r/VisitingIceland • u/yassin6868 • 8d ago
Visiting Iceland with 5 year old boy
Hello, we are planning on visiting iceland this September and deciding to either bring our 5 year old son with us or just leave him with the grandparents. For those of you who travelled to iceland with kids. Did you find it difficult to do the activities with small kids… is the hiking trails difficult? We are planning on renting a campervan for 10-14 days and stay at campsites to go through the ring circle
Thank you
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u/Ancient-Space1260 8d ago
Iceland is very child friendly. Almost all restaurants (except the super fancy ones) will be accommodating and many restaurants have a play area where kids can hang out while parents eat. All towns have playgrounds and pools. The pools all have an area with shallow water, some with slides. Jumping pillows are really fun (with a 5-year-old they will need a parent with them to supervise).
You likely won't be able to do real hikes, unless the kid's into hiking, but many sites are accessible via short walk/hike. There's a lot of car time traveling from one site to the next so consider whether your kid can handle longer drives.
With kids no matter where you go you have to limit the activities to one or two per day and take it slower, so that's also a consideration.