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Small-Group 3.5 Hour Blue Ice Experience in Vatnajökull National Park

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Small-Group 3.5 Hour Blue Ice Experience in Vatnajökull National Park
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Overview

The Skaftafell-Vatnajökull National Park is home to Europe’s largest glacier and the icy landscapes offer a dramatic backdrop for a hiking adventure. This guided glacier hike across Falljökull Glacier ensures a personalized experience, with a small group of up to 15 participants, and full instruction provided.
  • Glacier hike in the Skaftafell-Vatnajökull National Park
  • Enjoy a guided hike across the Falljökull Glacier
  • Marvel at snow-covered mountains, walls of ice, and natural ice sculptures
  • Choice of departure times available throughout the day
  • No experience necessary: full instruction and all equipment included
  • Small-group tour limited to 15 people ensures a personalised experience
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Guided glacier hike on an outlet glacier of Vatnajökull
All necessary glacier gear
Certified glacier guide
Gratuities
Food and drinks
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Icelandic Mountain Guides - Skaftafell Base Camp , Iceland
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Our Skaftafell Base Camp, wooden sales lodge, is located by the bus parking and clearly visible from the National Park Service Center.

This activity will end right where it started.
Your adventure begins at the Mountain Guides Sales Lodge in the Skaftafell-Vatnajökull National Park, where you meet your guide in time for your chosen departure time. After a safety briefing, get suited up with crampons, ice axes, and glacial hiking gear, and travel by bus to the starting point of your hike, a short drive from the lodge.

On arrival, take the time to practice walking along the ice, before following your guide on a thrilling glacier walk across the Falljökull Glacier. Marvel at the wild glacial landscapes as you climb through deep crevasses, duck beneath high ice arches, and admire glacier mills and ice sculptures. Listen as your guide explains more about the region’s unique geology and how the glaciers form and change over time, and perhaps catch sight of the snow-capped Hvannadalshnukur in the distance, Iceland’s highest peak.

Return to the bus for the journey back to the lodge.

Please note: This tour is best suited to participants with their own transport - travelers must provide their own transportation to and from the Mountain Guides Sales Lodge.
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Skaftafell
Glacier walk on Falljökull glacier
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Duration: 3 hours 
Admission Ticket Not Included
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Minimum age is 10 years
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Please bring warm clothing, rain gear, gloves, and hiking boots
  • Boots and rain gear can be rented on location
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
  • OPERATED BY Icelandic Mountain Guides
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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The answers provided below are based on answers previously given by the tour provider to customers’ questions.
Q:
What is the policy on sanitization during Small-Group 3.5 Hour Blue Ice Experience in Vatnajökull National Park?
A:The policies on sanitization are:

  • Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
  • Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
  • Gear/equipment sanitized between use
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
See all safety measures taken by Small-Group 3.5 Hour Blue Ice Experience in Vatnajökull National Park.
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What is the social distancing policy during Small-Group 3.5 Hour Blue Ice Experience in Vatnajökull National Park?
A:The policy on social distancing is:

  • Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
See all safety measures taken by Small-Group 3.5 Hour Blue Ice Experience in Vatnajökull National Park.
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What measures are being taken to ensure staff health & safety during Small-Group 3.5 Hour Blue Ice Experience in Vatnajökull National Park?
A:The policies on staff health & safety are:

  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
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Perfect for a cool contact with the ice
Pere_L
, Sep 2021
Very well organised and with enough time to enjoy the ice but not getting worried or tired. You can experience the ice in front of the big crevasses. It was just nice and cool.
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Great experience on the glacier
LiviuDaniel_M
, Jul 2021
Very well organized with the highlights of : Seeing a death trap up close thanks to the tour guide, climbing into two crevasses and tour guide explanations regarding the glacier, Iceland and mountaineering.
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Amazing experience!
Tifaine_H
, Apr 2021
We had an amazing time on the glacier with our guide David. We had never climbed a glacier before but felt safe and the surroundings are out of this world! Would definitely recommend Icelandic mountain guides for such an experience!
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Great Experience
Yehoshua_S
, Aug 2018
On our trip to Iceland we were very much looking forward to getting up on a glacier. We booked a tour on Viator with Icelandic Mountain Guides. It was an absolutely great experience. The service from Icelandic Mountain Guides was excellent. When my schedule required me to change my time to an earlier hike, they took care it no problem. When we showed up with too many layer of clothing they advised us to leave the extra layers with them. The guide Hanka, was fantastic. She gave personal attention to my children to really make them feel part of this unique and special experience. She was really able to bring to life with real demonstrations a lot of interesting information about the glacier. They took us on the Falljokull glacier and it was a truly beautiful and magnificent experience. I would highly recommend this to anyone. Joshua, Sarah, Goldy & David
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Amazing first time glacier walk!
Julia_F
, Aug 2018
Had an wonderful time our guide was great friendly full of information and funny. Would do it again!!
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No te lo puedes perder
Patricia_M
, Aug 2021
Fue una experiencia muy excitante en un entorno nuevo para nosotros. Estaba muy bien organizada y el guía estuvo muy bien, atento a todos y dando muy buenas explicaciones sobre la experiencia
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