Iceland Glacier Ice Climbing: Beginner's Adventure

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Sólheimajökulsvegur

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Experience the thrill of ice climbing and glacier hiking in Solheimajokull, Iceland. Our local guides will teach you the basics and tailor the climbs to suit your skill level. Explore crevasses and moulins on this unforgettable adventure.

Duration: 4 hours, 30 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Sólheimajökull - Discover the art of ice climbing while exploring the glacier. Enjoy a straightforward glacier hike with opportunities to ice climb at three distinct locations on the glacier. This experience allows for plenty of climbing throughout the day.

What's Included

Harness
Helmet
Crampons
Ice axe

What's Not Included

Tea and coffee
Snacks
Lunch

Additional Information

If you go to Iceland you have to try out ice climbing on a glacier.
All of our guides are local, professional mountain guides.
We try to find three different areas climb on. We start with an easy ice wall to teach you basic skills to ice climb. Our guides tailor the climbs to suit you.
You don’t have to know anything about climbing or be super fit to do…

Location

Sólheimajökulsvegur

Car mark North Ice, we are usually on the left side of the parking spot.If you don't find us just give us a call.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

4.6

(22 Ratings)

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Ann_m

Oct 29, 2025

Just Wow!!! - This was hands down the best thing we did in Iceland! Our guide was so patient and kind. Having a small group was well worth the money to allow everyone ample time to climb. It was my family of four and father and daughter combo. My boys are 10 and 13 and ice climbed 40 ft.! I was so proud of them. The views were breathtaking and we had a perfect day of weather. Such an awesome experience!!!

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Samia_g

Aug 25, 2025

5-star experience - Excellent small group experience! Our guide was prepared and extremely knowledgeable about ice climbing and Iceland in general. Very accommodating to our requests as well. Highly recommended!

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Todd_w

Jul 10, 2025

Highly Recommended!! - So much fun! We had a great guide who explained things well and always made sure we were being safe. The group size was small (about 7 people) so we were able to do three climbs at different locations. He started us on a smaller part to help explain things to us and then we gradually went to more challenging places. We had a good group and we were out there a little longer than the 4.5 hour suggested time limit. It was a lot of fun and we highly recommend!!

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Thuy_n

Apr 25, 2025

We had such a great time!... - We had such a great time! Our guide was patient and really added to our wonderful experience. Highly recommend!

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Elaine_t

Nov 4, 2024

Amazing - We had a wonderful time! We went at our own pace, had the ice cave all to ourselves, took multiple climbs and our guide was very informative and interesting. We would highly recommend this tour.

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Andrea_p

Oct 11, 2024

Best experience in Iceland for us - Great guide, interesting facts, fun activity, I felt very safe during the whole experience. The time went by way too quickly

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Zcdrsqm5z2

Oct 4, 2024

Awesome! - Our guide was awesome! So glad we did the small group. We got a totally different and way better experience than had we gone in a large group!

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Kiraj105

Aug 9, 2024

Fantastic company, guide, & experience - Choose this company to meet awesome local guides and avoid the huge tour group sizes. I booked a very last minute tour with North Ice the night before the scheduled tour (probably better if you book in advance, but my travel plans had suddenly changed). The company was insanely responsive and super accommodating in helping me schedule a private session. They actually contacted me late outside their regular hours to arrange this and made the helpful suggestion to start earlier than their standard time to maximize the day. Above and beyond communication & customer service—way exceeded expectations. The tour itself was fantastic. I did a private ice climbing tour with Bergur and he was super friendly, fun, knowledgeable, and overall a great guide who found climbs that would be fun for me as I’d done a bit of ice climbing before. I was able to do about 6 laps in the 4 hr time and explore the glacier a bit. You won’t regret booking a tour with this company! Worth every penny and the highlight of my trip. Huge thanks to North Ice Expeditions and Bergur for such an amazing experience.

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Chen_l

Apr 3, 2024

High recommended! - Our tour guide, Bergur, is super! When I called him to make sure I parked at the correct spot, he answered my phone immediately. He's really patient with us, who were sort of beginners. He's also very knowledgeable about the area and the ice climbing. We did the ice climbing at two different places, the first one was easier and helped us warm up. The second one was steeper and more difficult. Bergur did a nice job to help us climb up. This tour is more fun than other ice walking tours. High recommended!

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Xuyao_c

Jun 19, 2024

Terrible experience - One sentence, we did not participate in the event and did not get a refund. We were 20 minutes early that day and navigated to our destination based on the address shown in the picture but did not find the operator, in fact this address took us to Vik. so I contacted Vaitor for the operator phone number and tried to contact with them, they gave me a phone number but that phone number was wrong. I had to send a message online to the operator to wait for a response. It also wasted some times. When the vendor responded with my phone number， it was already very close to the start of the event, and I realized the address on the website could not take me to the meeting point. At that time I told the operator it could take me half an hour to get to the correct address, the operator said they couldn't wait for me, I understood that and asked if they could arrange a refund, they said yes and would email me back. However I did not recieve the email and I contacted Vaitor again, Vaitor told me I could not get a refund. I understand that I did in fact fail to arrive at the location by the specified time. I have reflected on the whole thing, but I did search for the address on the web page, not realizing that it was inaccurate, and also arrived 20 minutes early, and I don't think I am the only one at fault here. All in all it was a very bad experience.

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From $248

up to 5 guests

1 - Adult