Founded 1990
Ice Cave Tour
Ice cave visit to a remote ice cave
in Vatnajökull National Park
When is our Ice Cave Season 2025-6?
Early November until late March
What is included:
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Transport in a well equipped Land Rover Defender super jeep up to the glacier's edge
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Safety gear, helmet with head lamp, crampons, climbing harness, ice axe
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Guided drive and walk in Vatnajökull National Park with the bigger part of the hike on glacier
How long is the tour?
Around 4-6 hours.
How difficult is the walk?
Around 6 km hiking this winter. Not suitable for people that have problem walking on rough terrain.
Where do we meet?
At Café Vatnajökull in Fagurhólsmýri in southeast Iceland or in other location depending on where you stay the night before so include information about your hotel when you book.
Minimum age: 13 years old
Price list for private tour
(book by email)
1 persons - 120.000 ISK
2 persons - 140.000 in total
3 persons - 160.000 in total
4 persons - 180.000 in total
5 persons - 200.000 in total
6 persons - 220.000 in total
Einar Rúnar Sigurðsson, lead guide of Öræfaferðir - From Coast To Mountains was the first mountain guide in Iceland to offer daily ice cave tours, starting in winter 2006-7. He is also the country's oldest mountain guide in working years to offer glacier and climbing and ski mountaineering tours in Iceland, since he started his company in spring 1994. Einar has AIMG (ASSOCIATION OF ICELANDIC MOUNTAIN GUIDES) degree of Hard Ice 3 and Ice Cave Guide.
We will drive and hike through part of Vatnajökull National Park and the area is rich with history and and interesting landscape that has changed dramatically due to climate change through the centuries.
The focus of the tour is of course to explore an ice cave. Since we only book one trip per day we will have plenty of time, but there might be that several groups from other companies are visiting the same ice cave on that day, so how much time we have inside will have to depend on that.
Important!
Be careful to bring good outdoor clothing for this trip and hiking boots that would keep your feet dry walking in rain or in deep snow. The hiking boots have to support the ankle since we walk on glacier crampons big part of the way. (We have some for rent if needed).
Bring down jacket or Icelandic wool sweater or similar that you can wear underneath the gore tex layer in case of the worst weather situation. Bring simple hat that is possible to wear underneath the helmet, and warm gloves. Bring a backpack with snacks and a water bottle, and your extra clothing.
