The Ferðafélag Íslands (Icelandic Tourist Association) has announced its new prices for 2026 season. The prices apply to both accommodation and the goods sold in the campsite shops.
This is an important change for many people going to Iceland, as the FI manages, among other things, all campsites on the very popular Laugavegur trail (see: Laugavegur – Iceland’s most beautiful trail), including perhaps Iceland’s most popular campsite – the famous Landmannalaugar – Fairytale Rainbow Mountains. The new prices are in effect for the 2026/27 season, that is, from May 1, 2026 to April 30, 2027.
Accommodation prices 2026
FI accommodation price list (2025 edition)
In 2026, an overnight stay in the huts on Laugavegur costs 17,000 ISK, about $140 per person, per night. In 2023 the same bed still cost 10,500-11,000 ISK, so the price is up by almost 60% in three years.
At Baldvinsskali hut (on the equally popular Fimmvorduhals trail – the southern extension of Laugavegur) a night now costs the same 17,000 ISK ($140); so do Alftavatn, Emstrur, Hrafntinnusker, Hvanngil and Thorsmork/Langidalur.
Mind you that this covers accommodation in a multi-bed dormitory, in your own sleeping bag and with an outdoor bathroom. In Baldvinsskali and Hrafntinnusker we also have to do without a shower and settle for the so-called dry toilet.
In other huts it’s a bit cheaper – prices start at 8,600 ISK, or about $72.
The fee for spending a night at a campsite has also increased. In 2026 it is 3,400 ISK, about $28. This is a quite significant change compared to the 2023 season, when the price was an even 2,000 ISK. These are prices per person, not per tent.
Hot showers now cost 1,100 ISK ($9) – up from 1,000 ISK in 2025, 900 ISK in 2024 and 500 ISK in 2023. Everyone who wants hot water pays it, whether they sleep in the hut, in a tent, or do not stay the night at all.
Day visitors who use the facilities at FI huts (toilets, picnic shelters, grills) pay a separate facility fee of 700 ISK (about $6). Landmannalaugar is the exception: FI says the fee there is included in the parking fee collected by Parka during the summer season.
Prices at Laugavegur hut shops (2025)
Laugavegur hut shop price list, 2025 season
FI also operates small tourist stores at most of its campsites. Prices are set top-down in them, but the assortment is small and dependent on current supplies. Popular products may be temporarily unavailable, especially at the end of the season. It must be said that here the price increase is rather moderate. Beverages and candy have not in principle become more expensive. Similarly, playing cards or lighters.
These are the last known prices – from the 2025 season; FI has not published a 2026 price list for shop goods and probably will not, so expect at least 10-15% more this year. Gas for the stove (230 g) costs 3,000 ISK (i.e. about $23), and freeze-dried meals (Feed the Viking) 3,500 ISK ($27). Powerbanks (8,000 mAh) will also become significantly more expensive – 8,000 ISK (about $60). However, in practice, powerbanks were unavailable at the campsites in previous seasons, so perhaps the price increase will cause this to change.
A can of light beer is 1,000 ISK now (under $8).
The prices are published on the Ferðafélag Íslands > Terms and Prices page.
Bus access prices
The fares below are the ones announced for the 2025 season.
- Highland Bus – RVK -> Landmannalaugar is now 12,500 ISK ($96) per adult and 6,250 ISK ($48) per child (6-15)
- the same bus costs 9,000 ISK ($70) if you only go to Rjupnavellir (choose the right option in the drop-down menu on the right);
- it’s a little bit more expensive if you only want to go from Rjupnavellir to Landmannalaugar – 10,000 ISK pp ($77); it’s a very good option if you don’t want to rent a 4×4 car for all of your trip only to see Landmannalaugar AND to avoid issues with booking a parking spot in Landmannalaugar;
- buses to Thorsmork are priced very similarily: 12,000 ISK per adult ($92) and 6,000 ISK ($46) per child;
- as each year, a bus trip to Skogar is the least expensive of these: 9,000 ISK ($69) per adult and 4,500 ISK ($35) per child;
All above prices are for a one-way trip. You can easily combine getting to the start of your hike and coming back to Reykjavik from which ever or these points will be your destination.
See more about organising your Laugavegur hike here: Laugavegur – Iceland’s most beautiful trail.
