Regions
Vatnajökull & the Glacier Lagoon
The great ice
Vatnajökull covers around eight percent of Iceland. Its outlet glaciers spill down towards the coast, and beneath them, in winter, form the blue ice caves.
At the glacier lagoon, icebergs calve, turn and drift towards the sea, some washing up on the black beach nearby like pieces of glass.
Best season: Ice caves in winter; glacier hikes all year · [ 64° 04′ 42″ N, 16° 13′ 50″ W ]
Verify before launch: Ice cave season and access to verify each year with certified partners.Ice caves
Ice caves change every year and are only entered with certified guides when they are judged safe. We do not compromise on this.
An ice cap the size of a small country, feeding glaciers that end in a lagoon of drifting blue icebergs.
Experiences here
- Blue ice caves
Inside the glacier itself: caves of compressed, ancient ice that glow an impossible blue. Visited only with certified ice cave guides, only when conditions are safe.
- Glacier hiking
Crampons on, rope between you and your guide, out across the crevassed tongues of Vatnajökull's outlet glaciers.
- Helicopter flights
Over steaming fissures, glacier ice-fields and remote ridgelines, with private landings where the land allows.
Stay at The Glacier House (placeholder).
