Jökulsárlón Kayak Tour: Paddle Among Icebergs

Paddle through Iceland’s Glacier Lagoon, marvel at icebergs, and encounter wildlife. Experience the majestic ice cap and serene beauty of Jökulsárlón.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Ice Guide Glacier Tours - The Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon is renowned as one of Iceland’s natural marvels. Join this exceptional adventure to paddle among drifting icebergs and observe wildlife, including seals and birds.
What's Included
  • Kayak
  • Two piece kayak suit
  • Life vest
  • Boots
Additional Information

The Jökulsárlón Glacier lagoon is considered as one of the natural wonders of Iceland. Paddling on the Glacier lagoon provides outstanding experience and gives participants maqnificent view of the ice cap and the vast dome of ice that rises above.

Secure your seat on this unique journey where we paddle amongst floating ice bergs and wildlife, seals and birds.

Location
Ice Guide Glacier Tours
Meet us in our small box van at Jökulsárlón.Our van is located at the Glacier lagoon main parking lot and is thoroughly marked Iceguide. GPS coordinates 64.048096, -16.178778 We recommend arriving at least 15 min before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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C4729mobarbarad
Aug 12, 2025
Excellent! We recommend Fabio and Emile guides! - We did this family activity with Fabio and Emile as guides, and we were delighted by their work! Very friendly they made a full briefing, on the water we had explanations about the icebergs and the kayak tour is simple, but superb. We loved it! The two 14-year-olds thought it was fabulous.... And so do we! Thank you Ice Guide, Fabio and Emile! Thank you for the photos too. Famille Cortial
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Mary_g
Aug 6, 2025
You can’t miss this! - Absolutely beautiful way to see the glacier! Guide was very knowledgeable and made my family feel safe!
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Holden_p
Jul 3, 2025
Lots of people want to do it, because it’s cool - Very unique experience - more touristy than I wish it was, but it is what it is. That is all I wish to say but it’s making me put more text due to a limit.
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Raquelrl7486xi
Jun 23, 2025
Unforgettable experience! - I took the kayaking tour with my friend just last week and it was an amazing experience! We were surrounded by icebergs and we had a wonderful view of the glacier. We took so many pictures and left with unforgettable memories. We were even lucky to see several seals! The gear we were provided with kept us warm and nice in the middle of the ice. Our guide Kevin made all of this possible. He was super knowledgeable about Jökulsárlón and about Vatnajökull, and made sure that it was a memorable and a safe experience for all of us. All in all, a 100% recommendable tour!!
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Lisaaa327oz
May 19, 2025
LOVED the Experience. - My husband, our 18 year old daughter and I really enjoyed the kayaking experience. Our guides were very personable, friendly, knowledgeable and focused on safety! We really enjoyed the entire experience, it was definitely one of the highlights of our trip. Historically we did not book a lot of tours when we travel, but give the uniqueness of the experience- we thought it was worth booking, and we are so glad we did. Thank you for a memorable experience. *I think one of our guides was named Kevin- and the other gentleman had just started that week. I cannot remember his name, but they were both wonderful!
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Urs_d
Jul 30, 2025
Fog at the lagoon - Because of much fog and permanent rain, we could not paddle as normal for safety reasons, many motorboattours are on the laggoon too. So we often stopped to have a very long look at the ice in the lagoon. We didn't even see the end of the glacier. So put on many layers of clothes if you have the same weather conditions. On a bright day it must be a highlight.
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Thep716
Jul 28, 2025
Close to the elements - We were lucky to be in the lagoon in good weather. In a group of about 12 people we got the waterproof suits, then walked a few meters to the kayaks and got a safety briefing there. ES then went out on the water in two-pack kayaks. The lagoon is quiet, there is a distance to the icebergs. But individual small clods are already in the way. In total you are about an hour on the water. Great experience and you can't be closer to the environment. Sustainably impressive!
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J1033zujacquelinem
Aug 16, 2025
Bad experience - Disappointing trip to Heinabergslon glacier lagoon by kayak. The suit provided by Iceguide.is was old and not waterproof: I spent the end of the activity soaked and frozen. Ask for a blue and black combination, these are the newest. The attendants are friendly but this is not enough to make the activity interesting. The excursion is focused on paddling, not on observing the site, which I had not imagined. I had preferred this option to avoid the crowds but to choose between the two "amusement parks", the Jokulsarlon lagoon is the most impressive, and a hike around seems more interesting to me.
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Kamilborkowski
Jul 7, 2025
Ignore the pretty pictures - you swim 100m away from icebergs. - This was incredibly underwhelming. Looking at the photos you might think you will come really close to icebergs and that tour operators will take some great pictures of you. The reality is that they take terrible pictures using your phone + you kayak 150 meters away from the icebergs. I get that it’s for safety, but then why posting pictures of people touching the ice, on the trip offer? This is straight out scam.
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From $163
up to 9 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).