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Skaftafell Adventure Tour: Explore the Falling Glacier at Europe's Largest Park
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Embark on an unforgettable frozen adventure at Skaftafell National Park. Explore the Falling Glacier, part of Europe's largest glacier, and be amazed by the ice and breathtaking scenery.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Skaftafell Terminal - Tour Center - After a short ride on the famous “Tröll Bus”, you’ll immerse yourself in the glacier and begin a short hike to the ice cap. Once there, your guide will explain how to get geared up and what the safest practices to walk on a glacial surface. Once you have your crampons and all necessary equipment on it’s time to take to the ice and begin the adventure.
As you get into the glacier outlet, the majestic features of the natural world amaze you. Falljökull is a glacial tongue from Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest glacier. The icefall in the area is unique on earth and the further you get, the more it will blow your mind. The out-worldly scenery is comprised the ice formations in the area: deep crevasses, pale moulins, and even ice sculptures.
The further we continue exploring, the more the beautiful it gets. Since we’re going to be so high up, we will be able to observe panoramas over Skaftafell National Park, that has gained fame in the last years for being the location for many films and shows. During your expedition, your glacier guide will let you know how glaciers are formed and what are the dangers. You will also learn about the consequences of global warming and their future.
What's Included
- Professional guide
- All safety gear for glacier hike
- All activities
What's Not Included
- Hiking Boots Rental (1,750 ISK)
- Waterproof Jacket Rental (1,750 ISK)
- Waterproof Pants Rental (1,750 ISK)
- Hat and Gloves Combo with Logo (3,000 ISK)
- Neck Warmer with Logo (500 ISK)
- Summer Cap with Logo (1,500 ISK)
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off from Reykjavík or other areas
Additional Information
Get ready for a memorable and icy adventure within the boundaries of Skaftafell National Park. This is an ideal opportunity for individuals seeking a lengthy hiking excursion on Falljökull, also known as ‘The Falling Glacier’, a segment of Vatnajökull, the largest glacier in Europe. We’ll employ various methods to journey deep into the glacier, ensuring the stunning ice falls and awe-inspiring scenery leave you awestruck.
- Dress according to weather
- Good to have energy snacks
Location
Tröll Expeditions Skaftafell
Be at our meeting point 30 minutes before departure time. If you arrive after departure time your place on the tour can't be guaranteed or refunded. Meeting point is at Troll Expeditions Skaftafell on Maps. Driving time from Reykjavik is around 4 hours and a half in good weather conditions.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Marinar2217
Apr 25, 2024
Top-notch ice hike - Family activity. We were taken care of by Katerina our great guide who gave us a wonderful experience. We spent a real visit on the glacier for almost 3 hours. I recommend Troll Expeditions for all activities (we also did Snorkeling Silfra with Lou our great French-speaking guide). Troll expeditions was a perfect contact for organizing our activities and very responsive to all our requests by phone or email. Many thanks for these wonderful moments.
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O6519hwsamg
Apr 19, 2024
Great landscapes and great guides 🧊 👌 - Amazing time, great guides Margot and Eli who provided a fun atmosphere on the 5-hour glacier hike. Super knowledgable and felt completely safe the whole way. Thanks for an unforgettable day!
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Scott_y
Apr 4, 2024
Great views- Great hike- NIIICE - This was an amazing experience. Augustine was our guide and he was perfect! He was patient and explained everything that we needed to do. I would suggest eating a good breakfast before you go, and pack some snacks and water. You have to have ankle covering hiking boots or you will have to use theirs. If you aren’t in good shape, you may struggle. It was moderate for us and we hike/work out regularly.
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Kathryn_k
Mar 12, 2024
Amazing hike! - This was wonderful and absolutely worth doing! Our guide Kate made it really adventurous, interesting, and fun, and we were all over the glacier. Ended up being the perfect amount of time to be out there. Highly recommend!
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Davefb1755dv
Feb 26, 2024
Fantastic - Wonderful experience. Fascinating information. Would do it again! An experience not to be missed! Wonderful time and a great opportunity to enjoy Iceland.
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Keylerk_g
Oct 31, 2023
Worth it - Enjoyed every minute of it, worth the hike and using the equipment was definitely a learning curve but our guide Kate was very helpful and knowledgeable.
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Karenbsparkle
Oct 23, 2023
A great hiking adventure - A fantastic hiking adventure to the upper plateau. Avi was our excellent guide! He shared his knowledge and took the time needed to make sure everyone was safe. The views were spectacular. This was a highlight of our trip to Iceland!!!!
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Santiagope2iw
Sep 11, 2023
100% recommendable. - Very good organization. Punctual. Anna, our guide, very good and attentive to everyone's needs, good explanations.
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Scenic10182192051
Jan 3, 2024
Wonderful views and experiences, helpful and friendly guides. - When we got to the meeting point we were asked to join a larger and longer tour than booked as there were insufficient guides. We felt pressured to make a decision on this quickly, whereas we needed a little time to work out if the logistics would work for the rest of the day. We were not the only group to have a different experience to the one booked.
Our guide, Magdalena, did her best to resolve the problems with the booking and we agreed to the altered tour.
Once we were up on the glacier itself, we had an absolutely fantastic time. The views are stunning and Magdalena took great care to make sure everyone was safe and got to experience the incredible sights the glacier has to offer.
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Tessa_z
Oct 10, 2023
Feels like you're truly experiencing the glacier - It was raining cats and dogs to the point where everyone's waterproof stuff wasn't waterproof at all anymore m, however great experience as it didn't really matter. The trip on the ice kept us all quite warm... initially I was wondering why I had not chosen the shorter tour but to be honest it was worthwhile as we could go higher up and have a better feeling of the glacier, see different structures etc. Our guide was great, interesting, helpful and funny at times. All in all well organised and well tailored for slightly sporty-er tourists with considerations for photos etc. The only reason why I've taken one star off was that I had to borrow boots because mine weren't high heel and the smell of the rental ones was absolutely shocking. Honestly I could smell them from far. I appreciate that these get warn a lot and they get wet and probably don't always dry properly but you should use deodorant or something because I've never smelt shoes that stank that bad in my life.
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