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Ice Cave Tour: Early Access to Crystal Caves
4.6
33 Ratings
Höfn
Experience the beauty of Iceland’s Crystal Ice Cave with our exclusive summer tour. Limited to 10 guests, receive a 20-photo package capturing personalized landscapes, portraits, and group shots.
Experience the beauty of Iceland’s Crystal Ice Cave with our exclusive summer tour. Limited to 10 guests, receive a 20-photo package capturing personalized landscapes, portraits, and group shots.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Vatnajokull National Park - Your personal photographer and glacier guide will lead you onto one of Iceland’s most scenic outlet glaciers. As you immerse yourself into the blue ice, the guide will use his own camera equipment to take professional photos of you to capture on of the most unique experiences in Iceland; the Summer Ice Cave. Throughout…
- Vatnajokull National Park - Your personal photographer and glacier guide will lead you onto one of Iceland’s most scenic outlet glaciers. As you immerse yourself into the blue ice, the guide will use his own camera equipment to take professional photos of you to capture on of the most unique experiences in Iceland; the Summer Ice Cave. Throughout the hike, you will learn about the history of Vatnajokull Glacier and how the ice works in nature. After the tour ends, your guide will professionally edit your photos and email them to you within the week. These photos will be the perfect souvenir and memory of your adventure in Iceland!
What's Included
- Semi-Private / Small Group
- Glacier Equipment: helmet, harness, crampons
- Certified Glacier Guide and Professional Photographer
- 3 Shot Photo Package per person
- Semi-Private / Small Group
- Glacier Equipment: helmet, harness, crampons
- Certified Glacier Guide and Professional Photographer
- 3 Shot Photo Package per person
Additional Information
We stand distinct amongst Iceland’s tour firms as we proffer photographic packages with each of our tours. Moreover, we cap our group size at just 10 members, the smallest cap enforced by any glacier-operating firm. You will be getting 5 skillfully retouched images dispatched through Google Drive during the week succeeding your trek. These snapshots…
We stand distinct amongst Iceland’s tour firms as we proffer photographic packages with each of our tours. Moreover, we cap our group size at just 10 members, the smallest cap enforced by any glacier-operating firm. You will be getting 5 skillfully retouched images dispatched through Google Drive during the week succeeding your trek. These snapshots will be a combination of customized landscapes, personal portraits, and collective adventure pictures.
Precursor the crowd to the Crystal Ice Cave by opting for our Early Bird Ice Cave Tour, which necessitates a pre-dawn start. Prior to the crack of dawn, you will be guided towards Vatnajokull Glacier, consequently reaching a comparably serene ice cave before anyone else does. Being among the initial few to arrive offers an intimate encounter with the ice.
- In order to operate this tour we need 4 passengers minimum.
- Photos are edited and sent approximately 14 days after your tour.
- The minimum age for this tour is 8 years old.
Location
Ice Pic Journeys
Meet your guide at the Glacier Lagoon Car Park by the cafe and restrooms.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(33 Ratings)
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Justin
Nov 4, 2025
Worth every penny - I couldn’t recommend this option more. Going early allowed us to have the ice cave to ourselves while on the hike back we passed over a hundred people from different groups going in.
Our guide Dario was excellent. He was funny, nice, knowledgeable and great at directing us for the photos.
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Amber_o
Oct 21, 2025
INSANE!! Jessie was a... - INSANE!! Jessie was a phenomenal guide that ensured our safety, comfort, and enjoyment come the entire hike. Seeing the glacier and the ice caves was an incredible experience. So worth it!
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336trayb
Oct 4, 2025
Elias is fantastic - Certo nice trip with our guide Elias Who was very nice and explain us a lot of thinghs about the story of the glacier. A Great expeirence
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Schmidtz
Apr 27, 2025
A unique experience which you should not skip - I've booked the early bird photo tour and it was definitely worth it. We had the complete ice cave for our 6 person group. Krysztof was a great guide. He made amazing photos from us, and all my questions were answered. Thank you.
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K530ersarac
Apr 11, 2025
Ask for Krzysztof! - Wonderful tour! We had originally booked the zip line but they called me a few days prior to let me know the zip line would not be operating this week due to something about the national park. We changed the tour to the early bird ice cave tour instead and we were so happy with it. The ice cave was neat and beautiful, even though it’s nearing the end of the season when it can often be dirty and not as nice. Krzysztof was AMAZING! He was so upbeat and excited to show us the cave, and he was very helpful when it came to posing/choosing photo spots. We could not have had a better experience with another guide. We appreciate him for going above and beyond. Thanks for making it a great day, Krzysztof!
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Fernandogc3880va
Apr 1, 2025
Nice ice cave excursion. - Great experience with this company with a very professional team that give you a general information about the cave and glaciers formation. Safety inside the cave was great.
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Nico13de
Mar 25, 2025
Getting up early that is worth it! - We went on the Early Bird Ice Cave Tour two weeks ago and it was perfect! The group was small (we were only 6 people) and our guide / driver / photographer Klaudia took good care of everyone and showed and explained us a lot. We were actually in the ice cave in front of the other groups; only when we left did all the other groups meet us. So we had a great time and could take pictures in peace. Klaudia showed us where the best photo spots are and gave us good tips. Shout out to Klaudia, we had a great morning in the ice cave and learned a lot!
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Freedom24100954578
Mar 19, 2025
Best Ice Cave tour in my life - The early bird ice cave tour is one of the best experiences I had in my whole life. Exploring the tour with Krzysztof, who told us the formation of the ice cave is memorable! They help us took beautiful pictures that I’m not going to forget for the rest of my life. Truly recommended!
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Y8315ffsilvanaf
Nov 12, 2025
Time and money wasted. - The tour was completely different from what we expected. They left me in the icy Icelandic weather for almost an hour because the drive arrived late. Also, the tour was supposed to be with an Italian guide (we had made arrangements DIRECTLY online with Dario), but instead Dario did not show up and they forced me to do the Tuor with an English guide. Not only that, there were at least two or three mixed groups in the cave, despite being assured that the Early Bird group would be the first to enter, and that for this very reason we had to be there at 7:30 (time later ignored by their own guide)! And it doesn't end there. The extremely rude guide even ridiculed me, repeatedly speaking to me in English in front of all the other participants (as if to force me to answer) despite it being clear that I did not understand English! I have never encountered such shameful, inaccurate and dishonest treatment (I have not even been partially reimbursed for not providing an Italian guide!) on my various tours around the world. Indescribable.
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W1810txriccardoc
Nov 5, 2025
Disorganization, dishonesty, arrogance - My experience with this company was one of the worst of my many trips around the world. Aside from the fact that they told us inaccurate directions regarding the meeting point, I paid €150 for an ITALIAN-speaking guide (Dario), with whom I had already made arrangements...but on the morning of the tour, Dario told us he wasn't available, and (unsurprisingly) they assigned me a NON-ITALIAN guide. I hoped until the very end that once we reached the cave the guide would be Italian, but to no avail.
Furthermore, when I tried to request at least a partial refund, they approached me with unprecedented arrogance. In any case, I will take further action to report these dishonest individuals to the appropriate authorities.
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