Ice Climbing & Glacier Hiking on Solheimajokull Glacier
Duration: 4 hours Medium Sweeping glacier views
Why we love this tour
You'll enter a frozen landscape of ice and volcanic ash and enjoy thrilling glacier hiking and ice climbing!
- Climb your way up crevasses and huge cracks in the ice
- Reach sweeping views of the Solheimajokull glacier
- Hike along solid sheets of ice mixed with volcanic ash
- Explore with an expert glacier guide
What’s included
- Certified Glacier Guide
- Hiking boots and crampons
- Glacier equipment: ropes, helmet, harness, and ice axe
Pricing
Need to know before you go
Tours run every day at 2:00 pm, all year round.
Guides take a group of maximum 6 people.
Minimum age to participate is 12 years.
No previous experience is necessary, but a decent level of fitness is required.
What to bring? Warm clothes (first layer), a waterproof outer layer, gloves, a hat, and water.
Cancellation
Your booking will become valid after we receive your payment and send you a confirmation email.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance with 100% reimbursement. There is no reimbursement for later cancellations.
In case of cancellation from our side due to bad weather, we will return your payment in full.
Meeting point
Minibus marked Tröll Expeditions in the parking lot of Sólheimajökull. You can look up “Troll Expeditions Sólheimajökull” on Google Maps to find the exact location and driving directions.
Tröll Expeditions Solheimajokull Sólheimajökulsvegur, Vík
You'll receive a map after you book
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Troll ExpeditionsWhy we love this tour
You'll enter a frozen landscape of ice and volcanic ash and enjoy thrilling glacier hiking and ice climbing!
- Climb your way up crevasses and huge cracks in the ice
- Reach sweeping views of the Solheimajokull glacier
- Hike along solid sheets of ice mixed with volcanic ash
- Explore with an expert glacier guide
Take your experience to the coolest heights possible. Ice climb in the astonishing Icelandic landscape of glaciers and volcanoes. Round out the trip with glacier hiking for a completely rugged adventure.
First, you meet your guide to receive all the necessary equipment for the hike. New to the activity? Even beginners with no experience are welcome on the tour.
The journey begins with a 15-minute hike to the ice itself to get the blood flowing and warm up for the climb. Arriving at the glacier your guide will explain to you how to put on the crampons, a traction device out of steel which is attached to your climbing boots, and he will talk about safety and a few important rules for the tour.
Since the glacier is always changing, your guide often has to scout out a new crevasse for climbing. With this flexible strategy, your group can avoid the crowds and find its own space. Take your ice axes in hand and start your vertical excursion and pull yourself along the solid sheets of ice. Reach gorgeous views of the massive crack in glacier as you climb higher.
The entire 2.5-3 hours on the ice gives you the chance observe many beautiful features of Iceland's landscape. Learn about the evolution of glaciers and the active Katla volcano sitting underneath your boots. Even if you don't remember every detail, you'll remember the thrilling sensation of exploring a massive glacier in raw nature.
Need to know before you go
Tours run every day at 2:00 pm, all year round.
Guides take a group of maximum 6 people.
Minimum age to participate is 12 years.
No previous experience is necessary, but a decent level of fitness is required.
What to bring? Warm clothes (first layer), a waterproof outer layer, gloves, a hat, and water.
Cancellation
Your booking will become valid after we receive your payment and send you a confirmation email.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance with 100% reimbursement. There is no reimbursement for later cancellations.
In case of cancellation from our side due to bad weather, we will return your payment in full.
Meeting point
Minibus marked Tröll Expeditions in the parking lot of Sólheimajökull. You can look up “Troll Expeditions Sólheimajökull” on Google Maps to find the exact location and driving directions.
Tröll Expeditions Solheimajokull Sólheimajökulsvegur, Vík
You'll receive a map after you book
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Troll ExpeditionsReviews for this provider
23 Feb 2023
We went in February and had the best weather we could have wished for. The tour was well organised and the preparation went very smoothly. Our guide was very friendly and always happy to answer any questions we had. The hike was amazing. Even though some of our group were worried that it might be too difficult, it worked quite well (all of us were used to walking the dog/ going on daily walks). The view from the glacier was absolutely stunning and we could stop to take pictures. Unfortunately, the „Blue Ice Cave“ was incredibly disappointing. It was maybe 5 metres long/„deep“ and only four people could enter at a time. Each group of four probably spent up to 10 min in the tiny „cave“ (to take pictures as there wasn‘t anything else to do/see there. The pictures on the website are completely misleading. Organisation of the tour: 5 stars Guide: 5 stars Glacier hike: 5 stars Ice „Cave“: 1 star
21 Jun 2022
11 Oct 2021
Wonderful and exciting. Guide Sven was very experienced and knowledgeable. Dark humor. Loved it.
14 Aug 2019
We didn’t know what to expect. This tour was worth it. We learned a good amount about the glaciers and, sadly, about how they are disappearing. The hiking was easy and the views were fabulous.
2 Jan 2019
It was the most fantastic time in Iceland. I would like to recommend this activites to others. Thank you very much.
