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Vatnajokull Glacier Tour: Small Group Hiking and Ice Caving Experience
4.3
82 Ratings
Skaftafell
Embark on an exhilarating small group hiking and ice caving adventure on the Vatnajökull Glacier in Skaftafell National Park. Explore multiple ice caves and learn from a professional glacier guide.
Embark on an exhilarating small group hiking and ice caving adventure on the Vatnajökull Glacier in Skaftafell National Park. Explore multiple ice caves and learn from a professional glacier guide.
Duration:
3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Arctic Adventures (Skaftafell Base Camp) - This Ice caving and glacier hiking adventure tour take place on the mighty Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest glacier. The cave you visit on this tour is located quite high up on the glacier so a glacier hike is needed in order to reach it adding even more value to the whole glacier experience giving you two activities in one.
- Arctic Adventures (Skaftafell Base Camp) - This Ice caving and glacier hiking adventure tour take place on the mighty Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest glacier. The cave you visit on this tour is located quite high up on the glacier so a glacier hike is needed in order to reach it adding even more value to the whole glacier experience giving you two activities in one.
What's Included
- Small group experience
- Ice caving adventure
- Professional driver/guide
- Glacier equipment (crampons, ice axe, helmet)
- Small group experience
- Ice caving adventure
- Professional driver/guide
- Glacier equipment (crampons, ice axe, helmet)
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Clothing
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Clothing
Additional Information
Join us for an exhilarating trek and ice cave exploration on the Vatnajökull Glacier located at Skaftafell National Park! Upon reaching the park, you’ll be greeted by an expert glacial guide who will introduce you to the awe-inspiring ice caves of the Vatnajökull Glacier and share valuable information about the locale. The tour encompasses around 3…
Join us for an exhilarating trek and ice cave exploration on the Vatnajökull Glacier located at Skaftafell National Park! Upon reaching the park, you’ll be greeted by an expert glacial guide who will introduce you to the awe-inspiring ice caves of the Vatnajökull Glacier and share valuable information about the locale. The tour encompasses around 3 hours of glacier hiking, during which you will visit several, relatively smaller ice caves. For traversing the ice, you’ll be furnished with crampons, helmets, and ice axes. Waterproof garments and trekking boots can be rented, although it’s strongly suggested that you carry these. Please note, meals and beverages are not provided on this tour.
- Operates in cold weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Minimum age: 10 years old
- This is a small group tour ensuring a more personalized experience
Location
Arctic Adventures (Skaftafell Base Camp)
The meeting point for this tour is at the Arctic Adventures Booking Hut in Skaftafell National park. Skaftafell is
located in approx 327km (203 miles) distance from Reykjavik.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.3
(82 Ratings)
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Saagarp2024
Apr 22, 2024
Great ice cave tour and glacier hike - Vjeran was a great guide on the ice cave and glacier tour. Very knowledgeable and friendly! Took us to two different waterfalls as a bonus and gave us great recs!
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Meander25504055128
Mar 21, 2024
Hiking through another world! - This was probably the highlight of our trip. We had looked at some of the options from Diamond Beach that were ice caves only but we were glad we decided on this tour instead as the glacier hiking through the ravines was breathtaking and unreal. Our guide, Rab, was awesome. It was a good solid hike with a lot of uphill so make sure you can handle the physical aspect before you book it but this was a well run and amazing experience for us.
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Trip-tramp88
Mar 17, 2024
When in Iceland, trek or regret! - Trekking on Falljökull was possibly the highlight of our trip to Iceland. We were blessed with a fantastic summer weather, and we learnt a lot about ice, glaciers and crampons. In addition, we had a great guide, who clearly loves what he does and imbues his passion. A day to remember!
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Q4857bjlynns
Dec 31, 2023
WONDERFUL ADVENTURE - Ice Caves and Glacier Hike with Isak - What an amazing experience!! Isak was a fabulous guide: he was knowledgeable about the area, glaciers and climbing, he walked us through properly fitting our equipment and how to use it safely, he took us on a wonderful adventure in the ice cave and up the glacier. We will never forget this wonderful experience with Isak! 10/10!
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Natasha_g
Nov 20, 2023
Amazing experience! - We loved this tour, it was excellent! There were 12 in our group but when we got to the glacier the guides split us in to two groups of 6 which was better for getting around the glacier and into the ice cave. The glacier is absolutely beautiful, we had a great amount of time there, we went to the ice cave first, then hiked up the glacier for a couple of hours, the pace was nice. The guides were great, would highly recommend!
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Denthygienestudent
Mar 21, 2023
A unique and wonderful experience - Wonderful tour guide— knowledgeable,interesting and funny. We had a beautiful day, with awesome weather. Loved the whole unique experience. Thanks so much, Henrik—from the Canadians
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A3522kxdavidz
Mar 14, 2023
Great time ice caving - This glacier was absolutely gorgeous and I loved the ice caves. The blue and black ice was otherworldly and being able to explore them first hand was amazing. Interstellar is my favorite movie so that was also a major plus for me! Overall a wonderful time and thank you to the ice caving guides!
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Saaket_p
Mar 13, 2023
Must Do!! - Highly recommended experience and it's not as strenuous as we thought. Fantastic guides! Enjoy the sunset by taking the evening hike.
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Domblachon
Jan 15, 2024
Warning read before booking. - WARNING WARNING DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY
They supplied the wrong coordinates and meant sending me 1.3 hours in the wrong direction on a very dangerous road. Tried calling and phone doesn’t work. Tried messaging and emailing to get a response a few days later. When I did find the meeting point, the staff who were lovely tried to put the coordinates in and was wrong (had the same issue with someone day before). Tried to get my money back as particularly went up for the trip and they offered me 10% off a future trip 2 days later.
I was warned about this company but based on the reviews (which I now doubt are real) I would highly suggest going else where. A friend did it with icelandic mountain guides the following day and loved it.
I am fortunate to travel a lot and this was the only bad review I have ever written.
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Neeraj_b
Jan 21, 2023
Worst customer experience - The tour company Arctic does not specify the exact glacier hike and is not flexible at all to switch to different tour on the same day without charging the cancellation fees. I took the glacier hike with other company a day before and given Arctic adventures advertised the glacier hike trip without much details I booked it. Visiting there I was told I will be hiking the same glacier without much different experience. I was asked to talk to customer service and advised switch to crystal cave tour with Arctic scheduled in next 1 hr which was more expensive by Arctic guides. I am disappointed that customer service charged me 100% cancellation fees within for first tour after making tons of pleas and charged me second tour.
Worst customer experience ever. They are Not all flexible as I still went with their second tour. I hope they can refund first tour charges.
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