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thank you! I would say at least five days to get around the ring road, and you won't see much of everything. I took 8 days, and spent two in Ísafjörður (the ring road skips the westfjords entirely) and still didn't get to all my wants. I have to say, what you can see easily from a Reykjavik home base is obviously stunning, but all of my favourite things were scattered from a few hours out to across the island.