This ice cave tour is provided by our friends at Icefall.

In this tour our goal is to hike on one of the largest glacier outlet of Vatnajökull, in search for natural ice caves and spectacular views over a rugged glacier landscape, such as glacier calving, terminal face of a glacier, crevasses, moulins and all possible features the glacier has to offer, including all possible shades of blue!

Our guides are AIMG* certified, and have lived in the area for many years, which guarantees our guest a good local knowledge.

We aim at providing our participants with the most complete experience as possible.

The tour starts with a drive towards the trailhead, with a modified 4×4 vehicle, through a rugged dirt country road; After that a short (15 to 30 minutes) approach walk on gravel will get us all the way to the edge of the glacier (its terminal front).

This is where we get fully equipped and prepared for our 3 to 4 hours hike on the actual ice.

The hike on the glacier is moderate, does not involve technical knowledge;

This tour is a great opportunity to spend time exploring the wonders of Vatnajökull glacier, one of the largest ice cap in the world, and will include getting to check closely the depth of such a glacier, through its crevasses, moulins, caves or tunnels.

We try our best to get to places where others aren’t, in order to make this experience a remote one, and so our guests fully feel the wilderness and immensity of nature.

The duration of this tour is 5 – 6 hours, with 3-4 hour on the glacier. The age limit is 16 years old.

All glacier trips are taken at the responsibility of participants. Glacier Adventure does not take responsibility for accidents which are caused by their customers or can be traced to their own actions.

What’s included?

• Guided tour with a local company.
• Helmet, Crampons, Harness, Ice axe.

What to bring? 

• Base layer (shirt and long johns) synthetic or wool, mid layer such as good sweater, wool or fleece.
• Mid layer such as fleece jacket, thick wool garment, prima-loft jacket or similar.
• Second mid layer can be added for colder days.
• Hiking pants, fleece or soft shell or similar.
• Waterproof breathable jacket like Gore-tex jacket and pants or similar.
• Good thermal headwear and gloves.
• Socks, synthetic or wool.
• Small backpack (Can be handy to carry camera, rain gear and all extras).
• Good hiking boots are essential. The boots should be high enough to provide good ankle support.
• Regular street shoes or sneakers are not appropriate shoe wear for this trip!
• Jeans are not accepted for our Ice cave tours!

ICEFALL MEETING POINT is located in a box van at the Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon main parking lot. We recommend being there at least 20 minutes before departure time. You will find the meeting point on Google Maps here

This Ice Cave tour is operated by our local friends at Icefall.
Tel: +354 6166794 – www.icefall.is – [email protected]

We kindly ask you to be at the meeting point on time. We recommend arriving at least 20 min before the scheduled departure time. Late arrivals unfortunately will miss out on their reservation and it will result in the cancellation of your booking and a full forfeiture of your booking fee.

Disclaimer: Notice that we do not recommend our participants to travel long distances same day as the tour takes place.

For road condition see vegagerdin.is and weather vedur.is

• Glacier Adventure reserves the right to always keep a 5% payment fee to cover costs for the booking & rescheduling.
• If you must reschedule or cancel the booking, please provide us with 24-hour notice. This way we might be able to resell the seats.
• Cancellations received less than 24 hours before tour departure, will not be refunded. This includes bookings made within 24 hours before departure.
• If clients cancel their tour more than 24 hours before departure, a 95% refund will be given.
• “No Shows” will not be refunded if the client is not on time before the tour departure.
• Glacier Adventure reserves the right to cancel your trip with your safety in mind.
• With short notice, the tours can be canceled due to safety reasons or other natural conditions. In such cases, a 100% refund is provided.

Note: We don’t refund if the client is late or doesn’t show up, or if the weather is not good and the tour is still on schedule. We recommend that participants stay in a hotel or guesthouse close to Hali the night before the tour.