Vatnajökull Glacier Ice Cave Tour: A Glacial Adventure Through Nature's Crystal Treasures
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Icelandic Mountain Guides by Icelandia - Skaftafell Base Camp

Embark on a thrilling adventure through Vatnajökull Glacier’s ice caves and tunnels. Explore the mesmerizing blue hues and capture awe-inspiring photographs of this natural wonder. Discover the ever-changing glacial landscape and enjoy a captivating view of the Atlantic Ocean.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Icelandic Mountain Guides by Icelandia - Skaftafell Base Camp - Upon arriving in Skaftafell within Vatnajokull National Park, you’ll be greeted by your expert certified glacier guide.
    From there a bus will take you to the glacier. You’ll be equipped with necessary glacier gear, such as ice axes, crampons, and helmets, with your knowledgeable guide escorting you to the naturally occurring ice cave.
What's Included
  • Safety equipment
  • Experienced and qualified guide
  • Glacier gear
What's Not Included
  • Rain gear
  • Hiking boots
  • Warm clothing
  • Snacks
Additional Information

Embark on a thrilling day trip where you’ll have the chance to explore naturally formed ice caves and tunnels located within a scenic outlet glacier.
These ice caves are open for exploration when the water beneath the glacier either freezes or gets diverted, leaving in its trail these stunning ice tunnels.
As you trek across the glazed terrain under the…

Location
Icelandic Mountain Guides by Icelandia - Skaftafell Base Camp
Please be at our location 20 minutes before departure. Meeting location is just off Skaftafellsvegur, road 998. The drive from Reykjavík is approximately 4.5 hours so you will need a bus transport or a rental car to get to the meeting point.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Northstar63882697007
Jul 16, 2025
Gorgeous tour on glacier to cave - We had a private tour. Our guide Brook made us feel very safe around the crevasses. The tour was beautiful, Brook knew a lot of the geology.
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Kerstinpryke
Jul 12, 2025
Lovely natural ice caves - Trust the crampons, they will work. Lovely trip to the ice cave our tour guid was great and gave us lots of additional information about the cave and surrounding areas along the way. Cave was smaller than I thought but time of year and temperature will define the cave’s appearance and size.
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Dreamer46543400281
Jun 9, 2025
Great Experience - Our Tour Guide was Brook. He was very professional and we felt very save the entire trip on the glacier and in the cave. He gave many useful instructions and informations at the right time. Overall, it was a wonderful experience we will remember for a long time and one of hour highlights in iceland.
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Albertool1435dt
Mar 26, 2025
Great experience with friends and Brook - We did the excursion and it was amazing, great experience and all thanks to Brook, our guide, all the time watching the group and giving some great explanations. The route is not easy but also not very difficult, if you have a good physical condition you can do it without problems.
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Nicholasgeorge_h
Jan 15, 2025
Amazing experience in amazing place - What an amazing experience. Our guide, lovingly nicknamed Ginger, was very friendly, knowledgable, passionate and funny. He was able to give us facts about the glacier and how climate change has affected it. Was a privilege to be able to hike this wonder before its too late. Highly recommend
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454treym
Jan 11, 2025
Glacier Hike with Ice Cave - Hanni (hope we spelled this right) was amazing and the sun was out so it was so cool seeing the sights with the sun reflecting off different places of the glacier!
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10shainab
Oct 26, 2024
Ice cave hike - It was an awesome experience. A must-do when you go to Iceland! Agust was the one who welcomed us and gave us our gear. He was warm and made us comfortable before we started our adventure. He drove us back and forth our starting point and had a lot of information shared to us about the area. Our guide, Mark, was exceptional. Very knowledgeable of history, geology, and had a great sense of humor. We felt safe and had a lot of fun while hiking. We definitely recommend this activity!
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Elenim9
Oct 22, 2024
Perfect Icelandic experience - One of the best experiences in iceland! Everything was very safe. Our guide Kári was an expert and made our tour very pleasant.
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D3179glmiguelf
Sep 29, 2024
Ice in Iceland - It was great, quite an experience, a shame not to go into the cave. The guide we went with was great. I don't remember the name but 10/10
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Pioneer03985015231
Aug 17, 2024
Amazing time! - Bjarki was a great guide. Easy to talk to and knowledgeable of the glaciers. Highly recommend this tour and tour guide Bjorki
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From $191
up to 12 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).