Skaftafell Blueish Ice Cave Adventure & Glacier Hike

Join this adventure tour where you lot volition experience all the fantastic features of a glacier; you volition hike up an outlet of Vatnajökull glacier, Europe's largest glacier, where yous'll have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to enter a crystal blue water ice cavern, one of the rarest natural phenomena that human optics have ever encountered.

Price from thirteen,900 ISK

Price from 101 EUR

Price from 112 USD

Price from 149 CAD

Price from 86 GBP

Toll from 785 RMB

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Highlights

✓ Visit to a Natural Ice Cave ✓ Hike on Vatnajokull, Europe's Largest Glacier, ✓ Views of Water ice Formations, ✓ Small Group Experience, … and more than

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Included

✓ Guided Ice Cave Bout, ✓ All Necessary Equipment, ✓ English Speaking Certified Glacier Guide, … and more.

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Tour Description

Join this take a chance tour where y'all will experience all fantastic features of a glacier; you will hike up an outlet of Vatnajökull glacier, Europe's largest glacier, where you'll take the once in a lifetime opportunity to enter the blue water ice cave, ane of the rarest natural phenomena that homo eyes take ever encountered.

You will meet your experienced glacier guide by our office at Skaftafell Terminal by the main road. Skaftafell is a beautiful nature reserve in south-east Iceland, filled with spectacular natural wonder. You will explore one of these wonders today in a tongue or the larger Vatnajökull.

Your friendly guide will give y'all the equipment needed to scale the glacier, such as crampons, a helmet with headlamps, and an water ice cave. Don't worry if you lot've never been glacier hiking before; the guide volition go over a safety conference. You volition and then be taken to the roots of the ice cap and then you tin can begin your excursion.

Vatnajökull is not only Europe's largest glacier, only information technology is besides home of the highest mountain range in Iceland and the tallest peak in the country, Hvannadalshnúkur. During the glacier walk, you lot will be exploring scenic ice formations and moulins while learning how glaciers are formed and how they constantly change.

The well-nigh breathtaking feature you volition see today will undoubtedly be the naturally formed ice cavern. You will exist able to walk inside this dazzling structure to encounter the fantastic bluish ice institute within. Think to bring your camera along on this tour; you will surely want to capture this moment on film.

Lace up your hiking boots and go set up for an incredible journey upwards and inside a glacier with this fantastic Ice Caving and Glacier Hiking bout in Skaftafell Nature Reserve. Book now to secure your spot. Check availability past choosing a date.

Never been in an ice cave before? No worries! Our certified guides volition teach you all y'all need to know and have yous walking safely in this environment. Safety equipment and briefings are provided before each tour.

Don't over think information technology! Book this tour past selecting a date.

General Data

Departures

✓  09:00
✓  fourteen:00

Available

✓ From Oct to April

Included

✓  Certified Glacier Guide
✓  Small Group (12 persons max)
✓  Glacier & Ice Cavern Equipment: helmet, harness, crampons, ice axe, and headlamps

What yous need to bring

• Hiking boots (available for hire online and on location)
• Warm clothes (first layer)
• Waterproof habiliment (second layer)
• Gloves and lid

Good to know

• This tour is suitable for both unmarried travelers and families.
• Ice caves are a dynamic natural phenomena only accessible during winter when temperatures drop. Each year new unique caves are formed in different areas of the glacier. We visit a naturally formed ice cave during this tour. The photos are from this winter season, simply the cave and other formations nosotros visit might accept changed due to the nature of formations.

Local advice

• If y'all are driving in the area, check Hotel Skaftafell for accommodation and/or dinner. Y'all can besides try flight over the glacier with Atlantsflug/Flightseeing

Coming together Point

We will meet you at our meeting point 20 minutes before the departure time stated on your ticket. Please annotation that if you arrive after divergence time, your place on the tour can't be guaranteed or refunded.

The meeting bespeak is Skaftafell Concluding by the main route. You tin can look up "Skaftafell Final" on Google Maps to find the exact location and driving directions.

Driving time to Skaftafell from Reykjavík is around four hours and 30 minutes. If you arrive early on, you can visit Skaftafell Concluding which offers free parking and has restrooms.

Click on the map for the exact location and directions.

FAQ

What should I article of clothing on the tours?

Atmospheric condition in Iceland is very unpredictable. For tours during winter: warm wearable as kickoff layer, waterproof jacket with a hoodie, hiking boots with ankle protection and hard sole, a hat and gloves are ideal. For tours during summer, bringing a light rain jacket or a soft crush with a hoodie is in most cases enough protection. Icelanders often say, "If you don't like the weather, merely look five minutes". Jeans are not recommended for our trips every bit they become very heavy, cold and uncomfortable to wear when they get wet.

Do I demand hiking boots?

We encourage bringing hiking boots for glacier tours. They have to hard on the sole and tight around the ankle. If you don't have them, we have them for hire in all sizes in Skaftafell or Sólheimajökull. You lot can add them to your reservation at the time of booking or hire them on location pay with cash or card. The price is ISK 1,500 per pair. For ice climbing tours, boots are included in the price.

How difficult are glacier hikes?

We offer glacier hiking tours in Skaftafell and one in Sólheimajökull. Both locations either easy or moderate in difficulty. Our tours are considered to be safe for anyone in skillful concrete condition. If you are fit to walk for well-nigh an hour on an uneven surface a glacier hike is for you. Longer tours volition be more challenging in endurance and some areas of the glacier. Nosotros as well recommend yous call back that we offer all the safety equipment necessary and yous volition exist hiking with a professional person and certified glacier guide. If you have specific questions regarding i of our glacier tours, feel gratis to email u.s.a..

If I am pregnant, can I join a glacier hike?

This is a personal choice. Nosotros have had pregnant women on our glacier hikes and we always recommend you lot read the description of the activeness to get a meliorate thought. In any example, feel gratuitous to contact our Service Team for further questions and concerns.

What if information technology's raining?

It rains a lot in Iceland, but we do non allow pelting stop u.s. from going out and enjoy nature. All nosotros need to do is choose our clothing wisely, which is why nosotros recommend wearing waterproof clothing equally the second layer. Of class, safety is our #1 priority. In case of farthermost weather conditions, we will cancel our tours and do our best to reschedule. In these cases, you'll receive a full refund.

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