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Small-Group 3.5 Hour Blue Ice Experience in Vatnajökull National Park | 3 hours 30 minutes

262 Reviews | Skaftafell
From $145.00 per person Lowest Price Guarantee
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2 Adults x $145.00
$290.00
Approx Total
$290.00

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Guided glacier hike on an outlet glacier of Vatnajökull
  • Certified glacier guide
  • All necessary glacier gear
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

Overview

Explore a spectacular outlet glacier of Vatnajökull on this family-friendly 3-hour glacier group tour, limited to 15 people. Your certified glacier guide will provide you with crampons and ice axes and ensure you are informed on their use before stepping onto the ice. During your tour, learn about the behavior and history of the glacier while your guide safely leads you through an icy wonderland with deep crevasses, narrow ridges, and ice sculptures. Due to its nearby location, expect to spend up to 2 full hours on the ice. This glacier walk is an easy excursion and requires no prior experience to enjoy.

Meeting points

Our Skaftafell Base Camp, wooden sales lodge, is located by the bus parking and clearly visible from the National Park Service Center.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

  • N/A

    Glacier walk on Falljökull glacier

    3 hours

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Additional Info

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Minimum age is 10 years
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Please bring warm clothing, rain gear, gloves, and hiking boots
  • Boots and rain gear can be rented on location

Free Cancellation

October 26100% refund
October 27No refund

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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4.9

262 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews
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    250
  • 4 stars
    7
  • 3 stars
    2
  • 2 stars
    2
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    1

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Showing 1-5 of 250 reviews with 5 stars

Surreal Experience

Published on Jan, 2025

What an amazing place to visit, our tour guide was so accomodating, knowledgeable and absolutely made our experience more memorable. If you can ask for Andrés he is an amazing tour guide thanks Andrés from the family from Australia.

Terrific glacier hike

Published on Dec, 2024

Agust was a fantastic tour guide for our glacier hike. We felt very safe hiking the glacier with him and he had a lot of fun facts about the glacier and the overall local ecosystem to share with us. We would definitely be comfortable choosing Icelandic Mountain Guides again without any hesitation!

October fest on glacier

Published on Nov, 2024

Highly recommended. If you don't want to be trolled, and the best guides are those who combine knowledge with humor, book a glacier excursion with August. Zajebisty ziomek, pozdrawiam!

Breathtaking experience!

Published on Nov, 2024

I absolutely loved the Ice Cave and Glacier Walk experience I did at the beginning of November. The experience could not have been better, it was so easy to book and the reception upon arrival was great. The views were absolutely stunning, but the real gem was our guide Heini! She was so energetic and knowledgeable. It is clear she is passionate about what she does, and that enthusiasm really made for a great day exploring the glacier. I loved that we got to explore such a magnificent slice of nature, and do it in such good hands: I felt very safe the whole time, and I learned SO much from Heini about glaciers and the surrounding landscape. I also went solo, and Heini was very kind to offer to take photos which I really appreciated. 11/10, would recommend to everyone!

Glacier Hiking Tour

Published on Nov, 2024

We booked the 3 hour glacier hike tour and had a great experience! Our guide, Heini, was wonderful! She was very energetic and knowledgeable. We felt very safe the entire time. Would highly recommend this company for anyone looking at doing a glacier hike.

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