Lofthellir Ice Cave Exploration: Ancient Permafrost Magnificence in Magma Tunnel

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Experience the awe-inspiring beauty of Lofthellir Ice Cave, an ancient permafrost magnificence hidden within a magma tunnel. Explore the frozen wonderland and admire centuries-old ice formations.

Duration: 4 hours, 30 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Lofthellir Lava Cave - A Frozen Realm, an Ice Cave nestled within a lava field. Discover a world of ice and shadows. Join this exclusive daily tour to explore this remarkable natural wonder.
Ludentshaedhir - On our adventurous off-road journey to Lofthellir, we traverse the volcanic wilderness of Lúdendtarborgir, the volcanoes responsible for forming Mývatn.

What's Included

Helmets, lights, and boots provided
Entrance/conservation fee for Lofthellir Cave included

Additional Information

A protected cave, Only 1 group per day allowed
Lofthellir Lava tube , Ice Cave is a permafrost, Ice-Cave inside a Lava Tunnel, boosting incredible ice formations, some hundreds of years old.
The tour starts from Lake Mývatn area, the journey to the cave leads you through rugged tracks along incredible geology. You will be provided with a helmet, headlamp…

Location

Mývatn - Berjaya Iceland Hotels

Please meet us at Hike & Bike Activity centre at the parking for Berjaya Hotel Mývatn. for pickup emergencies please contact us directly.

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Srickman11

Aug 24, 2024

Beautiful Cave! - We really enjoyed this tour. Bo (for short?) was our tour guide and he was excellent. There is a 30-40 minutes ride in the Super Jeep followed by a short walk to the cave entrance. The walk to the cave was not difficult at all. Getting into the cave was a neat experience and also wasn't difficult. I was worried about pulling myself up a rope (not much upper body strength) but the ice makes it pretty easy. Make sure you wear rain pains/jacket as it is wet in the cave. We brought gloves, but didn't use them-it wasn't that cold in the cave. The ice formations were beautiful and much better than the other lava tunnels that we visited. The colors on the walls were very bright and colorful and the ceiling twinkled like stars from beginning ice formations. Absolutely wonderful! We had a great time and would easily do this tour again.

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Victoria_s

Aug 12, 2024

Lava cave review - Very unique experience. Our guide was very knowledgeable. Need to bring waterproof gloves, shell, wear wool socks. I was worried that I would not be able to do this due to several tight spaces but it was very short and then cave opens up.

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129laurencev

Aug 10, 2024

Great thanks to Alejandro and not be missed - Unique exploration into iced cave with Alejandro. Very insightful explanation, incredible stalagmite views in un expected area, sufficiently challenging to get down to it, without being too difficult for anyone curious to see this amazing chamber of ice ! Plenty of tips during the tour, you cannot miss it if you are in Iceland !

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Andreada8684rx

Jul 9, 2024

A must do according to my teen daughter - We had an amazing time with Bo! My teen daughter puts this at one the best things we have done during our 2 week trip around Iceland ( And we did the whole circuit including the West Fjords) This should be in the list of must do for people who want a little adventure and a unique experience!

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Jodon_g

Jul 8, 2024

Incredible cave experience - Thristy (sp??) was a tremendous guide with vast knowledge of local info. The cave is not for those with any physical disabilities but was so worth it to crawl, climb, and scoot down ice chutes. Our guide held his composure well with a family of idiots in our tour group….

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I5378odchristianv

Jun 29, 2023

Best tour experience I’ve had - We had a fantastic guided route through the Lofthellir ice cave today, getting to see amazing ice sculptures that are hundreds of years old! Our guide Steingrímur was just great, he knew all the details, was super clear and safe and also made sure we were having a good time all along. 100% would recommend. PS: you can find bookings for such tours a bit everywhere online but these guys are the OG ones and have the best offer imo

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Sbashford

Sep 30, 2022

Fantastic experience - This was our "splash out" item for our stay in Iceland and it didn't disappoint, our guide was Birkir and he was fantastic. He'd spent the weekend rounding up his "sheeps" from the highlands. The drive to get to the lava field took just under an hour but he was explaining things all the way. We changed into our studded boots and put on hats. Make sure you have thick socks as this was the part that got cold. Waterproof gloves are useful because there are puddles on the ice in places and some crawling. There were 6 in our group so a nice number.

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Luv2travel86

Sep 28, 2022

Journey to the Center of the Earth - This was a geological WOW. Lava tube ice cave adventure. It was a great experience spelunking into another world. Our guide was fun and informative.

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Douglas

Aug 31, 2022

Super experience - A wonderful trip inside the caves - truly an unique experience. Tip: wear two layers of wool socks and waterproof pants as there are some wet places. Ask for Birkir as your guide and you will have a blast!

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Msfouchi

Jun 5, 2022

Great experience! - Great experience - would do it again. Crawling through the opening wasn't as hard as we thought, but it was exciting. Our guide Bo was great - funny and knowledgeable. When he shone the light on the ice wall, it was truly breathtaking.

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From $288

up to 10 guests

1 Adult