Glacier Ice Cave Tour: Explore Iceland's Frozen Wonders

This is a rare opportunity to witness the grandeur of a glacier from the inside and out, in a safe, accessible, and thrilling manner. See, touch, and learn about the ice that shapes much of Iceland’s natural beauty in this one-of-a-kind adventure into the world’s longest manmade ice tunnel.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Húsafell Activity Center - We drive from Húsafell onto Langjökull (‘’Long Glacier’’), the second largest glacier in Iceland, where our adventure begins at Klaki base camp. A thrilling snowmobile ride takes us over the immense expanse of ice & snow to the ice tunnel entrance, nestled high atop Langjökull. We spend 1 hour inside the tunnel before…
What's Included
  • Transportation to and from the glacier’s snowline
  • Ice cave tour
  • Experienced English-speaking guide
  • Snowmobile and required equipment (helmet, overalls, buff, mask, gloves)
What's Not Included
  • Snacks
Additional Information
  • Valid driver’s license is required to operate a snowmobile
Location
Húsafell Activity Center
Check-in is located at the Húsafell Activity Centre, adjacent to Húsafell Bistro and the petrol station. Make sure to check in 15 minutes before the tour starts. GPS coordinates: Húsafell – N64 41.950 W20 52.118
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Andreead561
Jan 4, 2025
Worth it! - Great experience, amazing views, super exciting! Thanks Olle for the great stories about Iceland! Also incredible to see how the glacier has changed since measurements started…
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Petecash63
Jan 2, 2025
Excellent experience, well worth the money. - Fabulous trip in a monster truck from husafell, although we had the full trip from Reykjavik with Reykjavik Excursions so it included several waterfalls etc en route. The ice cave is reached after a drive across country & up the glacier, an experience in itself. The tour through the ice cave in the glacier was fun & very informative, the guise even sung us a song in the chapel!
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Hva1971
Dec 11, 2024
Incredible journey into the centre of the ice - We had a fab experience with our guide Ryan. Really informative and the driver made such an effort to get us there despite the slush. Snowmobiling cancelled due to mild weather conditions meaning there wasn’t enough snow for us to go. It didn’t matter because the ice cave was worth the trip alone. Excellent story telling and singing throughout. You can tell the people working for the company are passionate about their work. We were blown away
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Peter
Dec 4, 2024
On tour with Dominique! - So much fun to do this. Big truck, freezing temperatures, great guide Dominique and a safe driver Adrian. The ice tunnel will give you some amazing shots, not drinks :)
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Claudiagh1629fh
Nov 26, 2024
The best experience ever! - This is a must do in Iceland! The tour guide, Dominico, was so informative and really funny on the ride up to the glacier. We then were guided by, benne, on our snowmobile, which felt like the most adventurous experience. It was so safe and we also got to go really fast! Highly recommend all of it! Especially the snowmobile experience.
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B3450plandreab
Nov 17, 2024
Spectacular excursion - The visit was spectacular, the guides were very friendly and explained everything perfectly 👌🏼 Very fun, I recommend it.
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Panamacity61
Nov 6, 2024
Fun under the Ice - Hats off to Ryan and Omar, our entertaining guides on the glacier. We didn't do the snowmobiling, but trip advisor doesn't have just a glacier tour to choose from. Anyway, had a super fun time traipsing inside and learning about the process of building a tunnel in the glacier! A quirky idea and an engineering feat. The drive up is an adventure in itself as we had the added bonus of white-out snow at the summit. Sobering to see the effect of global weather change as the glacier is rapidly melting away at a very accelerated pace compared to 60 years ago.
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230floral
Nov 1, 2024
EXEPTIONAL!!!!! - Dream come true! This glacier and ice tunnel tour was exeptional. It was totally worthy. Our tour guide was Mariano, who was funny, informatic and the best we could ever wish! Thank You again for this (maybe) once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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Thomasgr2502dp
Oct 30, 2024
The art of ice. - Our guide was funny and knowledgeable (Omar(no guarantee on the spelling) and Mariano on the drive back) It really is something you should see once in your life.
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Samanthaml8600mz
Jan 14, 2025
They aren’t going to tell you that you are in for a tour 3x as long as you anticipated before you start. - This tour is supposed to be 3-4 hours, instead it took 7-9 hours. It was the same for at least 3 days in a row. I understand they can’t control the weather, but once you start the tour, there is no option to turn back. Even if the tour will be 7-9 hours without reaching the cave because of snow, ice and extreme cold, they aren’t going to cancel the tour because then they would have to give you a refund. It was taking a very long time for the snowmobiles to reach the cave because they had to break the trail. Then the snowmobiles had to wait at the cave entrance for hours for the glacier vehicle to arrive (it took even longer for that vehicle to break trail). Then the glacier vehicle had to dig out the entrance to the cave. All while the snowmobile passengers waited outside in frigid temperatures. One woman on the tour got taken away by ambulance for frostbite by the time she returned at 5pm from the 10am tour. This might be a great tour as long as the weather is decent, but do yourself a favor and call to check the conditions and recent experiences at least 25 hours before your tour so that you have a choice to back out and still get your money back if the conditions are terrible.
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