Drangey Tours

AMAZING EXPERIENCE WE WILL NEVER FORGET! Our family of 5 had an absolutely amazing experience visiting the Puffins. The boat ride was very comfortable, the hike was thrilling (not for those afraid of heights!) and the up close and personal encounter with the thousands of puffins was a day of joy. We could not stop smiling with delight! Highly recommend this tour with this Icelandic family business.

I spent a little over 3 weeks in Iceland, but the tour of Drangey is most deeply etched in my soul for its visceral thrill. Intimate, raw…it has you feeling like Sir David Attenborough because of how immersed in nature you are. From the fun boat ride to the steep hike, my adrenaline stayed in overdrive. Thousands of puffins and other seabirds (kittiwakes, guillemots etc) sang a cacophonous chorus to my heartbeat which drummed to first the hike; then, the thrill of seeing so many birds up close. Drangey Tours is a family-run business. Helgi, our guide, kindly helped me on with a supportive hand when he saw me looking fearful at the cliff edges. His father was the steady boat captain and his grandpa was the first to lay the guide ropes & pegs into the cliffs years ago. Atop the cliffs, we were offered coffee or hot chocolate, then brought to the various high points of this little basalt fortress where Helgi told tales of Icelandic sagas and puffin factoids. If there’s only one thing you have time for in Iceland, do this! It’s a half-day adventure but a lifetime memory. I visited Drangey on July 7, ‘25.

Absolutely amazing experience! Wonderful family business with passionate and kind guides! Saw whales on the way out to the island and so many fabulous puffins! There’s a hike to the top for some truly amazing views. Cannot recommend enough!

Such an amazing experience! The hike was a little daunting but the view of puffins made it very worth it. We walked around different parts of the island and was treated with hot chocolate / coffee.

Wonderful, friendly father-son business! There's no real online reservation system, so you either call or email them to reserve a spot on the boat (we were able to walk up the morning of just ask them if they had space). After a 30 min boat ride, you arrive at Drangey and the son leads you all over the island, telling you all about the sea birds, geology, and the history of the place, made famous as the hide out of Grettir the Strong, one of the most famous Icelandic outlaws from the Saga age. One (major?) thing to consider: I feel like others have maybe undersold how vertical the hike up to the top is! There are a few sections where you are hanging on to ropes or metal bars with a sheer drop on one side. If you happen to have any people in the tour group who fancy themselves the next great Nat Geo photographer, this can be especially terrifying as they abruptly stop in front of you to take yet another version of the same picture. (The guys warn you against doing this, but...) I would suggest that if you are really scared of heights or have younger kids with you to maybe just go for the boat ride.

Best experience in Iceland! Very nice, fast boat to island then a hike/climb up to the top through bird nesting cliffs. Excellent guide to explain the island history, puffin habits and even takes photos! Stunning and it'd be impossible to miss the 500,000 puffins living there all summer. Also see loads of kittiwakes, guillemots, razorbills and more.

One of my favorite experiences within my 8 day trip to Iceland. Tour is guided by a Father/Son team who are friendly and knowledgable giving you a history about the island. We were able to see: -Thousands of Puffins -Humpback Whales & Minke Whales feeding on sardines -Kittiwakes -Fulmars -Shearwaters Cannot recommend enough; however, please be aware to steep heights and a ladder climb.

We emailed the morning before we wanted to go and got the last two seats on the tour, highly recommend to email before and get on the list. The hike at the beginning is moderate to advance at the beginning, there were a few people in our group that didn't even try, they just stayed at the boat. On the island it was great, heard fun stories, had coffee, walked to different views, saw lots and lots of puffins. We did get to see a whale surface out in the water, was a fun excursion!