Ice Exploration Tour from the Glacier Lagoon
Recommended by 98% of travelers
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Hofn, Iceland
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- 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Trek across a magnificent glacier on this tour of one of Iceland’s natural treasures. The adventure starts at the Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, where you’ll meet your guide and receive instruction on how to walk on glaciers. You’ll then make your way by super jeep to the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, where you’ll take an 4-6 km hike across the ice.
- Explore Breiðamerkurjökull glacier on a guided hiking tour
- Super jeep transfer from Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon
- Tour includes use of crampons, helmet, ice axe, and safety harness
- A maximum of 8-12 travelers keeps the experience personal
What's Included
- crampon, helmet, safety harness
- Lunch
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Jökulsárlón781, Iceland
We meet next to our super-jeeps, by the Glacier Lagoon café
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.What To Expect
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Jokulsarlon
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- Participants must be able to fit safety gear: helmet, harness, and minimum shoe size 35
- Wear comfortable, warm, yet breathable waterproof clothing and hiking boots. Wear stiff hiking boots that cover your ankles and offer good ankle support. Soft, foam, low shoes or sneakers are not allowed.
- Important: We offer rain pants, rain jackets, and hiking boots for rental at the meeting point. If you are not properly dressed, you may be required to rent gear from us or, in extreme cases, be denied participation for safety reasons. Our cancellation policy will apply in such cases.
- The harness sizes is can be adjusted to maximum 126cm.
- If you wish to book for one or more than five participants, please contact Ice Explorers directly
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
Antonia_Z
Amazing glacier hike! Our tour guide was passionate about teaching us the transitions and changes the glacier goes through. We had the chance of seeing a few beautiful mini ice caves that were formed and drink glacier water. I highly recommend this tour for the range of things you get to see and experience!
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robin_s, Jul 2026
It was a wonderfully exciting trip! The views were magnificent! The air so clean. Our guide Guerrmo was attentive, concerned for our safety, responded well to numerous questions. The trip helped us understand how small we are in this big beautiful world.
Response from Host, Jul 2026
What a lovely way to put it, Robin — the glacier really does remind us how small we are in this big, beautiful world. We'll pass your kind words on to Guillermo. Thank you for spending the afternoon with us! Kind regards, The Ice Explorers team
Andrew_S, Jul 2026
Good boots and a camera are a must! It can be windy so a ski cap is best, ball caps blew away. Tour guide was very knowledgeable! Ask for Valentine!
Response from Host, Jul 2026
Thanks, Andrew! Great advice on the boots, camera and ski cap — the glacier wind takes no prisoners. We'll tell Valentin he has a fan club! Kind regards, The Ice Explorers team
Lisa_Z, Jun 2026
Highly recommend this glacier hike! The entire experience was incredibly well organized, with a strong focus on safety from start to finish. Before heading onto the ice, our guides thoroughly checked everyone's crampons, helmets, harnesses, and footwear to make sure everything fit properly and we were safe.
The small group size, about 9 of us in our group made the tour feel personal and allowed for plenty of interaction with our guide. Gulmero was outstanding, very friendly, professional, knowledgeable, and always made us feel safe and comfortable, checked in frequently as we climbed the glacier.
I went with my family, including my 79-year-old dad, and all of us had an incredible time and felt safe. The glacier views were awesome, and being able to explore an ice cave, see the real blue ice made the experience even more memorable. One of the highlights of our trip!
Response from Host, Jul 2026
Thank you, Lisa! Taking three generations of one family safely onto the ice — including your 79-year-old dad — is exactly what we love doing. We'll pass your kind words to Guillermo. What a memory to share together! Kind regards, The Ice Explorers team
Jeff_G, Jun 2026
Amazing hike on the glacier. Our guide Marisa was outstanding—she was knowledgeable, informative, and showed us truly amazing features of the glacier. A wonderful experience!
Response from Host, Jul 2026
Thank you, Jeff! Marisa knows every secret of that ice, and we're so glad she could share the glacier's most amazing features with you. Kind regards, The Ice Explorers team
Stephen_B, Jun 2026
Excellent experience. Definitely a must try! Did in the summer and got to explore a ton of things on the glacier
Response from Host, Jul 2026
Thanks, Stephen! Summer on the glacier has its own magic — so much ice to explore. Glad you made the most of it! Kind regards, The Ice Explorers team
Mike_D, May 2026
Marica and Angelica were extremely knowledgeable guides!! Short, easy hike, and great views!! Highly recommend during your next trip..
