Availability
All year
Activity
You will climb and hike on a glacier, explore moulins, crevasses, and learn about glaciers in Iceland
Difficulty
Moderate
Safety
You will be in safe hands with highly professional guides
Information
You will learn about glaciers, ice ages & more
Duration
4 hours
Location
Skaftafell
Overview
Come on this comprehensive ice climbing and glacier hiking tour, perfect for those seeking that extra bit of thrill. The only thing you need to bring is patience and endurance to climb to the top of a glacial ice wall on Vatnajökull, Europe's largest glacier. Your glacier guide will introduce you to the basics of ice climbing and much more!
About the Tour
Tour Description
We will take you to an outlet glacier part of the largest glacier in Europe, Vatnajökull glacier, where you will be able to experience the breathtaking views to the ice covered highest peaks of Iceland rising more than 2,000 metres (6,500 ft) over your helmet. These glaciers and their spectacular landscape has been scenery for dozens of movies like James Bond, Interstellar and Game of Thrones.
Your highly qualified glacier guide will provide you with all the equipment you need: hiking boots, crampons, ice axes, harnesses and helmets. Then you will enter the troll bus and drive for about 10 minutes to the parking of the glacier. From there it’s only a 15 minutes walk to the edge of the ice where your guide will show you how to put on the crampons.
Since the glacier is impermanent and ever changing your guide often has to scout out each time a new crevasse or moulin for your climbing session, avoiding the potential crowds on the glacier as well. Your guide will install massive ice screw and attach a safety rope before you climb up the ice wall or rappel into a crevasse and climb up again. This will be an adventure of a lifetime.
You will also spend some time hiking on the glacier to see the ice formations in the area such as crevasses, deep cracks in the surface of the glacier, and so called moulins, often vertical shafts in the ice which are formed by melting water finding it’s way into fissures and cracks. In the wintertime, it is often possible to peek into small ice tunnels and capture the beautiful blue heart of the ice.
You will stay about 3 hours on the glacier itself.
Included (in the price)
For making it possible to walk on a glacier
Designed to make you able to climb steep ice walls
For keeping your ankles safe to prevent injuries
To ensure safety at all times while exploring a glacier
To ensure safety in case of a fall or any other incident
Extras (optional)
*Select the Extras during the checkoutFor keeping your upper body warm and dry
For keeping your lower body warm and dry
Highlights...
✓ Hike on Vatnajökull glacier
✓ Climbing an ice wall
✓ Views of ice formations
✓ Small Group Experience
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We did the 3 hour glacier hike. When you first arrive a...
Great glacier experience. Not rushed. Great experience....
Had a glacier walk today with Ellie today! We had perfe...
Tina made this trip fun and explained to us lots of int...
Great day hike and hiking guide The glacial hike as exc...
Awesome glacier hike!! We had an awesome glacier hike! ...
3 hour glacier hike is amazing Awesome adventure! Tina ...
Great tour Excellent tour with Tina. Great knowledge ab...
One of the best experience in Iceland. Our guide Martin...
Was a super great experience! Not too difficult and our...