Private Extreme Encounter w/ ropes on Sólheimajökull Glacier Are you ready to go beyond?
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30 Ratings
Sólheimajökull glacier parking lot

Experience the ultimate adventure on the Sólheimajökull Glacier with our private extreme encounter. Learn abseiling, ice climbing, and traversing on exposed terrain with expert guides. Get up close to crevasses and moulins while ensuring your safety and enjoyment.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Sólheimajökull glacier parking lot - Go beyond, and explore the glacier with no limits on our 4-5 hours long extreme tour.
    PRIVATE TOUR - Only you and your close ones!
    Only the most experienced certified guides in Iceland can run these tours. Prepare yourself to get on the edge, literally, things you could do include rappelling down, ice climbing,…
What's Included
  • Certified Guide
  • Technical Equipment
  • Hiking Poles
  • Ropes
  • Crampons
  • Helmets
  • Harness
  • Ice axes
Additional Information

Do you have the nerve to push your limits?
Our tours are led by the finest experienced guides in Iceland. Prepare to face the extreme, quite literally. Get the chance to learn abseiling, ice-climbing, and navigating through fixed lines on risky terrains. Our skilled guides will teach you how to handle ropes and technical equipment. The tour’s difficulty…

Location
Sólheimajökull glacier parking lot
Sólheimajökulsvegur
How to find us an the Sólheimajökull glacier parking lot: - We are not in the main building. - Look for the guide in orange jacket with the logo. - We will have two benches with sheepskin fur on them placed at the back of our vehicle.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Pinky_s
Aug 19, 2024
You will be so happy you did it!!! - Wow!!! What an amazing experience! Our family (including two kids in college) loved it and Lucas, our guide. He built our trust super fast such that we followed his lead and did new things way out of comfort zones. He is very knowledgeable, taught us so much about glaciers and this area. He always kept us safe and did a fabulous job of reading our abilities and comfort level to create a personalized experience. We came to learn he is an industrial engineer by education. He applied his intellect and skills so perfectly to being meticulous in caring for our family’s safety while creating such a memorable time for us. This experience will be the one we all talk about the most from our 9 days in Iceland. It is worth the money if you want adventure!! we will telling all our friends about Lucas and Glacier Encounters. You won’t regret it!!
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Vincent
Aug 19, 2024
Best experience and the guide Lucas - When you meet Lucas its as if you walk into an Italian restaurant with Grandma Lucia shouting from behind the kitchen somewhere in Napoli. You know you will be in great hands. And it was truly an awesome experience. Great tour and great tour guide.
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Simpaaa
Jun 21, 2024
Ice Cave Adventure - I went walking on the glacier with Jökull and Lucas.. I have no words to describe it, we went into an ice cave, walked inside the crevasse, we did a rope descent into an ice hole, it was certainly a great adventure!! For Lucas and Jökull there is no lack of knowledge, they explained everything about the area, the ice, local stories! It was a lot of fun and the whole time I felt very safe. I definitely recommend these two!! Thanks
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Pkl1234
Apr 10, 2024
Great private tour! - We had a wonderful time with our guide, Lucas. He led us to parts of the glacier that were away from the big tour groups so we felt like we had the place to ourselves. He led us into ice caves, let us try ice climbing, and challenged us (but only as much as we wanted) while keeping us safe. Totally satisfied with the tour — it was the highlight of our trip to Iceland!
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Moniquebf588ey
Feb 17, 2024
Best glacier tour of Iceland - What an amazing tour we had with glacier encounter on Friday 16 February 2024. Jökull guided us over the ice mountains, through ice holes and caves and learned us ice climbing, gliding, abseiling and hiking techniques. There are many tours, but none of them gives you that thrilling experience and take you all the way as glacier encounter does. Many thanks, professional 12 year old stuntman; Youp and is mom
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477duncant
Jan 7, 2024
Amazing private experience - Amazing experience! My wife and I booked the Private Extreme Encounter. We had two guides, one of which was a co-founder of the company. We met in the parking lot where they kitted us out with great quality boots, harnesses, crampons and helmets. They took us up onto the glacier away from the large groups who just do a basic walk. The guides set ropes and we climbed along some amazing ice ridges. They let us go at our own pace. We explored an amazing ice tunnel, lowering ourselves down on a rope before climbing up a worm hole with ice axes. The guides always made sure we were comfortable. Safety was top notch. Equipment was excellent. They took some amazing photos for us without us having to ask. I very rarely write reviews but this was an exceptional trip and well worth the money. Avoid the mass groups that only walk a well trodden path on the glacier - go explore with these guys and support a small business!
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886khizert
Dec 29, 2023
Close-encounters with glaciers, caves, waterfalls & climbing with ropes:) - The extreme encounter adventure with Lucas was an absolute delight and will be remembered as a memorable trip for all of us for a long time! Lucas’s enthusiasm, humour, and professionalism during the glacier climb, under sub-zero ambients with snowfall and gusty winds, made every minute of the tour an adventure. Lucas improvised on hiking routes, and tailored the trip accordingly (considering the varying abilities of climbing glaciers between the three of us) while adhering to the highest safety standards. We will be recommending this trip to our family and friends as a must-do whilst visiting Iceland. Thank you once again Lucas and a well-deserved 5-star rating for Glacier Encounters:)
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James-bryde
Nov 27, 2023
Just an amazing day …! - Just an amazing day. Lucas was great company - we had a brilliant trip. The ‘extreme encounter’ was the perfect tour for us.
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Joanna_d
Nov 15, 2023
Best experience ever! - This experience truly felt like a once in a lifetime opportunity. Lucas was very knowledgeable and taught us a lot about the glacier as we hiked through and on top of it. He made us feel very safe and comfortable, and even stopped to take as many pictures as we wanted throughout. He was able to cater to us for the ice climbing to make the best of our abilities. Overall it was a fantastic day. Highly recommend!!
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Andrez314
Nov 8, 2023
One of the best adventures in Iceland! - Very professional and experienced guide. He provides boots and all necessary equipment. The guide also sets up security ropes etc. The tour starts from a walk to the glacier along an ice lagoon with icebergs. On approach to the glacier the guide shows how to put on and to use crampons. He also tells a lot of interesting facts about the glacier and the area. The programme of climbing is individually tailored according to your experience, ability and your expectations as well. First we did training climb at the very secured place on the angled wall around 5-7 meters height. Then, as we gained some little skills, we went to 30-40 meters deep cavern and every one was lowered down by the guide to the level where one felt comfortable and we climbed up. The maximum level one of us was lowered down was about 15-20 meters. The cavern was deeper than that. After that we had a tour around the glacier and, again, did sort of competition on another secured but higher wall with some negative angle (incline) After that we returned back through picturesque part of the glacier where our guide set a security rope for us. Overall it was incredible and very memorable experience, one of the best during our stay in Iceland. Thank you!
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From $271
up to 6 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).