Glacier Hike from Skaftafell - Extra Small Group
Overview
Our guides have certification from AIMG (Association of Icelandic Mountain Guides).
• Small groups
The group size for our trips never exceeds 8 people.
• 4x4 drive
We will drive you all the way to the glacier. That means more time we can spend on ice.
• Evening departure (June - August)
If you want to avoid the crowds join us for our evening tour and enjoy the complete silence.
Inclusions
- Harness, crampons and ice axe
What to expect
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Falljökull, 785, Iceland
If you have never seen a glacier before and you would like to experience these stunning ice giants a little bit closer, come to the breathtaking area of Skaftafell. Skaftafell is located in Vatnajökull national park, the filming location of movies like Batman Begins, Interstellar and the Game of Thrones series. To maximize the time spent on ice, we drive all the way to the terminus of Falljökull glacier in our 4×4 truck. Before you step on to the ice you will learn the proper way to put on and use the provided glacier gear. We aim to spend around one and a half hour on the ice, exploring moulins, crevasses and more other-wordly formations. Along the way your guide will share ineresting facts about these formations and the origins of the glacier as well as interesting local stories.
Duration: 3 hours
Additional information
- Not wheelchair accessible
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Most travelers can participate
- 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 tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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Great small group tour with an excellent guide! We even went a bit over time and got to see an ice cave at the end. Really unique experience, I would absolutely recommend!
Great small group tour with an excellent guide! We even went a bit over time and got to see an ice cave at the end. Really unique experience, I would absolutely recommend!This tour was amazing. Couldn’t have asked for a better guide. Zanet was friendly and fun yet also made sure we were focused and safe. Everyone in our family enjoyed the experience. Would highly recommend due to the closer parking to the glacier and extra small group!
This tour was amazing. Couldn’t have asked for a better guide. Zanet was friendly and fun yet also made sure we were focused and safe. Everyone in our family enjoyed the experience. Would highly recommend due to the closer parking to the glacier and extra small group!The guide was so great. She didn't rush us at all and gave us a lot of information. She was very friendly. All of us enjoyed our time a lot!
The guide was so great. She didn't rush us at all and gave us a lot of information. She was very friendly. All of us enjoyed our time a lot!Meeting spot was super easy to find. Our group size was 8 people, our family of 4 (with 2 high school age kids) + another family, also with 2 teenagers. Our guide was great! We felt safe and he helped set us up with all the gear efficiently. We had a lot of fabulous glacier time, absolutely ...
Meeting spot was super easy to find. Our group size was 8 people, our family of 4 (with 2 high school age kids) + another family, also with 2 teenagers. Our guide was great! We felt safe and he helped set us up with all the gear efficiently. We had a lot of fabulous glacier time, absolutely beautiful! Tour was also interesting educationally to learn about the safety & science. I can't say enough good things about our tour guide! We did the morning tour, we were the only group there when we arrived and many more different groups were there as we were leaving, so I'd recommend a morning trip when there are less people (though the glacier is big, I never felt crowded with the other groups around!). I picked this company based on other reviews about the small size & agree with other reviews that this is a good tour choice. Great tour, nice having the small group! Highly recommend this trip to anyone wanting to spend some time on a Glacier!The best guided tour experience ever! I did glacier hiking with Žanet. She was amazing!! She was so informative, helpful and warm hearted! Also I love her jokes. Plus, she is amazing photographer, yay! Also she gave some photo time and showed nice photo spots. Amazing fissures. At the beginning i...
The best guided tour experience ever! I did glacier hiking with Žanet. She was amazing!! She was so informative, helpful and warm hearted! Also I love her jokes. Plus, she is amazing photographer, yay! Also she gave some photo time and showed nice photo spots. Amazing fissures. At the beginning i got so scared of falling down or some other accident. But Žanet made me feel safe. Each step on the glacier was so precious🩵 I'd highly recommend this glacier hiking programWe did the tour with our guide Žanet. She is the most wonderful guide for this experience. We were a group of 8 (four adults, four kids at the age of 8 age to 12 years) and Žanet drove us with the truck even further than the normal parking lot in front of the glacier so that the kids would have l...
We did the tour with our guide Žanet. She is the most wonderful guide for this experience. We were a group of 8 (four adults, four kids at the age of 8 age to 12 years) and Žanet drove us with the truck even further than the normal parking lot in front of the glacier so that the kids would have less way to walk. She was very patient with the kids and she explained every step from putting on the spikes under the shoes to the correct use of the ice pick so we would not hurt ourselves with it. She took a lot of pictures with her own mobile phone (which she shared with us after the tour for free) and she also took a lot of photos with our mobile phones every time we asked her to. We could ask her any questions related to the glacier and she answered all of them (even in a way that our children could understand it). During the whole experience, we felt safe with her and never had the feeling of any dangerous situation or anything like it. We would always recommend her again!