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Jökulsárlón: Glacier Hike to Ice Cave
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Jökulsárlón
Discover hidden ice caves on a thrilling glacier hike at Jökulsárlón. Escape the crowds, explore stunning blue caves, and experience true adventure.
Discover hidden ice caves on a thrilling glacier hike at Jökulsárlón. Escape the crowds, explore stunning blue caves, and experience true adventure.
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Breiðamerkurjökull - An outlet of Iceland’s largest glacier, Vatnajökull. Experience a vast, ice-covered landscape with crevasses and moulins, and enjoy views of Iceland’s highest peaks in the distance.
- Blue Ice Cave - A secluded natural ice cave far from the main crowds. Stretching about 200 meters, it showcases stunning shades of blue and unique ice formations found nowhere else.
- Breiðamerkurjökull - An outlet of Iceland’s largest glacier, Vatnajökull. Experience a vast, ice-covered landscape with crevasses and moulins, and enjoy views of Iceland’s highest peaks in the distance.
- Blue Ice Cave - A secluded natural ice cave far from the main crowds. Stretching about 200 meters, it showcases stunning shades of blue and unique ice formations found nowhere else.
What's Included
- All necessary glacier gear (harness, crampons, helmet) and headlamps
- All necessary glacier gear (harness, crampons, helmet) and headlamps
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Lunch
Additional Information
Join us for the adventure of a lifetime!
This tour is crafted for travelers eager to go beyond the usual paths and feel like true explorers. In recent years, ice cave tours have become so popular that the most accessible caves often feel crowded with hundreds of visitors daily. We guarantee a journey deep into the glacier, where the bluest and most…
Join us for the adventure of a lifetime!
This tour is crafted for travelers eager to go beyond the usual paths and feel like true explorers. In recent years, ice cave tours have become so popular that the most accessible caves often feel crowded with hundreds of visitors daily. We guarantee a journey deep into the glacier, where the bluest and most photogenic caves remain hidden from the masses. All our photos are taken this year in the very cave we will visit!
The tour begins with a 45-minute 4x4 ride to a glacier. After a brief walk towards the glacier, the guide will introduce the gear and glacier hiking techniques. Be prepared to hike up to an hour on the ice to reach the ice cave. We will spend 45 minutes in the cave and, on the return trip, aim to visit other highlights of the glacier.
Please note: No prior glacier experience is required, but participants must be physically fit and capable of hiking 10 km, including uphill sections.
- The total duration includes travel and hike time.
Location
Jökulsárlón
You will find a 4x4 minibus branded with Ice Walkers Tours logo at the main parking lot of the lagoon.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(11 Ratings)
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Roam63033684232
Oct 27, 2024
Excellent experience! Highly recommended - Incredibly after several days of rain, we had a sunny and perfect day for the tour. Even though it was no longer possible to visit the cave that was planned, Marcin was responsible for giving us an incredible experience. We walked for hours on the glacier and visited other caves and ice tunnels, which we loved! Something of note is Marcin’s kindness and professionalism, and also his knowledge of the glacier, where almost all the time we were the only group. Small company but highly recommended!
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0seamusk
Oct 24, 2024
Fantastic Hike to an Ice Cave - I'm just back from Iceland and done this trip last week with IceWalkers Tours and I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone who would like to experience a little bit more than a short walk to a crowded ice cave on the glacier.
We had Martin as our guide and he was very friendly and helpful as well as being very safety conscious. He was knowledgeable and informative about the Glacier and this made the hike all the more interesting and enjoyable. The remote cave that we hiked to was absolutely stunning and we had the cave to ourselves for all the time we were there with lots of time to have lunch in the cave and take as many photos as we all wished to take with Martin helping out with that too. It was as good in reality as it is in the photos on their website and the colours are stunning.
We visited some crevasses on the way back to the start of the hike and some other caves also. Seeing the amount of people in the other caves made me realise how lucky I was to have went with IceWalkers and hiked that bit further on the glacier to have the amazing experience in an ice cave and having it to ourselves for most of the time we were there
I will be telling any of my friends who go to Iceland to not miss out on doing this trip with IceWalkers. It was definitely one of the top highlights of my trip to Iceland.
IceWalkers are a great tour company to go with and I would have absolutely no hesitation in booking another trip with them whenever I return to Iceland.
Thank you Martin!
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Daydream50316473524
Oct 2, 2024
Unforgettable Glacier Hike - Had the amazing opportunity to go on a glacier hike with IceWalkers. I was a little apprehensive about the hike but our guide was excellent and put my mind at ease. This is an unforgettable experience, I highly recommend this to everyone as a part of your trip in Iceland.
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Milena_d
Mar 31, 2024
Glacier hike and True Blue Caves - Wonderful experience overall! We did this as a family of two adults and a teenager. This trip consists of about an hour drive in a super-jeep towards the glacier, then some prep time (putting on harnesses, helmets, crampons) and finally a few hours walking up the glacier towards ice caves (you don’t need to be a Tri-athlete but you need to be in decent physical shape!) We were 10 guests so it was really nice to be in a small group. Our guide Luke was wonderful making stops when we needed to catch a breath and very knowledgeable in giving us Glacier information. We felt very safe with him. When looking for an ice cave tour where you actually get to see the blue ones - this is the tour you want to do!!
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Pbarton91
Feb 24, 2024
Glacier hike to a remote cave - This is by far the best glacier hike tour you will get and stands out from all of the other tour companies as you hike further over the glacier and they take you to remote/secluded ice caves that no other tours will take you to and they are truly amazing. The caves we visited were crystal blue and were the only group in all the cabes we visited. Marcin was our tour guide and was highly knowledgeable and very easy to talk to. We had a group of 10 on our tour which was a good size and they supply all crampons and harnesses for the hike. I would highly recommend this tour.
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Janh4lse
Feb 22, 2024
Perfect Remote Blue - Superb hike across the glacier to a quiet remote cave. Excellent knowledgeable guide.
You won’t see anyone else and the cave was a perfect blue on a sunny winters day.
Highly recommended, would do it again.
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Anna_p4467jw
Feb 11, 2024
Exciting time - I've already had the opportunity to see an ice cave, but this trip was much more interesting than the others. Good organization and care, the guide didn't rush us, he was helpful and talked a lot about the glacier. I would like to repeat it <3
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Jacekd701
Feb 11, 2024
Great Adventure - Guide was very enthusiastic, well prepared and eager to answer all questions. He showed us couple caves. Overall very good experience, can recommend if you are looking for more than quick photos.
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L0w_ra3nz
Dec 22, 2023
Unique! An adventurous experience simply on another level - We've especially searched for a second ice cave experience, since we wanted to truly hike the glacier and *earn* us the blue ice cave views, instead of getting directly to the entrance by superjeep.
The hike with Marcin truly delivered on and even exceeded our highest hopes. We've hiked for hours on pure ice, always guided safely but never rushed. It was also the very definition of a small group experience.
Of course you should dress appropriately, be healthy and fit and bring ankle covering hiking shoes (!), but my partner and I are no experienced hikers nor runners and we were perfectly able to enjoy every step of the tour.
PS: The fotos you see are truly unedited!
We will never forget this adventure, thank you Marcin and the whole team.
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