Flights/Ship:

Air Iceland operates  3 - 5 daily flights between Egilsstaðir and Reykjavík, the flying time is one hour.
The faroese ferry Norræna offers weekly sailings to /from Denmark via the Faroese Islands.

Bus connections:

1. Akureyri - Mývatn - Egilsstaðir: Schedule and information found here. Tel. 550-0700, www.sba.is.

2. Höfn in Hornafjörður - Egilsstaðir: Sterna bus company operates daily schedule in summer, starting in May - no connections during the winter. Tel.  553-3737,  www.sterna.is.

Travelling in the East by bus:

1. Seeing the sights of the Fjords: Egilsstaðir - Reyðarfjörður - Eskifjörður - Neskaupsstaður - Fáskrúðsfjörður - Stöðvarfjörður and Breiðdalsvík. Winter Schedule 2011-2012 and information can be found here. Tel. 470-9000, www.fjardabyggd.is 

2. Borgarfjörður eystri (Bakkagerði) - Egilsstaðir: Local transport entrepreneurs Jakob og Margret  (tel 894 8305) run a daily schedule on weekdays between Borgarfjörður (past Stórurð hiking paradise) and Egilsstaðir, leaving Borgarfjörður at 08:00 AM (camping area) and Egilsstaðir at 12:00.  

3. Seyðisfjörður - Egilsstaðir: The  local bus operation FAS (tel. 893 2669 - www.visitseydisfjordur.com) operates two-three daily transfers between Seyðisfjörður and Egilsstaðir in connection with aerial and maritime schedules. For winter schedule 2012, click here.

4. Höfn - Djúpivogur: See winter schedule 2011-2012 here. Tel. 478-8933.

For more information contact us at the East Iceland Information Centre, tel 472 1750 or e-mail east@east.is.

East Iceland awaits you. Safe journey - Bon voyage! 


Taxi´s in East Iceland:

Egilsstaðir:
1. Jón Björnsson, phone 898-2625, e-mail sputnik@simnet.is
2. Jón Eiður Jónsson, phone 892-9247, e-mail joneidur@gmail.com

Eskifjörður:
1. Bjarni Hávarðsson, phone 893-3450
2. Sturlaugur Stefánsson, phone 852-2227

Reyðarfjörður:
1. Gunnar Th Gunnarsson, phone 844-9133