Blue Ice Cave Adventure

Natural Blue Ice Cave and a Glacier hike in Vatnajökull National Park

On this adventure tour, you will not only visit the Blue Ice Cave but also go on a hike on the glacier where you will get a the chance to explore ice tunnels, moulins and other beautiful ice features. It is such a unique experience to be able to stand inside an ancient glacier and the picturesque blue ice will make you feel like you are in a fairytale.

When joining Glacier Adventure for a tour you will get a personal experience from a local company. Our certified and experienced glacier guides take you on an unforgettable journey into the glacier and you you will learn facts about the glacier and the history of the region.

Availability: 09:00 and 9:30
Meeting point: Glacier Adventure at Hali
Duration: 5-6 hours
Age Limit: 14 Years old
Level: Medium-Hard
Distance: 6-8 km
Group min: 2 people
Group max: 8 people

– Guided tour with a local guide
– Crampons, harness, helmet, ice axe
– Headlamp if needed

In this tour you will experience a unique ice cave in the wonders of Vatnajökull glacier, Europe’s largest ice cap. The tour is suitable for those who want to visit a more isolated ice cave and more difficult to access. This tour offers you great photo opportunities and an unforgettable experience. The level of this tour is hard.
In this tour we visit one ice cave. This cave is more difficult to access and therefore we offer it as a more quiet and personal tour for our participants, where we have one guide for every 4 persons, and only up to 8 persons in each group. Our guides decide if it is safe enough to do the tour according to weather and safety conditions. If we cancel the tour due to weather or safety conditions it is refundable. The ice cave tour can take between 3,5 – 4 hours. The meeting point is at Hali Country Hotel, 13 km east of Jökulsárlón (www.hali.is). The tour is guided by a specialist in glaciers and ice caves. Driving to the location can take 25 – 30 minutes and the walk to the ice cave can take 35 – 45 minutes. We spend approximately 1 hour in the cave. You should have in mind that the walking in this tour is always in the pure Icelandic nature on gravel, rough terrain and glacier.

Rented equipment: We have rain jackets and pants to rent for this tour if needed. Rental price for jacket and pants is 1.000.- ISK

No matter where you’re going in Iceland, it’s important to choose the right clothing and dress according to weather. We strongly recommend dressing in layers so it is easy to take off or put on layers depending on weather.

Good waterproof shoes with ankle support (hiking boots )
Thermal underwear
Wool/fleece thermal mid-layer
Hiking pants.
Waterproof pants & jacket
Warm Gloves & hat
Socks (wool or synthetic)
Sunglasses
Small backpack
Reusable Water-bottle
Food or Snack for a 6 hour tour (sandwich, chocolate bar, etc.)
Camera (optional)

Glacier Adventure reserves the rights to refuse participation of clients if not dressed according to weather since this will put the clients at risk. In such circumstances no refunds shall be given.