Private Reykjavik Cat Walking Tour

Lauren was a fantastic guide! We got to meet several cats and learn more about the history of Reykjavik along the way. Highly recommend for anyone who loves cats and wants to walk and learn more about the streets and icons of downtown Reykjavik!

Bardi, the outstanding guide, was very knowledgeable on Icelandic history, mythology and the city. He blended mythology, city, and cats. This was the best tour I every took. Well worth it and highly recommended. The cats were wonderful and all had their own personalities. It was a treat to experience how the cats are love, respected, and part of this wonderful city. It was more than just cats. A MUST for all cat lovers. Thank you Bardi for a wonderful and memorable day.

This is a fun and very informative tour. Our guide was very knowledgeable on Nordic mythology and Icelandic history. He took us to meet his 3 cats; as well as the local “celebrity” cats. You’re also treated to a hot drink and treat at one of the local cafes. I highly recommend this tour.

Bardi was a wonderful guide. The tour was perfectly tailored to our ages and physical capabilities, and we met many cats, as well as getting great stories and truths about Iceland.

Maria G was very personable, and knowledgeable about the history of Reykjavik. Had a great time learning about the history of the area whilst searching for the local cats!

Maria G. was a fantastic guide! She was very knowledgeable and knew that best places to spot the feline celebrities! We enjoyed the fun facts and stories she told, as well as the recommendations she made! We highly recommend this tour and definitely Maria G. a guide!

Our first day in Iceland we went on the Cat Tour! It was a great way to start our vacation. Bardi was an awesome guide. He was friendly, up-beat and very knowledgeable. We spent the rest of our trip looking for the locals (the cats) and matching them with what Bardi told us their names were. Excellent tour.

We had the best tour guide: Kristin. She was lovely and knowledgeable. We were able to see many cats including a few of the “famous” Reykjavík cats. And had a wonder break at the cat cafe. We learned a lot of about the city as we went on our tour. Highly recommend the tour and Kristin!

Our guide, Barda, was great, and he gave us a very whimsical and fun tour around the main downtown area in Reykjavik. Seeing how local shop owners treat street cats so humanely (some of them would lay on top of brand new clothing items inside those shops) was so refreshing. The cats themselves were classic feline characters. We also learned about the history and some folklore of this beautiful and mysterious land. The Cat Cafe was the best part for me, knowing that the owners there will host cats until they get adopted made my day. I will recommend this tour to every cat lover out there.

We had a blast, we got to see lots of cats! Enjoyed this tour! Would highly recommend if you love cats

The cats are an Independent People. You will not always get to see them, but they probably have something else, just as important, to do anyway. Dont worry. Baldi has plenty of stories to tell, has local knowledge to share, and is happy to answer any questions, including 'How does one talk to an Icelandic Kisi.

My family loved this cute tour of Iceland’s cats! Highly recommend Stephan I as your guide. He took us to many locations throughout town to visit the famous cats and to the Cat Cafe for drinks and dessert. Just a fun short tour if you love cats or even just want to learn a little more about Reykjavik.

The guide was so passionate about the cats and their stories. It was a neat way to tour Reykjavik. Even ended the tour by meeting his 3 cats

What an amazing tour! Bardi was so friendly and knowledgeable about Icelandic cats and so much more! We really enjoyed learning about the city of Reykjavik and the history of Iceland as well as the Folklore of Iceland, the Yule cat and the goddess Freya. Bardi was a fantastic tour guide and story teller, we really felt connected with the city and meeting all the local famous felines was an added bonus! The cat cafe was warm and inviting and the drinks and Icelandic pastries were delicious. It was so lovely to see so many local businesses having cats they help look after. The local tips and recommendations for where to eat were also really helpful! As a family we really really enjoyed this tour and would say it was good fun and not just for cat lovers. Thanks so much Bardi for giving us such a special day x

Booked this tour for something a little different on a family vacation. Turned out to be one of the highlights of our adventures in Iceland. Not only did we learn the history of Iceland, but we also went hunting for and found the shop cats of Reykjavik. Our guide, Bardi was entertaining and clearly a cat enthusiast. Tour includes a visit to the Cat Cafe for cookies and coffee/hot chocolate and our last stop was Bardi's home where he introduced us to his own children. All in all definitely recommend this walking tour. We plan on returning to Iceland again and will be booking some different tours with this company. Small groups, private groups, felt like the tour was made just for us. Thanks again Bardi, we had a blast and we went to the little restaurant you recommended for lunch.

The cat Baktus is a little bad ass. We had to go to a hotel and a couple shops asking for him to finally connect. He's like the cat mayor of Reykjavik and just wanders around (in the snow storm!) checking on his city.

