
Reyðarfjörður:
Gunnar Th Gunnarsson, phone 844-9133
Tour operators in the East
Click here to see all the tour operators in the east.
Travel agents offering tours to East Iceland:
