Skaftafell Adventure Tour - 5-Hour Expedition
Overview
Inclusions
- All activities
- Professional guide
- All safety gear for glacier hike
What to expect
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.
Stop At:
• Skaftafell, Skaftafell, Vatnajokull National Park, East Region
Additional information
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Dress according to weather
- Good to have energy snacks
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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I was with my 16 yr old son on a "father-son" trip and this was one of our highlights. Our guide, Pascal, was informative, competent and took high regard for our safety.
I was with my 16 yr old son on a "father-son" trip and this was one of our highlights. Our guide, Pascal, was informative, competent and took high regard for our safety.We booked 2 incredible trips with Troll Expeditions one being the Skaftafell Adventure. The staff that lead the trips were excellent, very professional, fun and safe. The equipment was in excellent condition. Troll were very accommodating, helpful and super efficient. Fantastic customer service a...
We booked 2 incredible trips with Troll Expeditions one being the Skaftafell Adventure. The staff that lead the trips were excellent, very professional, fun and safe. The equipment was in excellent condition. Troll were very accommodating, helpful and super efficient. Fantastic customer service all round. The 5 hours went so quickly and the extra time really allows you to saviour where you are. The hike is at a really comfortable pace, lots of time is allowed for stopping to take photos and just to enjoy being on the Glacier. A must do when in Iceland.Experienced Guides in top location with amazing views! We even did some climbing and had a really good time on the ice! We felt very safe with our guide and even unexperienced it was not hard to walk on the ice. I am glad that we booked the long tour! Even though we are not the fittest, we could ...
Experienced Guides in top location with amazing views! We even did some climbing and had a really good time on the ice! We felt very safe with our guide and even unexperienced it was not hard to walk on the ice. I am glad that we booked the long tour! Even though we are not the fittest, we could manage the 5 hours easily.Couldn’t recommend this enough. The guide was so awesome, incredibly knowledgeable about the glacier, filling the group with the confidence needed to explore high up into the Glacier. He even went to the effort to set up an abseil to give us a better view into a huge crevace waterfall. Experience...
Couldn’t recommend this enough. The guide was so awesome, incredibly knowledgeable about the glacier, filling the group with the confidence needed to explore high up into the Glacier. He even went to the effort to set up an abseil to give us a better view into a huge crevace waterfall. Experience of a lifetime, well worth the money.Pascal our guide was amazing ! He was patient and explained everything. We never felt rushed and we were able to experience and explore at our own pace. Also he has a good sense of humor , he seems to enjoy his job and that makes the experience much enjoyable for the guests as well. We had a grea...
Pascal our guide was amazing ! He was patient and explained everything. We never felt rushed and we were able to experience and explore at our own pace. Also he has a good sense of humor , he seems to enjoy his job and that makes the experience much enjoyable for the guests as well. We had a great time ! The glacier hike was not hard at all just be ready to do some walking on this tour . Great experienceGustavo was a great guide who explained everything well, made us feel safe and answered everyone’s questions (in multiple languages!). It was slightly harder than I expected to get used to the crampons but by the end it felt easy. Would definitely recommend waterproof coat and trousers, but they ...
Gustavo was a great guide who explained everything well, made us feel safe and answered everyone’s questions (in multiple languages!). It was slightly harder than I expected to get used to the crampons but by the end it felt easy. Would definitely recommend waterproof coat and trousers, but they have them for hire if you don’t have any. The glacier itself was like nothing I’ve ever seen before and it was so special to see it up close. At the start of the hike it felt like there was quite a lot of people but as we were doing the longer option you soon felt like you were the only people up there.