Akureyri Highlights: Hop On Hop Off Bus Tour

This tour is ideal for cruise passengers docking in Akureyri, offering a succinct yet expansive tour of the city’s highlights. Whether you’re interested in architecture, nature, or local culture, the Hop On Hop Off bus ensures you experience the best of Akureyri efficiently and comfortably.

Duration: 45 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Hop On and Hop Off Akureyri (Route)

Operating Schedule: The Hop On Hop Off Akureyri tour provides a convenient and thorough way to explore the city. Beginning at the Akureyri Cruise Port and then stopping at the Hof Cultural and Conference Center, the service operates every hour on the hour, ideally suited for cruise ship passengers. The complete…

What's Included
  • Hop on Hop off Pass for a day during business hours
What's Not Included
  • In person Guiding
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Donna_g
Jul 21, 2025
Great way to get around... - Great way to get around tiny little town. Can get off and on as many times as you want. Port pick up makes it easy!
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Denisemary_w
Jul 14, 2025
Easy to use, can alight... - Easy to use, can alight at port. Excellent driver, very informative. Comfortable buses, interesting stops.
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Sid_l
Jul 7, 2025
Good experience. - Very easy to understand and informative. Video was helpful and also informative. Finding the bus was no hard.
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Mary_s
Jul 30, 2025
No one seemed to know... - No one seemed to know where the bus would pick us up. Once we located the correct spot, rest of the tour was very good. Good way to see where you wanted to dpend time. City Center was the best!
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L2953nrdm
Jul 23, 2025
- Driver was super friendly and bus was comfortable. My only criticisms would be to have them number the stops on the map with the descriptions. Not easy to follow without them being numbered. Next would be no announced end time for the route. When we asked the driver, he said "between 4 and 5" which didn't let us plan very well for a 1 hour loop. Also would have liked to know the end time in advance. We would do this again and would recommend to others.
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Diane_m
Jul 26, 2025
Nice but hard to locate stops. - Drop on/off points NOT marked on route. No location information available by cruise terminals. We had a very tough time locating this bus, given the fact that it only passes one once an hour. Good thing the bus is well marked.
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D2231pbloric
Jul 16, 2025
Not worth the time or money. - While the Hop On Hop Off bus is in a very convenient location near the ship, it was very expensive compared to other cities. We paid $58 US per person which would have been fine had we seen anything. It was literally 25 minutes worth of driving and sightseeing and 45 additional minutes of waiting for passengers to purchase tickets at the stops as we went. They do not have a ticket office or any agent selling tickets off of the bus so the driver handles it all. This took up most of the time we were on the bus. To be fair, there are not a lot of sites to see in the city but it really is only 30 minutes worth of stops if not for ticket sales. $58 per person was excessive for this trip. The culmination of this trip was the driver exiting the bus to smoke a cigarette while everyone waited. Also, there is only one bus that operates so the wait times at stops were between 1-1.5 hours if you exited and hoped to get back on in 15 or 20 minutes. Would not recommend.
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Mikeymikeyuk
Aug 9, 2025
So expensive (like Iceland in general) - Very expensive for a 45 minute (if that) tour of Akyreyri (which is extremely small) £10/$15 would have been a fairer price for this
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Joyce_j
Jul 24, 2025
No hopping on or off! - Unfortunately, we never got to ride this bus because it never once showed up. We sat for over 2 hours at one of the stops waiting but it was a no-show. Tried again 50 minutes later and waited another hour; still a no-show. Walked around the town and STILL never saw it. Will be requesting a refund from Viator.
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Nan_m
Jul 21, 2025
Waste of Time - 2 cruise ships in port but only 1 bus was running the route. Waited 50 minutes for the bus to arrive at port and 35 minutes to board everyone. Got off at a stop. Then waited an hour for pickup but it didn't show up in that timeframe so we walked to a couple of the stops then walked back to the ship. I do not recommend this excursion. July 2025
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