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Ice Cave Exploration in Europe's Largest Glacier Vatnajökull
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211 Ratings
Jökulsárlón Main Parking
Embark on a thrilling adventure through Europe’s largest glacier, Vatnajökull, and explore the mesmerizing ice caves hidden within. Discover the beauty of these natural wonders on a once-in-a-lifetime tour in Iceland.
Embark on a thrilling adventure through Europe’s largest glacier, Vatnajökull, and explore the mesmerizing ice caves hidden within. Discover the beauty of these natural wonders on a once-in-a-lifetime tour in Iceland.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Glacier Lagoon - Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon.
- Skaftafell National Park - Skaftafell national park
- Vatnajokull Glacier - Vatnajökull glacier, the largest glacier in Europe
- Glacier Lagoon - Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon.
- Skaftafell National Park - Skaftafell national park
- Vatnajokull Glacier - Vatnajökull glacier, the largest glacier in Europe
What's Included
- All gear for entering the ice cave safely
- Ride in a 4x4 modified super jeep
- All gear for entering the ice cave safely
- Ride in a 4x4 modified super jeep
What's Not Included
- Warm clothes
- Hiking boots
- Camera
- Warm clothes
- Hiking boots
- Camera
Additional Information
The formation of ice caves in Iceland is an unpredictable event, with uncertainties regarding their occurrence, location, and quantity. Yet, these natural wonders have been regularly appearing near Europe’s largest glacier, Vatnajökull, over the past few years. These stunning caves draw the attention of numerous tourists, offering a unique photo…
The formation of ice caves in Iceland is an unpredictable event, with uncertainties regarding their occurrence, location, and quantity. Yet, these natural wonders have been regularly appearing near Europe’s largest glacier, Vatnajökull, over the past few years. These stunning caves draw the attention of numerous tourists, offering a unique photo capturing session. The tour we offer takes you on a journey to discover an ice cave within the boundaries of Vatnajökull National Park. Seeing as ice caves are a natural rarity, participating in this tour presents a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
- You must meet us at the departure location. This tour departs from Jökulsárlón café which is about 390 km east from Reykjavík, Just by the parking lot of the glacier lagoon Jökulsárlón. Please arrive at least 10 minutes before your booked departure time
- Warm and waterproof clothing required
- Hiking shoes required (We do not offer hiking shoes rental for this tour. Please wear hiking shoes or you will not be fit to go into the ice cave.)
- The weather in Iceland is unpredictable and can be changing rapidly. Our guides check on a daily base if it is save to go to the ice cave.*
- Our guide decides which cave to visit every day depending on safety and weather conditions. If on that day the cave is not suitable to enter, due to unforeseeable reasons such as a glacial flood, excessive rain around the cave, our guide will inform you at the meeting point. You can choose to either follow our guide on a glacier hike to the cave (but do not enter due to safety reasons), or you can choose on site to cancel the tour with a full refund. If you choose the glacier hike we will also refund you 30% of the tour. We hope the glacier hike and partial refund will compensate you, as the surrounding area of Vatnajökull is extremely beautiful and does not disappoint.
Location
Jökulsárlón Main Parking
Þjóðvegur
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
4.2
(211 Ratings)
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95kl_rav
Dec 6, 2024
Golden Circle Perfection - The tour was great; we have managed to see all the highlights of the golden circle with the sun up - I would definitely recommend this tour.
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Jack_p
Dec 5, 2024
Would highly recommend - We loved the ice cave tour and all the local history shared about the caves and glacier! Shout out to Linda and Norris who were awesome guides
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Quest30520605951
Dec 4, 2024
Golden circle tour is unforgettable. - Took a lot of photos, I will come back again! We have a small group tour operated by David the Guide, only 4 tourists in a van. Totally a perfect tour!
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744xinf
Dec 4, 2024
Excellent tour - The guide is great. The tour guide is nice, and he took us to some small scenic spots that are not included in the plan. The view is great.
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_marsd605vl
Dec 3, 2024
Ice cave - Sven is the funniest and best guide ever!!
Great trip and we got memorable pictures from this trip! My daughter teared up when we saw the wonders!
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Ingri_s
Nov 30, 2024
Must do! - Our guide Diego (Davi Diego) was amazing. The ice cave looks very small from the outside but it's incredible large and stunning inside. Davi helped us with photo tips and best angles and lighting. While we waited to enter, he tells fun stories/facts, he kept us entertained. Cave wasn't too cold, no need to bring extra layers, the ice is very dry surprisingly. Must do experience in Iceland!
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Jillian_b
Dec 17, 2024
Our tour guide was... - Our tour guide was amazing. He really took the time to go over as much detail about the Glacier and ice cave as much as possible. The ice cave was crowded with a bunch of other companies, but our guide made the most of what we could control.
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Satravel96
Dec 4, 2024
Naturally beautiful, ruined by man - The cave was beautiful and the guide very good, unfortunately they let too many people in at a time, the entrance is not well staggered and then inside you find yourself waiting a lot of time for the groups ahead.
I would add that at one point I also got anxious because at the bottom of the cave there were so many droplets of water coming down from the ceiling, probably from too much human heat that made the glacier melt.
They should be careful about this.
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S4156ghlouisec
Dec 2, 2024
Rude, money hungry company. Tourist trap. - Unfortunately this review is not for the ice caves, but for the company. It’s so sad to have such a rude, money hungry company in a beautiful country like Iceland.
I arrived at the pickup location given to me by Guide To Iceland at 12:15pm where I waited until 1:15pm (the tour was supposed to start at 1:00pm) I then spoke to the staff in the cafe, asking them if I was in the correct location, to which they said “all tours are departing from a different car park due to the construction in the main car park” they attempted to call the company and advised I walk down to the correct car park to find a Crystal Cave Tour representative, which there was none and I waited for an additional hour. I did find another guide to ask her, she also attempted to call the company with her own phone which rang out.
When I told the staff in the cafe I was calling Crystal Cave Tours they said “of course it’s crystal” and told me that none of the tour companies answer calls, especially Crystal Cave Tours, the tour guide who assisted me by calling the company on her personal phone also stated that “they will not answer at this time” after the phone rang out.
The company is refusing to give me a refund for the bad communication, I have sent them full proof of not receiving any emails to advise of the location change, I have sent them proof of attempting to call. I also have proof of parking that I had been there since 11:15am. The company made no attempt to contact me, this is an expensive tour, if I’m not at the pickup location something is obviously wrong!
I flew 25 hours from Australia almost solely for this experience. I followed every instruction given to me by the company and guide to Iceland and instead I’m left angry, disappointed and 21,299 króna out of pocket. Disgusting behaviour.
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Rafael_m
Dec 1, 2024
Late Cancel - The tour was cancelled less than 24 hours before it happened and the refund won’t be paid until 5/7 days. This highly limited our itinerary and the late refund is limiting our possibilities.
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