Silfra is one of the world’s most dramatic snorkeling sites—it’s a glacier meltwater-filled rift formed by the drift of the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates. This tour makes snorkeling the rift as easy as possible by including a guide, dry suit and snorkeling equipment, and Silfra entrance fees. After you’ve snorkeled, you’re offered hot chocolate and cookies.

Rare opportunity to swim between continental plates
Snorkel with a guide who helps you stay warm and comfortable in glacial meltwater
Visit Silfra Hall, Silfra Cathedral, and Silfra Lagoon
Good value: entrance fees, snorkeling equipment, and hot chocolate and cookies are included

What's Included

Guided snorkeling tour
Hot chocolate and cookies
All necessary snorkeling equipment, drysuit and warm undersuit
Live guide that is a PADI instructor
Heated changing van
Entrance fee to Silfra (ISK 1,500)

Souvenir photos of your snorkeling tour (available to purchase)
Gratuities

Meeting And Pickup

Meeting point

DIVE.IS Meeting Point
806 Thingvellir, Iceland
After you have entered Thingvellir National Park, turn onto road #361. Stay on this road for a few minutes and take the 3rd right where you will see the Silfra car park with our company vans. Drive a little further to parking lot P5 to park and walk back to meet our guides.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
All participants will need to fill out a medical form before participating in the tour. The form can be filled out online
All participant's height, weight and age information must be provided to local operator to ensure they bring the best fitting drysuit. The tour operator will contact you after booking to ask for this information.
IMPORTANT - Participants over 60 years of age must have their doctor sign the approval form in order to participate
Drysuits are worn over your own clothing. We recommend wearing long thermal underwear and thick wool socks as a base layer under the dry suit
Minimum height is 4ft 11in (150cm). Minimum weight is 100lbs (45kg).
Maximum height and weight is 6ft7in (200cm) and 264lbs (120kg).
Participants must be comfortable in water and able to swim, physically fit and healthy

Please note that that dry suits can sometimes feel quite tight and constricting
All participants must be able to communicate in English
Not suitable for pregnant women
All participants must be at least 12 years old
Near public transportation
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Reviews

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2,324 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews

Reviews by Viator travelers.

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Lifetime experience

Bonnie_K, Mar 2023

Great fun! The kit was awesome and kept us dry and the warm van to get changed in was a bonus. The team were very attentive and take photos throughout. Great experience. Thanks all involved.

One of a kind experience

Elodie_D, Mar 2023

Wonderful time snorkelling in Silfra. It was truly a one of a kind experience I would recommend to do if you go to thingvellir. Our guide Johnathan was super fun and did an amazing job guiding us through all the steps. Attention you wait a bit before getting to the water so be prepared to be a little chill, but it worth the experience!

Wonderful!

LIN_C, Mar 2023

It’s a really nice experience! Everything is perfect, and the guild team is so friendly! I must recommend my friends to join this tour!

Super monitors ! Friendly...

Vickie_R, Mar 2023

Super monitors ! Friendly and fun helpful Crowded long time to get prepared Paid extra photos and they are ….

Amazing!

Emily_M, Mar 2023

Jonathan was our guide and he was wonderful!! I’ll never forget this experience!!! The cold truly wasn’t that bad, and the sights made you warm up immediately:)

Amazing

Tatiana_C, Mar 2023

This was the coolest experience. Henry, our guide was funny and called the water “refreshing.” He helped make sure we stayed safe with checking that all of our seals to our suits were tight. This snorkeling experience was unlike any other. I would recommend this activity to anyone going to Iceland!

Really special experience and great support

Caroline_F, Feb 2023

This is a really special experience with beautiful views. Jake and JC made sure that we felt completely taken care of and knew exactly what was going on and why - thank you both! We are both quite tall, but there were 0 issues with finding sizes for anything. Lots of options and the team were super helpful. It's definitely cold before and in the water, but your 2 suits, gloves and hat keep you warm - I wouldn't recommend wearing a thermal top with a neck, as it adds to feeling quite choked. And I would recommend wearing thick leggings and 2 pairs of socks.

Snorkeling in the snow

Lacee_M, Feb 2023

This trip was awesome, but I will warn you not for the weak ! 😂 it was so cold outside that I contemplated not getting in the water, but very glad I did. It’s actually not too bad once you are in. Keep in mind I went in February! Lol

Fun way to start a day exploring the golden circle!

