Ice Cave Tour in the National Park of Vatnajökull
Description
Ice caves in Iceland are unpredictable and you never know when, if, where or how many will form. But in the last few years, they have consistently formed by Vatnajökull glacier, which is the largest glacier in Europe. They are beautiful to see and a popular photo opportunity for many travelers. This tour will take you on an exploration of an ice cave inside the National Park of Vatnajökull. Ice caves are a rare phenomena that form naturally, so this tour is a once in a life time experience.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon.
Skaftafell national park
Vatnajökull glacier, the largest glacier in Europe
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- 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.
Reviews(596)
Was a good tour as it did what was advertised. After learning the history and environmental concerns from local park rangers and locals, however, I am a bit torn given my environmental background. Was told that the glaciers have been melting faster than ever before and obviously bringing considerable amounts of people (100s a day) onto the glacier increases temperature along with guides picking at the ice that is 1000’s of years old. The glacier is very pretty even from the farther viewing points and well worth it. Thought these comments would provide some items for consideration as they would have changed my own booking preferences.
Experience to do absolutely if you come to Iceland, unforgettable. Beautiful tour, very nice and professional guide. Highly recommended.
Breathtaking icy wilderness scenery, informative and clear guided tour, and stunningly beautiful ice caves! Absolutely an unforgettable experience.
We had a amazing tour. The caves were stunning and our guide was very friendly. Everything was well organized. Definitely would recommend it!
Unbelievable experience. Our guide was really nice and interesting. We discovered an incredible landscape and the caves were breathtaking.
Fennar was a greeat guide! Would go again in an instance
This was a once in a life time experience very beautiful , the guide was very nice and funny , he shared a lot of cool and interesting facts about the area we visited.
What a great trip. Fannarr was a great guide, teacher, and all round nice guy. Caves were amazing and learnt heaps.
Amazing experience! Fannar was an excellent guide. Felt perfectly safe at all times. Just beautiful
Completely awesome lifetime memories made!! Our guide was amazing and the sites provided by nature were breathtaking!!!!