Response from Host, Jul 2026
Thank you, Mike! Marica and Angelica are a great team — we'll let them both know. See you on the ice next time! Kind regards, The Ice Explorers team
Renee_K, May 2026
My daughter and I had an amazing time. Javier was a great guide. We learned so much about the glacier and had so much fun exploring it.
Response from Host, Jul 2026
Thank you, Renee! A mother-daughter day on the glacier with Javier as your guide — that's a memory to keep. So glad you learned a lot and had fun exploring! Kind regards, The Ice Explorers team
Efraim_L, Sep 2025
Great guides, bery knowledgable and professional. A unique experience, we even got to enter a small ice cave!
Response from Host, Jul 2026
Thank you, Efraim! The small ice cave was a lovely bonus that day. Glad you enjoyed the adventure! Kind regards, The Ice Explorers team
Kristoffer_E, Jul 2025
Great adventure at the glacier. Even that it was raining. Very exciting. A nice guide who told us a lot about the glaciers
Yi_S, Jul 2025
My wife didn’t wear the right shoe but thanks for the guide to rent a shoe for her.
It was amazing walking on the ice for our first time. The guide is helpful.
Nicola_M, May 2025
Fantastic way to explore and learn about glaciers. Informative guide and a very different experience to usual tourist activities.
Antonia_Z, Oct 2024
Amazing glacier hike! Our tour guide was passionate about teaching us the transitions and changes the glacier goes through. We had the chance of seeing a few beautiful mini ice caves that were formed and drink glacier water. I highly recommend this tour for the range of things you get to see and experience!
Heather_T, Jul 2024
Although the weather was extremely rainy, foggy and cloudy, our guide was able to give us a great experience with a lot of interesting information about the glacier. The crampons we connected to our boots made ice walking really easy! There were plenty of stops to make going up the glacier not seem as daunting. Each stop was even more interesting and beautiful than the last. Our last stop took us down into a small ice cave where the blue ice made our jaws drop…a great place for pictures! We experienced a tiny taste of ice climbing and even took a drink of pure Icelandic water! The super-jeep ride was something we all thought was a cool experience in addition to the glacier hike. Overall, we loved our glacier hike!
Samantha_B, Jul 2024
This adventure was above our expectations. We were extremely impressed with our guide, Matthew. He was both knowledgeable and passionate about the glacier. This tour is adventurous and strenuous at times but well worth it.
Angelina_R, Jun 2024
We had the best time with our guide, Javier! He was so knowledgeable and passionate about the glacier which made the experience even better. I would highly recommend this tour and even more highly recommend Javier. He was the best and we were so lucky to have him as our guide!
Danette_W, Aug 2023
Victoria was a great guide that day. She was really good at giving us a full experience on the glacier. We were lucky enough during this season to enter a start of an ice cave.
Monica_Y, Aug 2023
We enjoyed the hike very much. Our guide (5Aug, 12 noon tour) is very humorous & professional. Due to my knee issues, he has especially taken care of me and encourage me to go on and don't give up. I would recommend the tour with him to all my love ones &.friends coming to iceland.
Chetan_G, Jul 2023
As amazing as the vatmajokull glacier is; the experience was made ven more special bu our guide. He took his time and was very patient with my kids and helped them out during the glacier hike. Very knowledgeable about the area & provided useful insights about icelandic history and the volcanoes. The "superjeep" is something you have to see to understand the scale of these things! And this operator has one of a kind custom rigs (only 4 exist in the world and they all were constructed for them. Awesome experience, must do and highly recommend them as they are a smaller operators for a more personalized small group trip.
Jose_C, Jun 2023
I’m from Mexico and we had an enjoyable experience walking through the glaciers. 100% recommend this tour!
Andrea_H, May 2023
It was amazing, Alex was a great guide!! Be fit enough for a few mile hike, but so worth it at the end ☺️
Thomas_H, Apr 2022
Great Tour with great guide. Everything was explained perfectly, good rental gear an very much time on and INSINDE the glacier. Safety always provided. The tour was of longer duration than planned. Unforgettable experience.
Carsten_W, Jun 2024
Wir hatten eine super tolle Tour mit unser tourführerin Iga, sie hat viele interessante Sachen erklärt . Die Eishölle war super . Immer gerne wieder .😊😊😊👍🏻
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