Matt_D, Feb 2023

We booked into a 11 am tour and it was the perfect start to a day of driving around the Golden Circle. The morning drive was short from Reykjavik, parking is easy with bathrooms nearby, and the tour operation works smoothly. They have vans for check in and changing into thermals and dry suits and then its a short walk to the starting point for the snorkel. We went on a day with snowy/rainy weather and the experience was still perfect - once your face is in the water it is crystal clear and beautiful. Highly recommend adding this stop to your self-driving tour of Iceland’s Golden Circle.

Super cool experience....

Frank_V, Jan 2023

Super cool experience. Had a blast, and it was such a beautiful area to snorkel in. Our guide was also the best. Odysseus was very helpful, informative, and just great to hang around with. He is very good at his job. Thanks for the wonderful experience.

An experience like no other

Dhruv_S, Dec 2022

There is truly nothing like this. I have skydived before, but I never felt anxiety like this. But once you are in the water, you barely feel a thing. Henry was incredibly professional and accommodating. He led us through a memorable experience. Glacial water is truly something out of this world

It is very cold, but...

Elizaveta_B, Dec 2022

It is very cold, but great! Make sure you google what a dry suit is, you are supposed to wear pants and socks underneath

Great experience!

Chris_G, Nov 2022

This was a lot of fun! I thought it would be too cold but your body gets used to it. The tour guides David and Paol were awesome. They helped us get set up and made me feel comfortable and safe during the whole experience. Would love to do it again!

Super unique and exciting experience!

Ciara_B, Sep 2022

This experience was so cool and unique! The water was the clearest water I'd ever snorkeled in, and it was thrilling to be swimming in the ice cold lake. Our guide Pau was awesome. He was really funny and friendly and made sure everyone in our group was comfortable the whole time. This was my first drysuit experience and it was really uncomfortable, but worth it to be able to snorkel in the lake.

Joanna was an excellent...

Giordano_E, Aug 2022

Joanna was an excellent an patient guide, we had a really nice tour with her. I would recommend this tour to other friends

Amazing experience in Iceland

Naira_D, Jul 2022

We had a once in a lifetime experience at Silfra snorkeling between continents. Kylie from Dive.is was a wonderful guide. I would highly recommend dive.is!

Great trip

Robert_W, Jul 2022

Great trip. Anna wad a great guide. Only problem was the flies but Anna made sure we gad fly nets for our heads.

Worth doing once. Here is some advice...

Jason_K, Jul 2022

Our snorkel guide David was excellent. He took good care of us leading up to, throughout, and after our adventure. NOTES: 1. There are a lot of gnats and they follow you. The company has some hats with nets around them; USE THEM. 2. There are no formal changing rooms (it's a big van to leave your clothes and bags in), but you also don't really need them if you come with the correct garments on in advance (we weren't given these details in the Viator or leading-up verbiage). Because you will be wearing a wet suit AND dry suit, you can wear a layer of thermals/underwear/swimsuit under and be fine. You may not want to wear jeans just in case water leaks in (which it can around the arms and neck), but otherwise you need not actually change into swimwear if you have a base layer that you're ok wearing under the suits. 3. The suits are pretty big and clunky. They are heavy and hard to move around in. Also, you will have belts around your neck to further prevent water seeping in, so comfort is going to be on the low end of the spectrum for most of your time while in them. 4. The water is cold. Your hands will get cold, your face will get numb; I sort of had brain freeze near the top of my head when I'd look up out of the water. It's cold. You don't have to kick your fins much because of the natural current, but you will have to walk to and from the start and end in the full suits, so keep that in mind. 5. There isn't much to see. No fish. Mostly rocks and long green algae. It's pretty and clear, but it's not like Hawaii or any place teaming with life. Despite all of the logistic challenges of the experience, I'd recommend it once because where else can you snorkel in glacier water between tectonic plates?

MUST SEE EXCURSION!

Alyssa_B, May 2022

A must see during your trip! Andreas was our tour guide and he was excellent. Very friendly, helpful with all questions, and knowledgeable. He even gave us additional recs for our trip. They made the process super easy! 10/10 recommend!

Father son bonding

Westley_E, May 2022

This was a bucket list item for me. However, building a lifetime memory with my son made it all the more special.