Sólheimajökull Glacier Hike: An Exhilarating 3-hour Glacial Experience in South Iceland
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Sólheimajökull glacier parking lot

A brief and straightforward Glacier Walk excursion from Sólheimajökull glacier in Southern Iceland provides an excellent opportunity to explore the Icelandic glaciers. During this journey, you’ll spend roughly an hour on the ice, investigating its fascinating characteristics which include awe-inspiring ice structures, crevasses, and water cauldrons.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Sólheimajökull glacier parking lot - You will meet your glacier guide in our Sólheimajökull Base Camp. After being fitted with a climbing harness, crampons and equipped with an ice ax, we will head up to the Sólheimajökull outlet glacier. The glacier walk starts with an introduction on how to walk and travel on glaciers and how to use the…
What's Included
  • Certified glacier guide
  • Complimentary use of glacier equipment: Harness, crampons, ice axe, and helmet
What's Not Included
  • Hiking boots
  • Rain gear
  • Snacks
Additional Information
  • Please bring good, hiking shoes (high on the ankle), warm and waterproof clothing, hat and gloves.
  • A small amount of walking is involved (about an hour on the glacier itself, with multiple stops)
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Minimum age is 8 years
Location
Sólheimajökull glacier parking lot
Sólheimajökulsvegur
Please be at location 20 minutes before departure. Meet us at our base at Sólheimajökull Parking Lot. Driving time from Reykjavík is 2.5 hours. Drive along Road 1 on the South Coast, then take a left turn on Road 221. After ca. 5 minute drive, you will reach the starting point.
Cancellation Policy

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

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D1618brlm
Oct 2, 2024
Be sure to do a glacier hike while in Iceland! Icelandic Mountain Guides are first-rate. - WOW! We really loved this glacier hike - so amazing! Such an incredible and beautiful experience. Oskar Magnus Hardarsson was our guide, and he was terrific! Oskar made sure my adventurous 15-year-old son and a couple others got some extra special opportunities without taking one element away from the rest of our group. A bit of rain was no problem and did not hamper our enjoyment one bit. I definitely recommend doing this glacier hike! Thank you Oskar and Icelandic Mountain Guides!
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Weili_s
Oct 1, 2024
Great hiking on glacier tour - It was a great experience for us in a such wonderful day with a nice guide Sam who is very professional that we learned a lot from him. It was a small tour group, my son with me and another lady, only three of us. We had a very nice walk on the glacier. I used an empty bottle to fill a full bottle of glacier water. All of us did the push up type drinking on the glacier.
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194annabelf
Sep 30, 2024
Easy and fun, suitable for all novice - The crew and our guide Dennis were very friendly, patient and caring to us senior novice adventurers from Asia. Watchful over our steps and quick to offer a helping hand when needed.
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Martinbs3799qw
Sep 29, 2024
Beautiful & excellent led tour! - Guided tour by our 5+ star guide Fernanda and her collegue. Beautiful views over the glacier & excellent led tour. Will recommend!!
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Excursion62690939502
Sep 29, 2024
Fantastic - Fernanda was a top guide. Lots of experience and fun funny stories with lots of humor. She has given us a fantastic experience.
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Guidomw1807wv
Sep 28, 2024
Brilliant Guide Fernanda! - Beautiful trip over the glacier! However, our Guide Fernanda made it even better! What a hit this is. Lots of information and humor. Hugely enjoyed it!
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Carolinepr5603ik
Sep 27, 2024
Great experience! - Great experience! Amazing view, and we had a very nice and prepared guide (Sofia) with lots of interesting facts about the glacier. Definitely recommend it!
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Fannyv1234
Sep 25, 2024
Great yet with very good guidance from Kari Timsson/icelandic mountain guides. - Great trip on the glacier of 3 hours, well prepared, good equipment, serious guidance, great pictures taken. Children aged 12/14 loved it too. The road to the glacier in the superjeep is an experience in itself. Unique experience!! Kari Timsson our Guide was very enthusiastic, lots of knowledge. He also spoke Dutch fairly well after living in the Netherlands for a few years. We had a nice conversation with him about similarities / differences between the Netherlands and Iceland, the folklore of Iceland etc. I would definitely recommend this trip with good guidance!!! The glacier was beautiful, gorges seen, glacier water drunk.
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Ianr3115
Sep 22, 2024
Great glacier hike - Great small group trip on part of Iceland’s largest glacier. Kari Timsson (our guide) was very knowledgeable and excellent.
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Annasophieh556
Sep 25, 2024
Bad guide! - Have made the hike as complete Beginners. First of all, you walk with all the equipment to the glacier for 20-30 minutes, due to climate change. Unfortunately, the guide was very quick in his explanations and also in his running pace. He's given paths with the ice pick, walked ahead and barely looked around. My companion slipped once, fell down and came up just before a 40m deep gorge. The guide was no longer in our field of vision at the time (were at the very back), so I had to pull my escort up over the crevice with the ice pick... We really didn't feel safe from that point on. The guide made the group feel that we were Beginners and talked a lot “from above” when something didn’t work out. Quote: “If we go this way, we’ll still be here tomorrow because I have to explain everything.” The route wasn’t really varied apart from that – no ice caves or anything else. Another group even did ice climbing in a safe place, apparently we just had enormous bad luck with our guide. Unfortunately, we didn’t remember the name (Caspar or something, always said “nice”). So for the price, with the guide, really no Recommendation!
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From $119
up to 14 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).