Vatnajökull Glacier Walk: Family-Friendly Adventure
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330 Ratings
Icelandic Mountain Guides by Icelandia - Skaftafell Base Camp

Experience the awe-inspiring beauty of Vatnajökull National Park on a small-group glacier tour. Explore blue ice, navigate crevasses, and learn about the glacier’s history from a certified guide.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Skaftafell - Glacier walk on Falljökull glacier
What's Included
  • Guided glacier hike on Vatnajokull outlet glacier
  • Certified glacier guide
  • All glacier gear provided
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Embark on an icy adventure with a guided glacier walk from Skaftafell. Discover a stunning outlet of Vatnajökull, the largest glacier in Europe, in a small group led by a certified guide. No prior experience is necessary — all equipment is provided.
Upon meeting the guide in Skaftafell, participants will be equipped and set off onto the glacier, where…

Location
Icelandic Mountain Guides by Icelandia - Skaftafell Base Camp
Our Skaftafell Base Camp, wooden sales lodge, is located by the bus parking and clearly visible from the National Park Service Center.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Grsmith47
Jun 2, 2025
Great experience - highly recommend - Brilliant excursion with with our guide Odysseas, who couldn't have been more helpful, patient and extertaining. Loved the whole experience and highly recommend. All felt very safe and was very informative. Without a doubt, one of the highlights of our trip to Iceland.
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397caiop
Jun 2, 2025
The perfect introduction to the world of glacier hiking - This is a perfect introduction to glacier hiking! Me and my wife booked with the company and, since we’ve never done glacier hiking, we were a bit worried that it could be more complicated than we would’ve imagined. However, this was one of the best adventures we’ve ever done in our life. Our guide was the cheerful Ísabella Sól, who is way more than just a great guide, but also a lovely person. I would really recommend, if you had the chance of choosing the guides, to book with her. She made our first experience not only incredibly pleasant, but also reassured us and everyone in the group constantly, while keeping the whole’s group spirits up. She also allowed us a lot of freedom—while following the safety protocols, of course—which for me (who normally don’t like guided tours) was paramount. We really barely saw the time passing, because we were in constant awe with the glacier and the very interesting information brought by Ísabella. This is surely an experience we plan in doing again, when we come back to Iceland. So I strongly recommend booking this if you’re up to a new adventure in Iceland! Oh, and if you’re also trying to learn some Icelandic, Ísabella has also proven to be a good teacher 😄 So, if you book it—and are brave enough to try some Icelandic—you’ll get this extra experience for free 😄
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Curiosity10754474672
Jun 2, 2025
Awesome tour for outdoor fans - Really awesome tour! Very good views of the glacier, as we had superb weather. Our guide Przemyslav was very knowledgeable, understanding, and adapted well to the fitness of our group, allowing us to repel down a small ice wall. Thank you so much for the experience!
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Meander58760533640
May 31, 2025
Amazing day on ice - The experience was great from start to finish. The professionalism and friendliness of the guide and whole team made the experience so memorable. It was fun, adventurous and filled with knowledge. Look for Przemyslav and you will have the most hilarious guide.
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Inspire24326442070
May 31, 2025
Great guides and great adventure! - Przemyslav was the funniest guide I’ve ever had and it was an absolute adventure to trek over the ice in a totally safe way!
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Mrinmoyd860
May 31, 2025
Very professional guides - Przemyslav Adam was a fantastic, skillful and kind guide who helped my special needs son down the glacier. He was very professional and will keep you safe at all times.
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Samuelbv6124sf
May 31, 2025
Adventure in ice - Really fun experience with a very engaging guide! We got to walk through and climb around exciting natural structures, and the guide gave us interesting facts of the background. 10/10, did well in all aspects -Matthew 18
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Asukashley
May 28, 2025
Highly recommend - Loved this tour! It was so amazing to stand and hike on top of the glacier. Our guide Camille was excellent. She had so much knowledge about glaciers and I learned a lot. It's so sad to think this glacier and others like it may not be around in 200 years, and it makes me want to do something to change that. Camille also challenged our group to a bit of extra (optional) adventure by giving us the opportunity to rappel down the side of a crevice rather than walking around it. That was the highlight of the tour!
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340szymong
May 28, 2025
Iceland's highlight - The Glacier hike was very fun. It was very picturesque experience and brought to me images from movie Interstellar. Our guide Camille found ways to make it adventurous for us, but at the same time made it very safe and interesting to learn the scientific aspects.
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Nathaliegx935vb
May 28, 2025
Glacier - Beautiful glacier! Guide Przemyslav Adam was funny and gave us good information. It was cool. The group was a bit busy (a bit too crowded) but the hike was beautiful.
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From $75
up to 14 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).