Fantastic tour experience! Bardi was our guide, he made this experience so special and personal for us. Meeting his cat friends in different spots of Reykjavik was great, and we enjoyed listening to facts, fun facts and anecdotes on Iceland and its cats 😸 Highlight was when Bardi invited us to his home to meet his 3 fluffy cat friends. Thanks a lot! :)

Family of three (1 avid cat-lover, 1 cats-are-nice, and 1 cat-hater) - all three enjoyed the experience! It was part cat scavenger hunt, but that only added to the fun (I do believe the cat-hater liked being able to spot cats before any of the others). The stories were great and I could tell our guide Barði enjoyed what he did! This is the experience I share with others when people ask what I did in Iceland! (Pictures of cat-hater and cat-lover ... see, memorable for all!)

Really enjoyable, would recommend to any cat lovers! Learned a lot about Icelandic history and folklore while seeing the most iconic residents of the city.

Our tour guide Bardi was the best. We had a lovely stroll through downtown Reykjavik where we were introduced to the Shop cats. The Cat Cafe was the high point of the tour. For once, I wasn't the only one stopping to get photos of the cats.

This is a wonderful tour which blends the love of cats with the history of Iceland. Our tour guide knew all the hang-out spots for the local cats so we got to meet several! The cat cafe was so much fun and a great place to get a snack, drink, and warm up for a bit on a chilly day. We learned a lot about Reykjavik through interesting stories and folklore tales.

Bardi was passionate about his cats, informative and engaging all the way. Highly recommend this as a first-day get acquainted tour, especially if you’re coming off a red-eye flight. Even if you’re not a cat person (I’m not particularly but my wife is), you’ll find this an entertaining introduction to this wonderful city.

On paper this sounded more interesting than it was in reality, at least the day we went. The highlight was "meeting" a bookstore cat (Bashtet, or a name like that -- the King of Cats!) and delicious hot chocolate at the cat cafe (where we witnessed a dramatic stand-off between two feline residents), along with some Icelandic folklore about cats. We seemed to skip over sights listed in the writeup of the tour (the oldest college in Reykjavik and the Parliament building, among them). The guide also said he never took his tours to the Einar Jonsson sculpture museum (also referenced in the write-up) because the sculptures were dark and depressing. The stories about cats in Icelandic folklore were potentially really interesting (they tended to be evil characters!) but our guide, who was not Icelandic, didn't appear to have more than a passing knowledge. Perhaps it was an off day for him. He was a personable young man (prompt and courteous) but we were hoping for a more memorable tour.

We went to Iceland for a week as a family in March. The cat walking tour was one of our highlights. We thoroughly enjoyed every minute. Our guide was warm, friendly and welcoming, and was joined by the business owner, who was equally as friendly and helpful. Our host is a true lover of cats (which was ideal as we were missing our three cats at the time). I would highly recommend this unique and enjoyable tour for a great way to spend an afternoon in the beautiful city of Reykjavik.

Myself, daughter and partner had the best time on this cat walking tour. We had the most incredible guide to show us where all the cats hang out. We also seen some of the best local sites and was taught about Icelandic history/mythology. The highlight was ending up with a hot chocolate in the cat cafe. Would highly recommend! ❤️

Amazing tour. I booked late and they are very accommodating. Our guide Einer was lovely and very knowledgeable. He made the tour very fun and exciting. I travelled solo but I felt welcomed.

Did two walks the week of Christmas with my son and daughter-in-law....City Walk & Cat Walk. Both were excellent! City Walk was first and Esther E did a great job of telling us not only about the history of the city as well as the country. She also shared quite a bit about their culture. And sorry for not remembering the male guide's name for the Cat Walk, but he was just as informative and educational as Esther E. Doing these walks was a great way to learn from two locals about their country!

We had a great time hanging out with other cat people and getting a tour of the downtown area. Loved getting a chance to meet his fur kids too. We missed one cat, but saw him later on when he came out of his nap. A great choice after an overnight flight not too intense and lots of fresh air

OMG what a wonderful experience. Our delightful guide started right off saying he is the proud father of three cats, and at the end of the tour we stopped at his cozy home to meet them. He lives a couple of blocks from THE church, so we boogied right over there after the tour, previously thinking we would have no time at all to se it while we were in Reykjavik. The statue of Leif Erickson was right in front of the church (Does anyone have his phone number???). The tour included businesses with their own kitties, businesses that sell cat-themed stuff, neighborhood cats, lots of city landmarks, and lots of stories of local cats, plus how their ancestors got to the island in the first place and oohing and ahhing over each other's pix of our own precious cats. The stop at the cat café was charming and yummy and full of photo ops. So glad we took this tour!

A must for any animal and folklore lover! We walked the city, learning history and spotting the famous cats of Reykjavik along the way. I loved going to the cat cafe and meeting some local kitties up for adoption too. Definitely a one of a kind tour that shouldn’t be missed!

My 18-yr-old son and I took this tour our first day in Reyjavik. We both loved it. Hilda's sweet personality and stories was a wonderful introduction to Icelanders and the culture.