My name is Friðþjófur J. (Fred) and I'm a certified guide to Iceland. I've been guiding for over 30 years. Having traveled all my life all over Iceland and the world and worked in other countries, I chose Iceland as my permanent home.

My education and profession have been in business in Iceland, the USA, and Denmark, sharing knowledge and learning. My other passions include music, motorcycling, photography, and fishing. Combining these, my experience in business and love for nature, I decided that sharing some of this, gives me the best of pleasures.

I want to show and explain to you what and why Iceland is my choice for home, by going deeper into nature, history, folklore, and culture than the public tours go. Hence I hope to broaden your horizon into new things and perhaps our understanding about the important things in life. My ultimate goal is to earn your friendship, which just might open more opportunities.

Tailor-made trips, short or long, are of course my specialty.

Certified guide
MBA Babson College (Entrepreneurship - Marketing - Management)
Musician
Salmon fishing guilly
Driver licence and insurance for tourist transport

I am only licenced to guide in English and Icelandic

The Trolls in the fog. I'll tell you all about them !

You may have doubted that trolls exist, but.....

See where the Tectonic Plates continuously drift apart at Thingvellir, see Geysir area where the earth under your feet boils and Gullfoss (the Golden Waterfalls). Discover how glaciers and lava mix to make Iceland the true land of fire and ice. Discover how the lava cleans the water while the glacial rivers create electricity. See, feel and listen is the motto for my travels.

By starting ahead of the other busses and taking a different scenic route, the trip is more relaxed and time can be spent on shortstops of interest to give understanding on how things work in Iceland.

I am of course available for tailor-made trip according to your main interest.

The Golden Circle Private Day Trip

The Golden Circle Full Day Trip

Full day private tour around the Reykjanes Penninsula.

On this tour, you will see where the North-Atlantic and Eurasian continents drift apart continuously. In between, new land is born. At the same time, the Atlantic Ocean breaks continuously on this land.

You will see how the magma just under our feet heats the water, boils on the surface, where folk stories come to life and nature is sculptured in to form with caves, bolder-cups, canyons and amazing colors that take your breath away!

In the summer, the birdlife is a big attraction as is the folklore and mystery of the underground world.

Don't forget your camera.

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