Iceland is the 18th largest island in the whole world. It is composed of many roads connecting each part of it. Some of these roads are narrow; some are wide and very much paved. In this country, especially in its capital, Reykjavik, private vehicles are preferred over public transportation. This is quite obvious as we can see the abundance of parking spaces all over the place! So when one travels to Iceland, it would be best to go with the country’s trend and find a car rental provider from which you can rent a car. This will ease you of the burdens of tour schedules which you have to follow and of public transportation that is not widely used in the country.

In Iceland, car rental companies include Avis, Budget, National, and Hertz. There are also local car rentals in Iceland from which you can rent a car for your stay. All you need to do is search online or check out the local yellow pages.

There are four national parks all around Iceland and they basically cover most of the country’s area. There is the Skaftafell National Park whose landscape is similar to the Alps, Þingvellir National Park which is a very popular historical/cultural/geological tourist spot, the Snafellsjokull National Park which was made famous by the novel Journey to the Center of the Earth, and the Jokulsargljufur National Park which is famous for its unruly volcanoes and canyons. You can visit all of these places via public transportation or via your own car by availing of car hire deals in Iceland.