Ice Exploration Tour from the Glacier Lagoon
Overview
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4 hours 30 minutes
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Explore the highlights of Iceland’s glaciers. Let your guide lead you
through breathtaking glacial landscapes. Equipped with crampons, a
helmet, a harness, you will explore the Breidamerkurjokull glacier with the team at Ice Explorers.
Additional Info
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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 hiking boots that cover your ankles and offer good ankle support.
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
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
On the Ice Exploration tour, you'll spend about 2 hours (4-6 km) hiking on Breiðamerkurjökull, a glacier outlet of Vatnajökull. Your guide will explain how glaciers form and change, affecting their surroundings. You'll see various natural attractions, including mountains, ashy ice, and possibly blue ice. The tour activities vary based on daily conditions and group preferences, with options to explore larger glacier areas or enter moulins and crevasses. Rated medium in difficulty, the tour requires participants to walk 4-6 km on diverse terrain and in varying weather conditions. No prior glacier experience is needed. We provide crampons, helmets, and safety harnesses. Guides will ensure you're prepared before starting. Dress according to the weather; the glacier is usually as cold as the Glacier Lagoon meeting point. Wear warm, breathable, waterproof clothing and sturdy hiking boots that cover the ankles and offer good ankle support. Meeting times are 08:30, 12:00, or 13:45 • Meet and gear up • Drive 40 min. in the super-jeep • You'll explore the glacier for about 2 hours. • The return involves walking back to the jeep and driving back to the Glacier Lagoon.
What‘s Included
crampon, helmet, safety harness
Lunch
Options
Ice Exploration Tour from the Glacier Lagoon
Reviews
179 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Once in a lifetime experience
safety princess,,Oct 10, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Our group of nine came to Iceland to celebrate our daughter's wedding. We signed up for the zodiac boat tour in the morning, and the glacier walk in the afternoon. The zodiac boat tour was exciting although we didn't expect to have to sit on the edge of the boat and not in a seat. But we held on as instructed so all was good. We even got to see some seals! We saw beautiful glaciers and got some nice pictures. After a lunch break with the food trucks, we met up to do the glacier walk. The super jeep ride was an experience! We were fitted and put on our crampons and off we went to see some glaciers. I didn't expect the glaciers to be so "dirty looking". It rained so maybe the rain and melting glacier (it was not very cold) left not much ice where we were hiking. We did see some nice ice caves and formations. I was careful about not slipping and getting hurt and Floris guided me to see some formations that he said I did not want to miss. So, I was grateful for his concern and guidance. We got some nice pictures of our experience. We walked quite a bit and the crampons certainly did its job! There was some concern with my daughter who has very small feet (size 33) and whether she would be able to go on the glacier walk (minimum crampon size was 35). So we bought crampons that would fit her boots. But Floris and the other guide were able to fit a pair of the tour's crampons onto her boots. Floris said the crampons we bought wasn't suitable for ice but better for hiking mountains. She did fine with the provided crampons. Since we didn't expect to be doing much glacier hiking in the future, we gave the crampons to Floris for his hiking adventures as a tip. We would most definitely recommend this company to others who are coming to Iceland and want to do a glacier hike. It wasn't as daunting as I had in my mind, so this is something you should definitely do if you come to Iceland! Floris was a great guide! Sorry I didn't catch the name of our zodiac tour guide. He was great too!
Bad tour
taros603,,Sep 29, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00The glacier is very beautiful, as expected. My review is for the company, or more specifically, for the guide. I didn't like it at all; I think he didn't do his job as a guide. He explained practically nothing, paid no attention to the group (one couple stayed far far away because their crampons came loose, and the guide didn't even look behind them), didn't help with gear placement, or check that it was properly fastened (up to five people had their crampons come loose...). He played a "guess the location game" with the coordinates, without even having apps like Wikiloc installed, which I think was a terrible waste of time and a poor experience, and some other minor things, but all in altogether, not the best experience. They even changed the time hour to early in the morning. Overall, I recommend a glacier tour, but not with this company.
Totally recommended
Lucio F,,Sep 27, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Wonderful experience! We really enjoyed it, our guide was very funny and super well prepared, it really felt like ad adventure from a Jules Verne novel!
Once in a lifetime experience worth the money
81drewb,,Sep 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This is one of those experiences that is absolutely worth the money. We really enjoyed the tour and got to see something interesting that we probably may never see again in our lives. Our guides Maritza and Guillermo were both excellent and made the experience both fun and safe as well. The hike itself isn’t physically strenuous and probably easier than I expected with the supplied crampons, but if you don’t like hiking moderate inclines in general then this probably isn’t for you. Highly recommended!
Great guides, bery...
Efraim L,,Sep 15, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Great guides, bery knowledgable and professional. A unique experience, we even got to enter a small ice cave!
Highlight of my solo trip to Iceland!
B5784DJkatherines,,Sep 7, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Definitely the highlight of my solo trip to Iceland! I was continuously amazed by the landscape, but this glacier hike truly felt like walking on the moon! My tour guide was exceptional and I have already recommended this tour to my friends and family!
Unforgettable experience in the ice
svenjam555,,Sep 5, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The tour was very special and an unforgettable experience! Everything was very well organized and our guide Guillermo was super competent and gave some information about the glacier and around it! The tour is highly recommended:)
Incredible Experience
allisonmtl,,Sep 5, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This is a must do on your trip to Iceland. The experience was well organized , safe and informative. Was definitely the highlight of this trip for me.
Novel otherworldy experience!
Cosmopolitan647434,,Sep 2, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Otherworldly experience walking on top of a glacier! We got to see glacier moulins, crevasses, waterfalls inside glaciers. Takes some time and energy to get used to walking on ice (~2 hours) with crampons. Our guide Guillermo took care of the group very well. Please bring gloves and layers of warm clothes.
Wonderful guide and a trip highlight
arubinge,,Sep 2, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00One of the highlights of our Iceland girl's trip. The guide was very engaging and enthusiastic. Don't be dissuaded by cloudy or wet weather - the glaciers are just as impressive in the rain. Wear hiking boots if you don't want to rent shoes and dress warmly. If I were to do it again, I would wear waterproof pants since it started to rain toward the end of the tour (I already had a waterproof jacket). Our guide found beautiful crevices to explore with aqua blue ice and was very knowledgable about how glaciers are formed. It's always fun when the guide is as excited to be there as you are!
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