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Skaftafell Glacier Hike 3-Hour Small Group Tour
Badge of ExcellenceHof, Iceland
From $107.96
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Free cancellation
Up to 24 hours in advance.
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- 3 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
Overview
The Vatnajökull glacier ranks among Iceland’s top natural attractions, but exploring the icy terrain without a guide is dangerous. On this half-day tour, delve into the Skaftafell National Park with a certified guide and discover a world of ice formations and deep crevasses. With all the necessary safety equipment included, enjoy personal attention from your guide on this small-group tour, limited to 12 people.
- Hike the Vatnajökull glacier with your guide: The glacier’s crevasses make the landscape potentially dangerous
- Sweeping views over the icy formations and rugged terrain
- All safety equipment included
- Small-group tour limited to 12 people ensures personalised attention from your guide
What's Included
- Certified Glacier Guide
- Short Drive to the Glacier Outlet
- All the Necessary Glacier Equipment: Helmets, Harness, and Ice Axe
- Hiking boots (available for rent)
- Hotel pickup and drop-off from Reykjavík or other areas
- Food and drinks
Meeting And Pickup
Meeting point
- Tröll Expeditions SkaftafellWest of Hofgardur, 785 Hof, Iceland
We will see you at our meeting point 30 minutes before departure time. Please note that if you arrive after departure time your place on the tour can't be guaranteed or refunded. Driving time to Skaftafell from Reykjavík is around 4 hours and 30 minutes.
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
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Minimum age is 8 years
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers
Operated by Troll Expeditions
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.
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Kristy_H
We had fun and great time at Glacier & our tour guide was so helpful. Lucky we’re the first group arrived, so it was not so crowded. Thank you so much.
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So fun and unique!
Katie_K, Jul 2022
This was one of my favorite parts of my entire trip to Iceland. Our guide was knowledgeable and friendly. We left with many beautiful pictures.
Glacier Glad We Went
Claire_C, Jun 2022
We had so much fun seeing the glacier up close (and under our feet). It was cool to use the gear and have a guide (Ari, who was phenomenal) to explain what we were seeing. We got our moneys worth in terms of time spent on the glacier, although be prepared for some prep time as fitting the gear and getting it on requires some time. While you couldn’t go very high, the crevasses were pretty tall and we got to drink glacier water! We loved it!
Nate was a great guide...
Anonymous, Jun 2022
Nate was a great guide had an awesome time!! Would recommend this tour! Better go before glaciers are gone forever.
Good tour in awesome environment 👌
Thijs_E, May 2022
Professional guides
Glacier walk itself
Tip:
Dress appropriately with real hiking shoes (are mandatory)
Read the description of the tour carefully so you can decide to go or not. Hiking in mountainous areas should be familiar.
Glacier tour. Good and bad points.
Peter_M, May 2022
Waiting for all groups to arrive, receive gear and cater for the (too many) people who had inappropriate footwear and had to hire boots was a protracted and painful delay.
Once we arrived at the glacier, after a 30 minute walk, it was an incredible and somewhat humbling experience.
Road closures in the morning and refused to provide refund
Elisha_R, Mar 2022
There was a road closure when leaving Reykjavik and were unable to attend. The tour company have refused to refund us despite me sending a picture of the map showing closure. Very disappointed with the response and will not be reccomending and will be further contacting Viator about this.
Great tour, great guide!
Randy_P, May 2021
The guides were very helpful with getting the equipment on us and going over safety guidelines. The guide Sam was an amazing and knowledgeable person and did a magnificent job explaining things to us about the glacier and was also very helpful and patient with the group! Doing a glacier walk almost seems mandatory if you're visiting Iceland!
AMAZING
Elizabeth_C, May 2021
Our guide was amazing and very informative! She gave us more advice of places later to try definitely recommend!
Nice experience
Yvonne_L, Oct 2019
Lovely experience. Happy we did the first session as when we were wrapping up there were so many people it would've been too crowded. Was probably only walking on the glacier for less than an hour after driving there, walking towards the glacier and putting on the shoe clamps. Guide was lovely and friendly.
Good experience walking at glacier
Kristy_H, Oct 2019
We had fun and great time at Glacier & our tour guide was so helpful. Lucky we’re the first group arrived, so it was not so crowded. Thank you so much.
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